Mois : juin 2012

  • Apple to no longer use Google Maps.

    Apple to no longer use Google Maps.

    On June 11 during the World-wide Developers Conference 2012 Apple introduced Apple Maps, the new platform of location system. Why has Apple stopped using Google Maps? It is really simple, because of the costs. With the increase in the cost of using Google Maps API, for Apple having their own platform will increase profitability, save…

  • Incremental evolutions

    Incremental evolutions

    Since the first iPhone there has not been  a revolution, every successive product proposes only an incremental change and not only in Apple smartphones. The iPhone story When we look at the evolution from the first iPhone to the iPhone 4S we really become aware that Apple produces nothing else than dreams. The second iPhone, which…

  • Batteries Endangered

    Batteries Endangered

    Could batteries be threatened by new forms of energy? It is remarkably impressive how nowadays cell phone batteries have great power over us. How many times have we done inexplicable things just to find a plug or a charger because the battery died at precisely the wrong moment, in the middle of an important conversation…

  • The cell phone’s paradoxical effects on social relationships

    The cell phone’s paradoxical effects on social relationships

    Researcher Rich Ling says in his book New Tech, New Ties « Mobile communication is being used in the pursuit of romance, in the coordination of families, in the exchanging of humor and gossip, and in many other daily situations. In each case, there are ritual forms, there is reliance on co-present understandings, and there is development—and…

  • Mobile marketing: Today’s business?

    Mobile marketing: Today’s business?

    The world is constantly changing, evolving but there has been an abrupt revolution, one that has altered our lives and with it, the way we do business. Technologies, and more precisely smartphones are allowing users more freedom, more power of social connectivity and more availability of information and knowledge. Enterprises are facing a growing need…

  • Budgeting applications

    Budgeting applications

             Imagine that you spent almost of your pocket money and it is still half of the month ahead of you. Have you ever been to a party and the next day you realized that your wallet was empty? Or maybe you are keen on going shopping and carelessly spending money? Has…

  • Smartphones: Poland and France compared

    Smartphones: Poland and France compared

    Welcome to the 21sth century, era of mobility, constant access to data (also to Internet). A time when a regular person can change the opinion of millions by posting a material online.  Our phones became our most desirable tools. We contact our family and friends through them, they become a handy in our business life,…