By Tom Groenfeldt, Contributor
Mobile users have presented banks with a series of problems, not least of which is how to match the amount of content, and the design, to the device they were using. Some early solutions were to send iPhone format out to an iPad, but perhaps blow it up so it filled much of the screen, even if the resolution was a little fuzzy. …read more
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Mobile devices will soon outnumber us – is the Matrix far behind? According to projections found in a new Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update. The report projects that by the end of 2013; there will be more mobile-connected devices than there are people on earth. Wow.
Mobile bandwidth consumption is at an all-time high as people constantly watch movies and TV shows on their phones and tablets. When people are not watching video content, they are likely streaming music to their mobile devices. The data for this content is transmitted from a cell phone tower to a mobile device’s built-in antenna and through the circuitry. Monarch Antenna is a startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that is developing Self-Structuring Antenna (SSA) technology with the goal of improving the wireless experience. …read more
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Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets often aren’t really mobile at all, as more and more people use them while watching television on the couch. That’s why a raft of companies from app startups to cable giants has jumped in with so-called second-screen apps intended to provide an even more engaging television experience often synchronized with live TV shows. …read more
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By Maribel Lopez, Contributor Mobile and cloud computing are two technology shifts that impact every company today. Intel’s product categories are at the center of this shift in technology. On one hand, mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are cannibalizing PC sales. The PC Client group accounted for approximately 70% of Intel’s annual revenue. Intel’s fourth quarter revenue fell 3 percent from a year ago to $13.5 billion from $13.9 billion. Profits were also down 27 percent from a year earlier. On the other hand, the move to cloud computing provided Intel with the ability to capture data center growth. The company offered revenue guidance in the low single digits for 2013 with the expectation that data center growth would return to double digits.
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