News tagged with mobile tools

Review: Baseball scores big with At Bat mobile app

(AP) -- Baseball is back, which means die-hard fans like me are hungry for updates and highlights when we're not near our televisions or computers.

Technology / Software

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Augmented Reality technology becomes a tool for urban and construction planning

Mobile computing tools for urban and construction planning have developed dramatically over the past few years. Even by global standards, the progress made at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been remarkable. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software

A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was reb ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.

Technology / Software

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers develop algorithm to improve remote electrocardiography

Today someone in a remote village in India is able to run an electrocardiogram (ECG) via their smart phone on a loved one having a potential heart attack and send to a doctor in New Delhi for analysis.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apps that can help students with college courses and down time

The smartphone has become the centerpiece of many students' digital lives.

Technology / Software

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New tool allows first responders to visualize post-event disaster environments

Using iPad mobile devices, emergency preparedness officials and first responders participating last month in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE-11)were able, for the first time, to ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social media require 'Community Relations 2.0'

The rise of social media and real-time advocacy have re-written the community outreach rules companies followed for decades. But many American firms are dragging their feet as they approach "Community Relations 2.0," Boston ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell phones become handheld tools for global development

Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0