mobile world congress 2012 Archives

In the wake of the Mobile World Congress, Aurasma continues to make waves in the tech world

03/05/201203/05/2012 Sam Lambert

The Mobile World Congress has come and gone, but the technology community around the world is still buzzing with what developers showed off during the conference. Like many similar events last year, the star of this year’s show was augmented reality. Acclaimed AR developer Aurasma was able to garner a great deal of attention during the conference by proving the concept that augmented reality could be used anywhere as true. The company showed off the various ways that the technology could be used, none of which relied on lighting, special…

iOnRoad shows off its technology at the Mobile World Congress

03/02/201203/02/2012 Stephen Vagus

The technology community is abuzz with news from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The event is an annual gathering of some of the most innovative technology companies in the world. These companies often bring their latest projects to the event as a way to show off what they have been working on. Augmented reality was a major focus at the event, as many companies have been developing new platforms and applications making use of AR. iOnRoad is one such application that aims to make driving safer through the…

Technology today and tomorrow according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the Mobile World Congress

03/02/201203/02/2012 Julie Campbell

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, was a keynote speaker at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, and though he focused on the new mobile Chrome browser app, and Android, he also spoke of the state of technology in the world today, and where he believes it will be going in the near and more distant future. Schmidt began his presentation almost immediately with a demo of the newly released Google Chrome for Android, with the assistance of Hugo Barra from Android. Barra explained that the mobile browser was designed…

Mobile World Congress declares Nokia 808 PureView “Best New Mobile Handset, Device, or Tablet”

03/02/201203/02/2012 L. Green

Nokia 808 PureView mobile technology news

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saw the unveiling of the Nokia 808 PureView on the very first day, and has already earned the title of “Best New Mobile Handset, Device, or Tablet” at the event. This new Symbian handset, which features a camera sensor with 41 megapixels, was granted the honor from a panel of judges made up of journalists and analysts from Canalys, Nomura, Mobile Choice Magazine, and other groups and publications focused on the industry. According to a post from the executive president of smart devices, Jo…

Texas Instruments shows off new OMAP 5 platform at the Mobile World Congress in Spain

02/27/201202/27/2012 Stephen Vagus

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), a global technology development company, has big plans for augmented reality and will be showing of the latest version of its OMAP mobile processors at the Mobile World Congress conference this week in Barcelona, Spain. The company’s OMAP 5 platform, the latest development to their popular line of processors, will incorporate several new technologies that will make it one of the most powerful and versatile processors available. TI believes that the OMAP 5 will show people a new side of augmented reality that could change their…