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The Technology Review Custom Team takes a look at the technologies that are changing the ways in which we do business. This section takes a look at the advancements in the mobile technology industry.     Mobile TechnologyWhere in the WorldProviding location-based services remains a challenge, according to Becker, because these features “are not interoperable across networks and are not yet standard, and not every phone supports these features.” This challenge has been taken up by Loc-Aid, based in Boca Raton, FL. The company is the first to develop what’s known as location aggregation: determining the source and accuracy of the location information, and wrapping privacy protection into the package. Loc-Aid bundles this information, signs agreements with carriers, and sells the information to customers. “The Weather Channel could use it for their application, or mobile marketing could send alerts based on your location,” says Isias Sudit, Loc-Aid’s founder and CEO. “Location until now has been handset specific,” he continues, citing the iPhone and BlackBerry. “We don’t care what handset you use.” Loc-Aid recently deployed the first system in Canada and will soon be launching with three U.S. carriers.” Crossing the Language Barrier“The mobile phone has probably been the most revolutionary device in the last decade for the emerging world,” says Kent Lupberger of the World Bank’s Global Information and Communication Technologies department. China provides a strong example of mobile growth, as the country now has more than 50 percent penetration in terms of mobile use. Moka, an e-learning company based in West Palm Beach, FL, developed a highly accurate translation system for mobile phones that could facilitate potential international business opportunities. The system offers users in China the ability to have texts automatically translated from Chinese into English, and vice versa. “This is a powerful new way to communicate, where otherwise it would be very difficult to create and maintain relationships,” says Michael Donahue, Moka’s CEO . China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the world, signed a contract with Moka in November. The company will soon unroll a similar service in the United States for English and Spanish speakers. As the number of handheld devices has now overtaken that of computers in use, the field offers continual opportunities for innovation and growth. Mobile Technology Videos and PodcastsLearn about some of the unique technologies and applications developed by innovative Floridians. Telling Stories with Digital Media
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A unique program at the University of Central Florida uses computer-generated virtual students to teach classroom management skills to education majors. NBC's Mark Potter reports. (Nightly News). Mobile Entertainment Made Easy
New digital media and wireless technologies have transformed the cell phone into a portable entertainment and productivity center. Hear how Myxer leveraged this trend to become the largest and fastest-growing place for mobile content today. Hear from more information technology innovators in their own words » Mobile Technology articles from technology review
Searching for the Mobile Web: Industry leaders hope that new technologies will make mobile search more usable.Search technology has transformed the way that people use the Internet and has made piles of money for giants like Google. 
Firefox on Your Cell Phone: Can Fennec, Mozilla's new mobile browser, compete?With the iPhone, Apple showed how to surf the Web on the small screen. Now, it seems, a modern version of the browser wars of the 1990s could be shaping up, with the battleground being the mobile phone. 
Opening the Airwaves: By opening up its network, Verizon Wireless hopes to see all sorts of new devices connect.Wireless carriers are famous for controlling the devices and software that they allow on their networks. Apple's iPhone, for example, is locked for use on AT&T's network only. But one carrier is set to adopt a much more open approach to wireless access. 
Apple's iPhone: An inside look at a sensation.Apple's latest offering proves that revolutionary tech products don't have to be that revolutionary. Upon the iPhone's release, enthusiasts around the world rushed to tear it apart, eager to see something new. 
The Future of Mobile Social Networking: Whrrl combines activity recommendations with real-time location data.The software enables something Pelago's chief technology officer, Darren Erik Vengroff, calls social discovery: using the iPhone's map and self-location features, as well as information about the prior activities of the user's friends, Whrrl proposes new places to explore or activities to try. |
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