March 27, 2013, Game Developers Conference, San Francisco—Joost van Dreunen from SuperData Research talked about how new devices will change games. Developers who take advantage of the new platforms can take advantage of alternative business models to increase revenues and make more money. The trends in these devices are changing distribution and publication. In the [...]

March 2013 – At this year’s GDC, EA had an offsite meeting area to show showcase a number of the independent development companies that are using the EA flow and targeting mobile devices. Their showcase had about a half dozen development teams, we had a chance to talk to 4 of them – the team [...]

February 20, 2013, Tablet Strategy Conference, Burlingame, CA—A panel discussed the growing number of tablets in the workplace. David Needle from TabTimes moderated the panel, which included Tom Gonser from DocuSign, Sean Ginevan from Mobile Iron, and Jared Hansen from Breezy. Use cases for tablets? Gonser offered in-office fidelity in a split screen mode. The [...]

February 20, 2013, Tablet Strategy Conference, Burlingame, CA—A conversational encounter between Michael Singer from TabTime, Adam Stein from SAP, and Saranya Babu from Dell covered the issues with BYOD. These solutions apply to all end points and operating systems. Stein noted that BYOD requires companies to see the issues and determine how to deal with [...]

January, 2013, CES, Las Vegas—We talked with Judy Chen, president of MHL about the Mobile High-Definition Link Consortium about their efforts to expand their footprint. The organization is working to establish technology standards for audio-video connectivity for mobile devices. The phone is the first device to include this interface as a integral part of the [...]

November 28, 2012, WIMA NFC Conference, Millbrae, CA—Marc Greenbaum from Verizon Wireless described the changing ecosystem and marketplaces for NFC functions. These applications are growing very fast and will provide exciting new capabilities that are evolving and changing roles of many institutions. The mobile industry is moving into the third age of mobility. The industry [...]

November 28, 2012, WIMA NFC Conference, Millbrae, CA—Corey Wilson from Smartrac presented a case for changing the focus of NFC from financial to non-financial areas. The capabilities from the technology to enhance communications will become the driver for greater consumer adoption. NFC is supposed to be fun. The startup will not be in transactions, but [...]

November 28, 2012, WIMA NFC Conference, Millbrae, CA—Jeff Miles from NXP talked about NFC creating a new dimension in the digital reality. NFC is becoming a trusted, smart, and secure platform for many consumer contacts. NFC has been in development for the past ten years. We are now at the stage in it’s evolution where [...]

September 2012 – In a recent meeting with Dr. Paul Kim at CTO for the School of Education at Stanford, we saw the latest results on their SMILE system. SMILE stands for the Stanford Mobile Inqury Based Learning Environment and is a USAID program that is sponsored by Marvell Semiconductor. The premise of the course [...]

September 18, 2012, Memcon, Santa Clara, CA—Martin Lund from Cadence presented some changes in memory structures and the drivers for change in memories. The memory industry, although mature by semiconductor standards, is still saying changes at very dramatic rates. Mobile devices are one of the big drivers for changes in memories. The cloud revolution is [...]