Accenture Survey Finds Commuters Want Mobile Tickets on Smartphones; Philippe Guittat Comments
An Accenture survey says more than half of urban commuters in seven countries are willing to pay more than 10 percent extra for mobile tickets using smartphones or other paperless travel options. Travelers from the U.S., Brazil, Germany, Spain, France, South Korea and the U.K. were interviewed for the survey, Accenture said Thursday. Accenture spoke [...]
Intel Unveils Microarchitecture Chips for Mobile Devices, Networks; Dadi Perlmutter Comments
May 7, 2013 No Comment
Intel has unveiled a new microarchitecture that intends to help enterprises manage system performance and power consumption issues. Silvermont contains a 22-nanometer Tri-Gate system-on-chip technology designed to reduce a chip’s energy use by up to five times, Intel said Monday. Dadi Perlmutter, Intel executive vice president and chief product officer, said the company intends for Silvermont [...]
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Chinese Tech Firm Using Intel Chip For New Mobile Handsets; Hendrik Unkel Comments
March 6, 2013 No Comment
Chinese technology manufacturer ZTE Corp. plans to use a new Intel processor chip for its handsets as the company seeks to grow its mobile technology portfolio. ZTE will collaborate with Intel under a multi-year partnership to create smartphone products that will run the Atom Z2580 microprocessor, PCMag.com reported Tuesday. Hendrik Unkel, Intel director for marketing [...]
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Symantec and Giesecke & Devrient have agreed to develop protected security applications for smartphones and tablets in a move aimed at helping application developers deliver products and services that meet security requirements. Under the partnership, Symantec will use G&D’s Trusted Service Manager to update the company’s mobile apps and protect the apps’ cryptographic keys and [...]
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Raytheon Releases First Responder Mobile App; Dan De Sollar, TJ Kennedy Comment
February 12, 2013 No Comment
Raytheon has released its mobile application for first responders in a move aimed at providing them situational awareness and collaboration tools on devices such as smartphones, tablets and mobile data computers. One Force Mobile Collaboration is intended to combine technology used in both civilian and military applications and designed to operate on existing 2G, 3G, [...]
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One year since Unisys implemented a Google cloud computing platform for the U.S. General Services Administration, agency employees have created and shared more than 274,000 documents and created 500 internal websites using the platform. The company said GSA selected Unisys to install Google Apps for Government in 2010 and the agency began using Google’s email [...]
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Harris Corp. has developed a new mobile tactical cellular network system to connect warfighters with high-bandwidth networks and provide them applications for use in the battlefield, the company announced Wednesday. KnightLite is a backpack version of the company’s KnightHawk system and is designed to support voice, high-speed data, video and text messaging. The company has [...]
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A Manhattan Research survey says 75 million adults in the U.S. use mobile phones for health-related activities including research, a jump from the 61 million users found in a 2011 survey, Information Week reports. The survey also found 29 million people use tablet computers for healthcare information and related activities, a jump from 15 million [...]
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