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Heart-Monitoring Smart Devices Missing a Beat Smart devices used by fitness junkies tout the ability to measure heart rate. Yet, a recent report by CNET revealed that most of the heart rate monitoring functions for smart devices are missing a beat—literally. Some devices are unable to find a pulse when the heart rate reaches a certain range. |
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Why Facebook's Unbundling Strategy May Be Good for Its Future In a recent interview, Mark Zuckerberg mentioned the need to create single-purpose, first-class experiences to capture the attention of mobile users. One of the approaches Facebook is considering is unbundling the features offered for its mobile app. |
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How the New Retailers' Security Knowledge Base Will Benefit Testers In an initiative to curb cyber attacks, a group of retailers created a forum called the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center. Stores such as Lowe’s, Nike, and Target formed the center with the goal of identifying new threats and sharing how to mitigate risk, which will help security testers. |
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Major US Retailers Set Up Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center In hopes of minimizing the risk and financial fallout from another disastrous cyber attack, some of the top retailers along with the Retail Industry Leaders Association have announced they are launching a clearinghouse: the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC). |
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Cloud Orchestration—Are We Finally Singing the Same Tune? Are you holding back on moving applications to the cloud because of a diverse portfolio of installed systems? Beth Cohen examines whether cloud orchestration tools can be used to improve the management of IT application portfolios as they migrate on to public, private, and hybrid cloud platforms. |
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Why Microsoft Launched Office for iPad as a Freemium Offering Microsoft recently announced the availability of Office for iPad as a freemium offering. Freemium combines two types of business models—free and premium. Anuj Magazine explores why Microsoft chose to go the freemium route for Office for iPad and how product strategy played into the decision. |
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Turning Smartphones into a Supercomputer Smart devices can now become super devices with the Power to Give initiative from HTC. The initiative aims to empower smartphones to become a collective supercomputer and to harness their unused power to solve complex problems—such as finding cures for Alzheimer's disease and AIDS. |
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Mobile Addiction Could Mean Highs for Mobile Developers The percentage of mobile addicts—defined as a user who launches a mobile app or opens a mobile process more than sixty times a day—has grown by 123 percent in the past year. This could be a fortunate trend for those looking for a little job security in mobile development and testing. |
