INTERNET News, Oct 07, 2011

Filipinos Credit Jobs for Mobile Internet Boom Wall Street Journal (blog) ... Globe and Smart Communications Inc. The advent of the iPhone and, more recently, the iPadhave sped up the deployment of newer, higher-band width mobile Internet services, too, as more and more people made the leap to Apple-inspired smartphones or ... See all stories on this topic »

Media Tablets Cannibalizing Netbook Spend with 75% Share of US Ultra-Mobile ... MarketWatch (press release) UMDs represent mobile computing devices on a continuum bordered by laptop PCs and smartphones. The UMD category consists of four segments: ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), mobile Internet devices (MIDs), netbooks, and media tablets. ... See all stories on this topic »

'iPad effect' produces surprising browser share results InfoWorld (blog) ... Applications pulling out mobile browser numbers and reporting them separately. Microsoft likes to look at the numbers a different way, of course, reporting that the percentage of left-handed flugelhorn players using Internet Explorer 9 in ... er, ... See all stories on this topic »

iOS Captures More Than 50% of Mobile Internet Market Share PadGadget The iPhone is the front runner with 27.59 percent, and the iPad comes in second with 24.11 percent. The iPod comes in at a distant 8th, with just 2.95 percent. As can be expected, Safari is the most widely used mobile Internet browser at 55.6 percent, ... See all stories on this topic »

Android apps to run on iPad with Alien Dalvik 2.0 CNET Myriad plans to pull back the curtains on Alien Dalvik 2.0 at next week's CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 conference by showing Android apps running on aniPad for the first time. The company dubs itself a global leader in mobile technology,... See all stories on this topic » CNET

The Internet Retailer Survey: Mobile Commerce InternetRetailer.com The survey shows only 24.1% of merchants operate a mobile commerce site and only 16.4% have both an m-commerce site and mobile apps designed for specific devices, such as the iPhone, iPad, Android handsets or BlackBerry phones. ... See all stories on this topic »

Moving On, Minus Its Genius New York Times That is because even though Steven P. Jobs helped upend so many businesses with a string of groundbreaking products in music, mobile phones, games and tablet computers, he barely made a dent in television. Paul Sakuma/Associated Press Steven P. Jobs ... See all stories on this topic »

Ipad Age Prompts India to Sell $22 Student Tablet to Boost Usage San Francisco Chronicle The world's second-most populous nation had 4.2 computers for every 100 people at the end of last year, according to CyberMedia Research, based near New Delhi, compared with 63.2 mobile phones per 100 people. "It's going to increase the desirability of ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile ads to top $1B for first time: eMarketer MarketWatch Ad spending on mobile devices such as Apple Inc.'s /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl AAPL -0.56% iPhone and iPad will reach $1.23 billion during 2011, eMarketer said, as smartphone adoption and increasing usage of mobile Internet service have ... See all stories on this topic »

Free Mobile EHR For iPhone, iPad, Android InformationWeek According to CEO Ryan Howard, the mobile apps will allow users to see patient charts, review test results, refill prescriptions, and conduct secure messaging sessions with patients. The native Android and iPhone/iPad apps will be free, ... See all stories on this topic »

Comparing Apples and Fire: iPad Vs. Kindle Fox News When the iPad 3 debuts, it will widen the hardware gap even more. If Amazon isn't taking aim at the iPad, what's the Fire all about? Amazon is using the Fire to take on Apple. This is Amazon's opening salvo on Apple's mobile business as a whole. ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

A Mobile Future Faces Facebook Barron's That's why I expect the company to be a powerful force in mobile computing, not just the Internet, as it moves toward an initial public offering, which now seems likely to happen late next year. I expect we'll see a smartphone and a tablet computer ... See all stories on this topic »

Cars.com Ignites New Car Shopping With iPad App Profitable.com Cars.com was recently named the “Best Overall Customer Experience” by Keynote Systems, the leader in Internet and mobile cloud monitoring. Cars.com is an online destination for car shoppers that offers information from consumers and experts to help ... See all stories on this topic »

Welcome to an all new CityNews CityNews Last, there are our mobile apps for the iPhone and the iPad (arguably the most exciting platforms to come around since the Internet went mainstream in the 1990s). The CityNews apps have been among the most popular on iTunes since we launched them in ... See all stories on this topic »

iPad App for Real Time Monitoring and Reporting of Internet Traffic Now ... DigitalJournal.com (press release) Combined with an implementation of the award-winning Network Composer® appliance, the app gives network administrators real-time insight into their organization's Internet usage from anywhere at any time. As network users become more mobile and usage ... See all stories on this topic »

iPads, apps transforming US military Detroit Free Press Internet security firm Mc-Afee recently found that malware targeting smartphones and tablets is on the rise. The widespread adoption of mobile devices is likely to bring about "an explosion" of attacks, McAfee said. "Given our historically fragile ... See all stories on this topic »

Ebookers expands mobile strategy with hotel iPad app HEXUS by Scott Bicheno on 4 October 2011, 17:05 UK travel agent ebookers has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to mobile devices as the future of its business with the launch of a new iPad app dedicated to booking hotels. This is the latest in a string of ... See all stories on this topic » HEXUS

But the 'iPhone 5' is already out… in China Firstpost Chinese media reports have it that in terms of design, finish and operating system, thephones appeared to be “90 percent genuine” – and were in fact labelled the “latest iPhone 5”. Fake iphone's being sold at a mobile phone stall at Shanghai. ... See all stories on this topic » Firstpost

The Best iPad Apps Of The Week, September 25-October 1, 2011 AppAdvice Disney's new line of AppMATes Mobile Application Toys is now available at retail stores nationwide. The toys and Cars 2 AppMATes app turn the iPad into your very own virtual play mat. We're so impressed with this toy+app combination, we think it could ... See all stories on this topic »

AXA Equitable Launches Apple iPad® App for Life Insurance PR Newswire (press release) NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company announced today a new life insurance app for the Apple iPad® mobile digital device. The app offers iPad users an engaging way to learn how AXA Equitable's Athena Indexed ... See all stories on this topic »

Analyst: Amazon Tablet Software Bypasses Google ABC News Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablet uses Google Inc.'s software but bypasses Google's project to extend its clout in Internet search and advertising into tablets and phones, an analyst said Friday. THE BACKGROUND: Amazon revealed its tablet Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rogers Boosts Mobile Device Management Solutions Across Country mediacaster Yes -- Internet and mobile service providers could limit access to content. Yes -- The silo effect of creating, owning and delivering one's own content is restrictive and anti-competitive. Yes -- Carrier and service provider expertise lies elsewhere; ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Unveils Latest Version Of IPhone Wall Street Journal The free iCloud eliminates a $99-per-year fee Apple had charged for its pervious cloud-storage service, called "Mobile Me," which could synchronize information such as passwords between multiple computers and devices, host family websites and remotely ... See all stories on this topic »

Who Is More Digital? Teens in China or Silicon Valley? MarketWatch (press release) "Most teens in our survey in both Palo Alto and Beijing have had mobile phones since the age of 12. They lead a large part of their daily lives online." The survey and other research into patterns of entrepreneurship and venture capital investment was ... See all stories on this topic »

GUEST OPINION Mobile is not just another search channel InternetRetailing.net Make no mistake, mobile search is growing. Brands need to build separate strategies. Not just between their traditional desk top paid search but also specific to the mobile platform. Ipad users search in a different way to smartphone users both ... See all stories on this topic »

State of Maine Sees Highest Tablet Usage for Month of August Folio Magazine According to Jumptap analysis, this indicates the tablets “are not truly mobile”, as a user is central to an Internet source while utilizing tablet technology. While tablets rank high on publisher concerns, smartphones are in queue for the next big ... See all stories on this topic » Folio Magazine

On second thoughts, Africa's tablet computing boom is inevitable Technology Zimbabwe The proliferation of mobile based internet access and the evolution of traditional broadband services from niched to mainstream products, is transforming developing economies and their place in the knowledge economy. In the developed world, ... See all stories on this topic » Technology Zimbabwe

magicJack VocalTec Unveils Free magicJack APP Delivering Free VoIP Service for ... TMC Net It is compatible with Apple products including the iPad, iPhone (News - Alert), and the iPod touch essentially turning them into free mobile phones that do not use costlier mobile minutes of voice plans. magicJack VocalTec, formerly VocalTec, ... See all stories on this topic »

Government communications: online but out of touch ABC Online Engaging an audience online and on mobile, You Me Unity digital conversation attracted Twitter followers, Facebook fans and over 115000 visits to the site. Most important of all, You Me Unity's digital conversation generated over 3400 separate ... See all stories on this topic » ABC Online

Does the BlackBerry PlayBook have a future? Digitaltrends.com In the space of a few short months, RIM's pricing on the PlayBook has shifted from a penny-to-penny competitor with the iPad to a device struggling to meet the $199 price point of the just-announced Kindle Fire. Does the PlayBook stand a chance? ... See all stories on this topic » Digitaltrends.com

Not sold on life in the cloud? Polkast may be just the thing GigaOm When you want to access files, the service automatically detects your mobile device's proximity to the PC and chooses the fastest route: Wi-Fi or over the Internet. Polkast then opens a secure password-protected SSL connection between the two devices, ... See all stories on this topic »

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs On The Fate Of Firefox In A Mobile Era Fast Company The issue, he argues, is that many mobile companies are trying to vertically integrate. Think about how Apple controls the user experience from end to end, from the software (iOS) to the hardware it runs on (iPhone, iPad). RIM and HP followed a similar ... See all stories on this topic »

The era of cloud computing Examiner.com When your files are in the “Cloud” you can access them with any device that has access to theInternet. This can be a mobile device, your laptop or your iPad. Your email can be accessed from any of these devices and is thus contained in the cloud. ... See all stories on this topic »

Blackberry Playbook tablet computer ComputerActive.co.uk Unlike the iPad, however, there isn't yet a version of the Playbook that can use a mobile phone Sim card to access the internet. You're limited to accessing it through a wireless network. Blackberry says a 3G model with mobile internet access is coming ... See all stories on this topic »

Radvision Does Big-Time Small-Device Video Conferencing NetworkComputing.com As with Radvision's larger-platform offerings, SCOPIA Mobile boasts interoperability with industry-leading telepresence and unified messaging systems from the likes of Cisco, Polycom and Microsoft. Right now, SCOPIA Mobile is available for the iPad and ... See all stories on this topic »

Tech Test Drive: Verizon best for fast data service, but its devices lack ... Pioneer Press That gives this tablet a leg up on the iPad, since Apple's tablet, like its iPhones, only does 3G via Verizon or AT&T. You can even use the Tab as a hotspot, which was great for me at the beach for zippy online access on my iPhone 4. ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile Commerce: iPad and Tablet Shoppers Buy More ... ECommerce-Guide News provides online business owners with information about new ecommerce... Mobile Commerce: iPad and Tablet Shoppers Buy More ... www.ecommerce-guide.com/..._/Mobile-Commerce-iPad-and-...

Kindle Fire vs iPad 2 vs Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs HTC Flyer | News ... Phone deals · Mobile phone recycling ... Of course, this has to include Apple's peerless iPad 2, but instead of plumping for the .... I think that in terms of cost and the fact that Amazon have a tried and tested online store this will be a hit. ... www.techradar.com/.../kindle-fire-vs-ipad-2-vs-galaxy-tab-7-...

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RECREATION, Leisure News, Oct 07, 2011

Parents protest city plan to privatize Hampden recreation center Baltimore Sun By Larry Perl, lperl@patuxent.com Chanting "Save our recs," about 100 people gathered in Hampdenon Wednesday to protest a plan by Baltimore City to privatize or close Roosevelt Recreation Center and other city rec centers. Several City Council members ... See all stories on this topic »

'Parks and Recreation' Recap: "Born & Raised" Ology Parks & Recreation's "Born and Raised" is perhaps the most topical Parks & Rec episode in recent memory and that makes it a winner. It starts off with Pawnee's NPR knock off, which gets the quiet tone and lull of talk radio just right. ... See all stories on this topic »

Update in Mercury Found in Rec Center's Gym Flooring ABC6OnYourSide.com The city will spend more than a half million dollars over the next four to six months to replace both gym floors. Meanwhile, the affected rec centers remain open, despite gym floor issues. The city maintains that both recreation centers are still safe. ... See all stories on this topic » ABC6OnYourSide.com

City to absorb rec commission KC Community News Osawatomie officials approved a major overhaul of the community's Recreation Commission during a special session of both the commission and the City Council on Sept. 28. The RecreationCommission was the first to convene, gathering in the city ... See all stories on this topic »

Epping Rec. Dept. employee fired for alleged sexual abuse Seacoastonline.com By Kathleen D. Bailey EPPING — Notifying town officials is a central component of a newRecreation Department policy being drafted by the Board of Selectmen, Interim Town Administrator Gregory Dodge, and Recreation Director Nicole Bizzaro. ... See all stories on this topic »

Parks and rec merger progress discussed Topeka Capital Journal By Tim Hrenchir Shawnee County parks and recreation director John Knight spoke positively Thursday about progress being made to merge city of Topeka and county parks and recreationdepartments. Knight told county commissioners, “I'll tell you that ... See all stories on this topic »

Rec Department Seeks to Refurbish Lower Wilkins Field Patch.com The Recreation Department is planning multiple improvement projects and increased activity at the Peabody Mill Environmental Center. By Robert Michaelson The Board of Selectmen heard another round of department reviews this week in preparation for the ... See all stories on this topic »

TV's 'Parks & Rec' hits close to home Journal and Courier Peach Pfrommer and Ted Bumblebiurg go over some papers at the Lafayette Parks and Recreationdepartment office, Monday in Lafayette. / By Michael Heinz/Journal & Courier Amy Poehler starts in NBC's "Parks and Recreation." / Photo provided "Parks and ... See all stories on this topic »

Rec programs on the rise BCLocalNews By Simone Blais - Penticton Western News After massive cuts and sweeping changes, everything is swimming along with the city's recreation department. That's the report Chuck Loewen, Penticton's general manager of recreation, told council Monday night, ... See all stories on this topic »

Brunswick Rec. has basketball, bowling Times Record BRUNSWICK — Once again, the Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department will enter fifth-grade boys and girls basketball teams, along with separate sixth-grade boys and girls teams in theFreeport Community Education Travel League. ... See all stories on this topic »

As Delray turns 100, Parks and Rec worker marks 50 years with city Sun-Sentinel Recreation supervisor Fred Sergio is only six years younger than Delray itself. The only city employee assigned to Robert P. Miller Park, Sergio, 94, has worked for the Parks and Recreation Department for the past five decades, helping run the Little ... See all stories on this topic » Sun-Sentinel

Ypsilanti official like elements of Water Street rec center proposal but raise ... AnnArbor.com But Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Director Bob Tetens called the rec enter a development “anchor” that will help attract the mixed-use and residential developments the city has desired. The rec center would serve as the centerpiece in a series ... See all stories on this topic »

Pedal power fuels college rec center, concerts San Jose Mercury News By Sandy Bauers At the Drexel University's Recreation Center, when in use the elliptical machines generate electricity. Stephanie Smith (left), 22, a group exercise instructor and graduate student along with friend Jessica Norman, 26, ... See all stories on this topic »

A Sitcom Grows Up and Finds Its Identity New York Times The audience part still lags, though with NBC struggling to shore up much of its schedule, the still-modest ratings for “Parks and Rec” are the least of the network's worries. “That's not the worst way to be described, the least of someone's worries,” ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Grant is on way to help pay for Champaign rec center Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette Park officials first considered applying for a grant to remodel and expand the existing Leonhard RecCenter, but decided a new facility would better serve residents. "Today's recreational needs have changed," Herakovich said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Plans for rec, senior centers unveiled Hilton Head Island Packet By GRANT MARTIN Extensive redesigns of the Island Recreation Center and relocation of the SHARE Senior Center were unanimously approved Tuesday by the Hilton Head Public Facilities Committee and now will be considered by the Town Council. ... See all stories on this topic »

Rec board likes dog park idea Barnstable Patriot The concept of a dog park made the recreation commission wag its tail this week, but members want to sniff around some more before endorsing a particular site. The Committee for Barnstable Dog Parks, a private group of citizens seeking town land for a ... See all stories on this topic »

Rec Center and Digital Aquarium celebrates 10-year anniversary GSU Signal With four million entries and counting, the Student Recreation Center is looking to expand over the next few years to keep up with the growing student body. The center first opened its doors in August 2001, boasting four racquetball courts, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rec director named new HR director for city of Mitchell Daily Republic After 34 years with the Mitchell Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, Billie Kelly has been named the city's new human resources director, effective Oct. 11. After 34 years with the Mitchell Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, Billie Kelly ... See all stories on this topic »

Special Needs Rec. Center Gets $2.5M State Grant Patch.com The Lincoln-Way Special Recreation Association was awarded the grant, which will pay for a large portion of a recreation center that will be built in New Lenox and provide a place to call home. By Michael Sewall Rolling Falcons athlete Tony Bensema of ... See all stories on this topic »

Plymouth Parks and Rec Ready for Halloween Patch.com By Nate Adams With Halloween a few weeks away, the Plymouth Township Parks and recreationdepartment has a number of events lined up to celebate both the holiday and the fall season. Below are some of the Plymouth Community Center's planned events, ... See all stories on this topic »

Parks & Recreation Watch: Season 4 - Ron & Tammys Cinema Blend This weeks Ron-centric episode of Parks & Rec is a solid and funny entry but has a couple of plot lines that are either retreads or don't add a whole lot tom the picture. Anne and Chris are thrust back together to do nothing more then bury the hatchet ... See all stories on this topic » Cinema Blend

Tax money should go towards Kendrick Rec Center, not Streetscape project Newsworks.org Right down the street from the Streetscape project stands Kendrick Recreation Center, the "Rec," a neighborhood staple. The recreation center has not seen capital improvement money, our taxpayer dollars, not grant money as in the Streetscape project, ... See all stories on this topic »

Two Dormont Recreation Board Members Resign Patch.com He served as vice president of the recreation board. "I know I can't give the rec board the time it deserves, but do still plan to volunteer when and where I can," he said. Melissa Funk, who also resigned, had served on the board since 2009. ... See all stories on this topic »

Recreation calendar Louisville Courier-Journal Co-rec league. Beginning Saturday at Turners Field on River Road. $95 per team by noon Friday. Each team must have at least three girls. Call or text (502) 773-7920. Adult Monday. Each Monday, 1-8:30 pm at California Community Center. ... See all stories on this topic »

Rec commission shift is big change for city KC Community News Osawatomie city and recreation officials agreed to a monumental shift in the way in which the community manages its youth recreation programs last week. Both the City Council and theRecreation Commission agreed to transition the commission into an ... See all stories on this topic »

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