http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A year ago, Facebook was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering. It has since eased those worries. http://phys.org/news286646961.html Technology Wed, 01 May 2013 17:09:30 EST news286646961 The head of BlackBerry has taken a swipe at Apple, saying the iPhone's operating system was outdated, while promising thousands of new apps as it prepares to launch its Z10 model in Australia and the US. http://phys.org/news282885881.html Electronics Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:24:59 EST news282885881 (Phys.org) —A small company called Umoove, which specializes in eye- and head-tracking technology, will offer software development kits so that developers can grow the Umoove platform for mobile users everywhere. The company this week announced its intentions to release the tool kit soon but has already started signing up people as "closed beta" testers via its web site. Following the gated-access stage, Umoove will open wider to a full public beta launch. Umoove's platform will be open to everyone, the company chief and co-founder, Moti Krispil, said. http://phys.org/news282497584.html Technology Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:33:19 EST news282497584 Jim Balsillie, the former co-CEO and a driving force behind BlackBerry, no longer owns shares in the Canadian smartphone maker, according to a US securities filing Thursday. http://phys.org/news280074938.html Technology Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:35:50 EST news280074938 Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry was handed a crushing setback for its glitzy new handsets when its major customer Home Depot confirmed on Tuesday it was switching to Apple's iPhones. http://phys.org/news279905175.html Electronics Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:30:03 EST news279905175 BlackBerry's new smartphone platform launched this week faces an uphill battle winning back corporate and government users who helped spawn the "crackberry" culture, analysts say. http://phys.org/news279007416.html Electronics Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:50:02 EST news279007416 In the battle for Christmas, Microsoft has scored a win over Google as the official maps partner for Santa and his reindeer. http://phys.org/news274639060.html Technology Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:37:45 EST news274639060 With 6 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide—that's about 87 percent of the world population—and an even higher percentage of users estimated on campuses, Indiana University has embarked on a mobile security campaign to heighten awareness about the tools available to safeguard users and their products. http://phys.org/news274523510.html Technology Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:31:57 EST news274523510 Users of mobile devices are rejecting or uninstalling some apps because of concerns about how much personal and private information is collected, a US survey showed Wednesday. http://phys.org/news266059420.html Technology Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:23:46 EST news266059420 (AP)—What was the biggest complaint about Facebook's iPhone app? Users called it slow. http://phys.org/news264948089.html Technology Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:00:07 EST news264948089 (AP) — Facebook's stock hit a new low Friday after it reported lukewarm second-quarter results and didn't give an outlook for the coming months. http://phys.org/news262602697.html Technology Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:11:48 EST news262602697 A growing number of Americans use their mobile phones to access the Internet, and some use that as their only device to get online, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news259951671.html Technology Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:47:58 EST news259951671 (Phys.org) -- Using data supplied by a mobile operator, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that population movements after the 2010 Haiti earthquake followed regular patterns. This information can be used to predict beforehand the movements of people after a disaster, and thus improves chances for aid to be delivered to the right places at the right time. http://phys.org/news259307138.html Technology Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:45:47 EST news259307138 Skype has begun showing callers on-screen ads while they use the globally popular free Internet telephone service. http://phys.org/news258865662.html Technology Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:07:49 EST news258865662 Google unveiled a revamped maps program Wednesday that allows mobile users to use the service without an Internet connection as the Internet giant geared up for a possible competing service. http://phys.org/news258209325.html Technology Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:49:00 EST news258209325 Microsoft's Skype Internet telephone service hopes to quadruple the number of users to get to one billion, division president Tony Bates said Thursday. http://phys.org/news257705828.html Technology Thu, 31 May 2012 17:57:14 EST news257705828 (Phys.org) -- Developers and end users both have been indicating they are ready to start saying long goodbyes to mouse and keyboard. In this touchscreen generation of mobile users, the big stir among gadget reviewers this week is the announcement by Leap Motion that you can not only say goodbye to mouse and keyboard, but goodbye to touchscreen, too. "That nice LED display remains clean and untouched, as it should be,” says the company. The San Francisco based company has announced it is accepting pre-orders for its new Leap, a small USB peripheral that performs motion control with in-the-air sweeps of hand and movements of fingers. The Leap creates a 3-D interaction space of eight cubic feet to interact with and control software on a laptop or desktop. This gesture-control device for computers is running rings, and orbs, and swirls, and curlicues, around Kinect, the most well known of technologies that help users interact with computers without mouse and keyboard. http://phys.org/news256964839.html Technology Wed, 23 May 2012 04:37:21 EST news256964839 (Phys.org) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry group bent on making Wi-Fi access more available more easily, has announced that it will begin certifying devices and hot-spot providers (using the Hotspot 2 definition) starting next month as part of its Passpoint program, whose purpose is to allow Smartphones and other mobile devices to automatically connect to Wi-Fi hotspots without having to go through a login process. http://phys.org/news255775045.html Technology Wed, 09 May 2012 10:10:01 EST news255775045 Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and movements. The prototype could be extended to include sensors for other factors such as blood glucose as well as markers for specific diseases. The connectivity would allow patients to send data directly to their healthcare provider and receive timely advice and medication suggestions. http://phys.org/news250509949.html Technology Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:06:11 EST news250509949 Twitter said Tuesday it was expanding its advertising program to mobile users, the latest bid by the short-messaging service to boost its money-making efforts. http://phys.org/news249711551.html Technology Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:30:01 EST news249711551 Mozilla, which brought the free web browser Firefox to the masses, now wants to do the same for mobile users, with a new open source operating system that could drastically slash smartphone prices. http://phys.org/news249646423.html Technology Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:13:52 EST news249646423 (PhysOrg.com) -- Google's next big move, according to the Wall Street Journal, is a cloud storage service called Drive. Hardly first to the plate, Google is simply catching up to introducing its cloud repository idea for mobile users. Apple, Microsoft, and Dropbox are known for their services, but stories about anticipated Google launches generally stir the waters and seed lots of news items and bloggers’ posts. http://phys.org/news248246620.html Technology Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:00:01 EST news248246620 The Louvre said Thursday it has teamed up with Nintendo to hand out 3D game consoles to guide visitors through its vast art collections, as part of a stepped up digital drive at the Paris museum. http://phys.org/news243164767.html Technology Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:46:19 EST news243164767 (AP) -- A British company has taken the price war for music subscriptions to a new level. http://phys.org/news243147276.html Technology Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:10:01 EST news243147276 Wikipedia on Wednesday said it was banking on growth in the mobile phone sector and increased Internet access to boost content in Indian languages ranging from Hindi to Telugu. http://phys.org/news240050509.html Technology Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:10:03 EST news240050509 Research In Motion (RIM) has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government conduct surveillance checks on the company's BlackBerry services, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. http://phys.org/news239010541.html Technology Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:49:11 EST news239010541 While BlackBerrys and iPhones are fast becoming must-have accessories for many urban Thais, mobile Internet in the kingdom is still struggling to get out of the slow lane. http://phys.org/news236748742.html Technology Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:32:33 EST news236748742 North Korea is upgrading jamming devices to disrupt South Korean military communications, Yonhap news agency said Tuesday, citing a defence ministry report. http://phys.org/news234500092.html Technology Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:55:06 EST news234500092 (AP) -- About 16 percent of Cubans are online in some capacity with access to email, the island's intranet or the worldwide Web, a government agency says. http://phys.org/news229321974.html Technology Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:34:30 EST news229321974 US senators introduced bills on Wednesday aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile phone users and safeguarding personal information of consumers stored online. http://phys.org/news227378779.html Technology Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:46:48 EST news227378779