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Foursquare takes on augmented reality

Foursquare takes on augmented reality

Augmented reality feature developed by Foursquare Augmented reality often attracts attention because of its entertaining nature. The technology is regularly used in a wide variety of entertaining ways, leveraged as a tool to provide consumers with dynamic content. This has made augmented reality somewhat common in the marketing field, but the technology does have practical uses, especially when it comes to social networking. Foursquare, the popular location-based social platform, has been working on its own augmented … Read entire article »

Filed under: Augmented Reality, Technology News

Technology news announce the launch of a new “youthful” BlackBerry

Technology news announce the launch of a new “youthful” BlackBerry

The latest smartphone has now been released by the manufacturer in selected markets but not the U.S. BlackBerry has just announced its latest technology news, which includes the release of a new “youthful” smartphone within selected markets in order to test it. However, this device will not be available to consumers in the United States, at least not right away. Not long after the latest massive smartphone releases that made technology news headlines from BlackBerry, it has just … Read entire article »

Filed under: International, Mobile Commerce, Technology News, United States

Technology news rumors circulating wildly about Amazon Phone

Technology news rumors circulating wildly about Amazon Phone

Experts in the industry have been presenting their projections regarding a smartphone from the company. The latest technology news reports from mobile industry experts are increasingly suggesting that Amazon will soon be releasing smartphone options for its consumers in addition to its already successful ebook readers and tablets. In fact, many rumors are starting to say that there will actually be two different smartphones available. The belief is that one of the Amazon smartphones that will soon be … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Technology News

Technology news made as Amazon opens a China Appstore

Technology news made as Amazon opens a China Appstore

Many people are expecting that this announcement will come ahead of a release of Kindle in the country. A massive technology news announcement was made on April 17 by Amazon.com, when it stated that it would be expanding its Appstore for Android to almost 200 countries, but at that time, China was not included among them. However, that story has changed as the company has now announced the opening of the store. As of May 4, Android device … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, International, Mobile Commerce, Technology News, Trends

New Apple patent highlights potential for NFC technology

New Apple patent highlights potential for NFC technology

Patent sheds new light on Apple’s interest in NFC technology The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published a new patent application from Apple regarding the use of NFC technology. The patent refers to a project that was launched by Apple in 2008, which had fallen to the wayside until very recently. NFC technology has seen some use in the field of marketing, but the patent application hints to a project that leverages the technology for … Read entire article »

Filed under: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Near Field Communications, Technology News, United States

QR codes used as research tool by University of Lausanne

QR codes used as research tool by University of Lausanne

Researchers use QR codes to study ants QR codes are not only for marketing; they can also be used as a valuable research tool. QR codes were features as a major part of a new study from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. The study involved ants, and researchers used QR codes to track their movements and analyze their behavior. The study involved tagging an entire colony of ants with QR codes, each unique to the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, QR Codes