iOS Ends 2011 with 52% of Mobile Web Browsing Market Share
Surprisingly, iOS ended the year with over 52% of the mobile web browsing market according to Net Applications. Apple iOS started 2011 with 54.07% of the mobile web browser market. Considering the recent news about Android activations I had expected to see a much larger share for the OS. Nevertheless, Android climbed from 12.75% to 16.29%, ...
Clever Demonstration of Sonera’s 4G Network in Print Media
How do you bring the mobile experience to print media? Mobile operator Sonera was the first to open 4G in Finland and used this clever print ad and a mobile game to demonstrate the speed of their new network. Every so often I come across a piece of advertising that surprises me and this certainly falls ...
Five Things That Apple’s Intelligent Assistant Siri Should Do
The potential that the intelligent assistant Siri represents in the Apple iPhone 4S is significant. The technology that powers Siri currently lets you use your voice to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, take dictation and more. And if you haven’t already seen “Shit that Siri Says“, I would recommend checking out the site. ...
Featured in Mashable’s 15 Fantastic iPhone Photos of Rainbows
I was very excited when Amy-Mae Elliot contacted me about including one of my photos in an article she was developing for Mashable. The description was just as wonderful, “Strikingly simple elements – the lush green grass, the grey asphalt, the dark sky – combine to create a breathtaking image.” The photo was taken in ...
Apple iPhone Stalking Provides Cool Visualization
Today at Where 2.0 Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan announced the discovery that your Apple iPhone, or 3G iPad regularly records the position of you and your device. How long has your Apple iPhone and iPad been collecting this data? It appears that ever since iOS 4 arrived in June of 2010 Apple has stored ...
2010 Holiday Gifts Ideas for the Photographer
Looking for some great holiday gift ideas for the photographer in your life? I thought sharing some of my photo-lust would be a great way to help you get a fun gift for the amateur photographer in your life. Create Your Own Pinhole Camera: $17.95 at Barnes and Noble Looking for a fun gift idea ...
Lakers and Celtics Foursquare Badges
As the Los Angeles Lakers face elimination today in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, this may be your last chance to collect one of these limited time Foursquare badges. You can unlock the 2010 NBA Finals Los Angeles Lakers or Boston Celtics Foursquare badge by shouting “Go Lakers!” or “Go Celtics!” when checking in to ...
Milwaukee Apple #iPad Unboxing
I received my Apple iPad (Unboxing Photoset on Flickr) from a friendly UPS deliveryman just after noon today. Excited to open it up, I took a step back and pulled out my camera so I could record the unboxing. That video and some app demonstrations are below. I immediately noticed the weight of the device ...
Review: PercentMobile.com
I’ve been using PercentMobile for a couple of weeks and while the service is pretty simple to use I am impressed with tool’s value. Founded by David Harper, PercentMobile is built on top of a much more robust service called TigTags. The service is quite expensive at the moment, but promising a tiered service in ...
Voice Activated Copy/Paste on the Apple iPhone
To set the stage, I’ve had an iPhone since launch and have been using the iPhone 3.0 OS since I had access to the beta program in early spring. I am now a few months past the hype and excitement for the new features and one feature that has become essential is “Copy and Paste”. ...