Back in January 2014, when the press and industry observers were all aflutter over “smartwatches,” we posted our analysis that Apple would develop a wrist-based mobile device in which the “watch” function was purely incidental. We...
The Apple celeb photo hack has brought renewed attention to the subject of “two-factor authentication.” An interesting development in this area is the recent launch of Identity Manager by AllWebID, a NJ company, seeking to popular...
We’ve tracked both Apple’s and IBM’s progress into the Mobile Cloud Era through a series of articles this year. Now we have their marketing agreement (announced in July.) So here’s our take. First of all, the Apple-IBM deal reinfo...
Vinnie Ramesh CTO and Co-founder of Wellframe characterized his company as the “clinical backend for the quantified self,” and we were definitely interested to hear more. Wellframe has positioned itself between healthcare patients...
Starting about seven years ago, wefi set out to develop a virtual cloud based layer to collect information on WiFi hotspots worldwide. Based on information it amassed including, network loads, user locations and types of devices b...
One of three winners of the IBM Mobile Developers Challenge, Red Ant, is bringing Big Data to retail, in-store. CEO Dan Mortimer explained to us that the company, a digital agency from its founding in 1999, has now transformed its...
Mana Health is pursuing one of the most ambitious approaches to the issue of integration and accessibility of individuals’ healthcare records. The company has developed its Patient Gateway, which, “features an intuitive experience...
Majestyk Apps, a recent winner of the IBM Watson Mobile Developer’s Challenge, describes itself as a “full-service digital agency”. However, its winning concept in the Challenge, which could have far-reaching implications for the ...
Two of the panelists on an informative Mobile Health (mHealth) panel at the May M1 Mobile-First Summit showed how big data from evolving sources of scientific/academic research are being used in mobile healthcare apps and platform...
We met Jeanniey Mullen at the highly successful and stimulating M1 Mobile-First Summit in New York, where she was a speaker on an expert panel on Wearables and Fashion. Mullen is founder of Yellow Bean, a mobile, digital and conte...
