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Creating Apps For Gadgets – Your Keys To Mobile Development

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One of the things that makes modern tech opportunities so fascinating is the concept that with a simple idea, you can create an amazing app to go on the world’s vast array of gadgets, and depending on the quality of the product itself and the marketing, you can make a fair amount of money pretty quickly.

That said, creating apps for gadgets from that idea doesn’t happen automatically. There’s a ton of work that goes into it, which is why there are a number of pathways that you can follow to give yourself a better chance at market share, including embracing 3rd party developers, using SEO correctly, being smart about copyrights, paying close attention to pricing, and understanding the value of expanded portfolios. [Read more…]

Using Mobile Devices To Help With Risk Assessment

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Though it might seem to be a bit of a high-minded idea, risk assessment is a huge part of most major decisions and processes. At a corporate level, there are certain types of risks, while at personal or individual levels, risk assessment contains other values, but ultimately the underlying concept remains that same.

The point is that you don’t want to carry on with mistakes that cost you time or money. Lucky things for us that many of the new potential that comes with current mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and the Apple Watch et al have solutions to many of these issues, so long as it all remains connected. [Read more…]

4 Tips for Using Your Mobile Phone To Save Money

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One of the best parts of having a mobile phone that’s always connected to the web is the fact that you can use it to help you save money on everyday activities. Though everyone is aware of the costs associated with purchasing the phone and then having a data plan, you can chip away at that expense by using the phone to save cash as well.

The main categories of thought considered here include the use of digital coupons, the installation of comparison shopping apps, the use of navigation apps to save time and gas money, and having a smart budgeting app that helps you make decisions. [Read more…]

5 Ways Technology Is Going To Make Driving Safer

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There have always been, and there will always be, dangers associated with driving. However, with the onset of certain new technologies, gadgets, and devices, those risks can be mitigated quite discernibly.

Consider these five following ways that new tech is going to help future generations of drivers stay safer on the road – having data to help understand the causes of car accidents, promoting the rise of the self-driving car, the installation of better safety features on news cars, and extraordinary benefits of more accurate GPS, and specific improvement in child car seats.

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Seven Things Your Smartphone Should Be Doing For You

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If you have a smartphone and you’re only using it to talk or text, then you are wasting this great piece of technology. 87 percent of millennials swear their phone never leaves their side, and there is a good reason why they are so connected to this little gadget. Do you realize all of the things that your phone can do for you.

First, take a moment to look at your phone and check out the apps that you already have on it. Think about what you do with your phone. When was the last time you used it to help you find someplace, or to help keep you or your child entertained. Those are just a couple things smartphones can do for you. [Read more…]

How To Enjoy Your Gadgets In Comfort

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We all love our gadgets. The most common ones that come to mind in terms of entertainment and usefulness tend to be our phones, tablets, and gaming systems, and that will be the focus of this particular set of ideas about comfort.

Because really, one of the things that keeps us away from enjoying our gadgets as much as possible is discomfort and distraction. Outside interference from the experience of gaming, entertainment, or communication is a pretty big draw away from full immersion in the sensory exposure of what we’re trying to accomplish. So to that end, consider the following ideas.

Defining Comfort On a Large Scale

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Take a moment to consider comfort on a large scale. Think about a beautiful, immersive theater, complete with installed epic theater seating. Think about how comfortable that is for you and the people you’re with. What if you could have this kind of experience every time you sat down to enjoy a movie on your iPad, or every time you sat down to enjoy playing a quick game on your smartphone? How wonderful and relaxing would that be? Now you have a goal. [Read more…]

The Next Big Thing: Flip Phones?

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Though the current generation may not remember, it was less than ten years ago that the fancy new phones on the market looked very different from the sleek smartphones of today: they were all flip phones. These days almost everyone carries an iPhone or Android phone with a large touch screen and high-quality camera. Smartphones have practically driven all other phones out of the market and the previous generation of phones have been left to the old and technologically un-savvy. But even as smartphones reach a zenith of popularity, there’s been a shift away from the phones of the future and towards an unlikely replacement: flip phones.

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Why The Flip Phone?

Many people would rather lose a limb than give up their smartphone. That said, there are a number of qualities that once made flip phones charming that still hold some appeal. Flip phones are thin, lightweight, and very durable. Hanging up on someone on an iPhone just doesn’t have the same oomph as it does on an old Motorola Razr: there’s something to be said for the tactile satisfaction of slapping the phone closed. In addition, technology has given people a way to stay connected 24/7, but it’s also made staying connected all but a necessity, and people are starting to look for ways to break free of that cycle. Flip phones’ technological limitations—most of them can’t access Wi-Fi or browse the internet, and very few modern-day apps are supported on flip phones—could provide some relief. [Read more…]

Samsung, Apple and Google All Eyeing Wearable Health Tech

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Technology continues to advance and a growing number of companies that manufacture electronic devices have gone beyond the mobile. The growing trend today is on wearable technology.

Research firm IDC foresees shipments of wearable computing devices this year to reach 19.2 million, triple the figure of 2013. By 2018, it predicts global shipments to hit 111.9 million with a yearly growth rate of 78.4 percent.

Wearable health tech products can be purchased conveniently online. Medisave, a global supplier of medical equipment and accessories operating in the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand, is just one of the many suppliers that also sell wearable tech items online.

Google has created its Google glasses and the others are following suit. Some have developed gadgets that can be worn on wrist in a similar fashion as the wristwatch or cuff while the others have come up with double purpose clothing.
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Top Mobile Devices for Business Use

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Businesses today are fully embracing the latest technology to successfully achieve their goals and reach out to a wider target audience. While the conventional desktop computer remains to be the primary tool in the offices, mobile devices have also become very useful owing to the great benefits they provide not only to the owners but as well as to customers.

It’s a reality that business professionals these days bring along with them various mobile devices. These can include the laptop, tablet and smartphone. This is a confirmation of the 2011 prediction of Microsoft Tag that mobile internet use will surpass desktop internet use by 2014. Also this year, experts are seeing increasing mobile adoption by consumers thereby bringing more changes to the marketing strategies of business organizations.

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The smartphone, however, is the most handy of them all as it can easily be held by the hand and kept in the pocket. Here then are some of the best smartphones any business should consider using. They’re great to own and ideal for business use. [Read more…]

Limited Edition iGo LED Pocket Projector

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I can totally understand a person’s obsession with shiny gadgets. How can one not be distracted by something shiny that does nifty things? Even pico projectors, which I don’t think I have a need for, can be an attractive purchase – if only just because.

This limited edition pico projector from Personal Projector UK is something else, though. It is encased in 24 carat gold, which should already give you the idea that it does not come cheap. Described as the ultimate luxury gadget, the package includes cables (HDMI cables as well). At GBP999 (about USD1600), I get how it can be the ultimate luxury.

To be fair to the manufacturer, the pocket projector does have its highlights. It has received a design award from CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Awards. It also has been reviewed by BBC’s Something for the Weekend and was described as having “really incredible quality”. (Now for that price, nothing less than incredible quality will do, don’t you think?) The manufacturers also highlight the fact that this pico projector can be connected to practically any device that you own. Flip, smartphones, digital cameras – name it and the iGo LED Pocket Projector will be able to connect to the device. The result? You can project whatever pictures and movies that you want to show off wherever you may be.

Oh, if you are from the UK, you can get a FREE 30 Day Subscription to LOVEFiLM + a £10 Amazon.co.uk Gift Voucher. Thank God for small favors, eh? Still, if money is not an issue, this gadget will be an interesting conversation piece if anything. Buy it here.