Latest smart phone Stories
One of the First in the Nation for a Community Blood Bank JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Blood Alliance, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, with operations in North Florida, and regions of Georgia and South Carolina, is one of the first community blood banks in the nation to introduce a smart phone App. Blood banks throughout the country often struggle with low blood donor participation. Of the 60% of healthy Americans who can donate, only 5% do. The Blood...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today introduced the OV8820, a 1/3.2-inch 8-megapixel RAW CMOS image sensor based on OmniVision's proven 1.4-micron OmniBSI(TM) pixel architecture. The sensor delivers high frame rate 1080p/30 and 720p/60 high-definition (HD) video with electronic image stabilization (EIS) and full horizontal field of view (FOV) designed specifically to...
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading up to the busiest shopping season of the year, Sam's Club enhances and simplifies the shopping experience as the first membership warehouse club to offer smart phone application technology. The newly launched Sam's Club App can be downloaded for free from the iPhone App Store, Android Market and BlackBerry App World. The app includes exclusive features, such as access to product information, member reviews and eValues. The Sam's Club...
NORTHBROOK, Ill, Oct. 21/PRNewswire/ -- Allstate (NYSE: ALL) today announced the launch of Tag In by Allstate(TM), a new mobile messaging smart phone app for iPhone, Android and Blackberry users. This new offering is the latest example of the company's commitment to safety advocacy and consumer-focused innovation. Tag In is a fast and easy way to stay connected with family, friends or colleagues with a quick message and GPS location without using multiple applications or exposing your...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Noise Free Wireless (NoiseFree) announced today that it has signed a strategic multi-year contract to supply its noise management software to a manufacturer of cellular smart phone semiconductors. Included in the contract are maintenance, service, and update provisions. Noise management has become a significant differentiating factor in smart phones as customers have come to expect more noise suppression and voice performance for the premium...
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Minnesota is one of the first states to receive the Smart Phone Parenting(SM) Program designed to help parents encourage responsible wireless habits in their children. Nearly three-fourths of children ages 12 to 17 own cell phones according to the 2010 Pew Internet & American Life Project*. The public education program, developed by Verizon Wireless, features free workshops and an informational website. All program resources, including the workshops,...
Breaking the language barrier: NIST tests language translation devices for US troopsAt dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all. Because an interpreter is not available, U.S. Marines use hand gestures to ask the driver to step out of the car and open the trunk and hood for inspection. There's a lot of room for error.This scene was re-enacted recently during an evaluation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)"”but, this time, the...
UNIONDALE, N.Y., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Yellowbook, a national leader in local search, announced today that it has joined forces with adaffix, developer of a new social call recognition and recommendation application for smart phones, to introduce unique, time-saving functionalities to smart phone users across the United States. Previously available only in Denmark, Germany and Austria, the mobile app adds relevant content to outbound and inbound calls in real time. "To launch our award...
CHICAGO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Ocean Tomo, the intellectual property brokerage division of ICAP plc (IAP.L), is offering for sale two patent portfolios in the smart phone handset market. The first portfolio relates to touch screen and motion user interface and consists of 3 US-issued patents, 23 non-US patents, and 14 patent applications. The second portfolio consists of one US-issued patent, five non-US patents, and one patent application and relates to haptic or tactile feedback...
CALABASAS, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro Softnet Corporation, a leader in the Storage-as-a-Service, Online Backup and Storage market, has reached significant milestones in iPhone Backup and other smart phone backups through its IDrive Lite (http://www.idrive.com/idrive-lite/index.html) service. "Our objective is to provide online backup for every major device and platform. We launched the iPhone Contacts backup application via the IDrive Lite App last year and today we have over 4...
