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Why are Web Applications Superior to their Desktop counterparts?
No need for an install or to ship updates The application lives in the cloud and is centrally managed, when you launch the application you will always have the latest version. This leads to a single point for updates and fixes with the user receiving the updated version the next time they use the application.…
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What is a QR Code?
A QR Code is a two-dimensional bar-code and the name “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as its Japanese creator intended the code to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes have been very common in Japan, this popularity due to the fact that the majority of Japanese mobiles can read this code with their camera. QR Codes can…
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Can you Predict the X Factor Winner using Twitter?
I thought this was pretty interesting, the full article is worth a read, see the link below. Bil Tancer at Hitwise occasionally tries to predict talent show winners by studying Search activity, but there are now too many dynamics to interpret to be able to use internet data to easily predict X Factor winners and losers this year.…
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Accessibility and Flash – Make sure you add a HTML version of the Site
Here are some of the usability and data accessibility issues with Flash. You can’t select, copy, or paste any text. Your browser’s font override features won’t work, so you can’t adjust the font or its size to be more readable. Your browser’s built-in in-page search won’t work you can’t use the keyboard to scroll through…
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2 Billion applications downloaded from 40 million Iphones
While iPhone is only about 3% of the handset penetration it is responsible for a huge amounts of activity 1.3B Internet users 1.8B Fixed line telephones 2.9B Mobile Phones 4B Mobile users But out of 4B mobile users there are only 40M iPhones (inc about 20M iPod touch). Howver these 40M have downloaded 2B apps…