Guest blogged by Nicole Mountain Over the past couple of weeks we’ve heard further announcements regarding new and upcoming smart card based ID schemes from around the world. This week, the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs began rolling out biometric ePassports via ten of its 18 regional consular offices (RCO) – the remaining provinces will… Read More
Mobile Apps to reach 17.5 Billion USD by 2012!
At least that is what a report done for Getjar says. Getjar is the worlds second biggest apps store (after the Apple apps store, of course). The number that everyone is salivating about is 17.5 billion dollars! Seriously, can you imagine that much money? And to see a market that HUGE by 2012 is nothing… Read More
Apple v Google: it’s World War III – And technology editors are lovin’ it!
There’s nothing like a little incendiary feature writing to fan the flames of what is already promising to be the technology battle of giants for 2010. Let’s be honest, anyone who follows this stuff knew it was coming. There was even a whiff of it in the air at Mobile World Congress. But what I… Read More
Flat Earth News
If you found the tweet “is only 11% of news on Google original reporting? Interesting blog from the Guardian today.” and the subsequent link to the blog in question, then you may be interested in this book by Nick Davies titled “Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global… Read More
C-ITV: Spring is in the air
This week finally feels like Spring is in the air; the sun is shining, plants are starting to grow and even the contactless world is showing signs of new activities and projects. In the US, a large department store has started using mobile couponing, where customers receive barcode vouchers (either via text or the website),… Read More
FILM – The SIM-based NFC trial at Mobile World Congress 2010
Have a look at the latest film that we have uploaded on C-ITV. Fresh from this year’s Mobile World Congress, we spoke to Visa, Telefonica O2, Samsung, la Caixa, G&D and ITN International about their recent SIM-based NFC trial during the Mobile World Congress show and find out how this impacts the plans they have… Read More
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