Turning Yellow Pages into Gold: Making Money from Mobile Search.
CHANGE IS COMING TO BUSINESS SEARCH: That we are about to witness a sea of change in the traditionally tranquil waters of business directories was made patently clear at a recent meeting of key Yellow Page businesses at the EADP Conference in Mallorca. In mature European markets like the UK, printed directory revenues are declining by approximately 12% year on year. Meantime, digital revenues (PC web and mobile) have been growing year after year, and on a global basis, account for more than 20% of total business directory revenues. But the web growth story is one that dates from the ‘noughties’, the decade spanning 2000-2009. Today in the ‘teenies’, the decade started this year; mobile is the key engine of growth.
I wanted to highlight a few GPS units that might help you out this weekend if you are hitting the road. I have been offering advice on some cheaper units that can help out wayward travelers looking for a good deal. You can always venture into Refurbs for the best deal, but some are not interested in the risk. Garmin Nuvi 255W – widescreen go-to unit that is right-priced at $119 at BestBuy right now as well as Amazon. See my review for more information but the unit covers most needs with a good set of features, namely widescreen, good maps and text to speech
iPhone TIPS: Exchange ActiveSync to arrive on Hotmail on Monday
- by iPhone-tips-tricks.com – Well well. Microsoft’s Live Hotmail will finally support it’s own ActiveSync technology this Monday. source: Microsoft’s Dharmesh Mehta told CNET The fun part is that competitor Gmail has implemented ActiveSync support last year already. As I wrote about the multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts support on iOS 4 [HERE], Hotmail users can add their Hotmail account to
No way guys! We will not post such a sh*t on our blog. Okay you don’t know anything about Two Girls and one Cup video, then leave it just like that! There is a very very disgusting (NSFW) video hype going on the net about two girls and one cup of “ice cream”. NO, we will NOT link you to that video, no way really! Look how people react when watching that video (safe for work). We are just using
- by iPhone-tips-tricks.com - The iPhone might be a great camera phone, however there are some physical limitations on its built-in lens. Well to solve it, there are you can attach special lenses to it via an included magnetic ring, giving you wide angle Macro and or fisheye capabilities that go well beyond your average fixed lens.
iPhone TIPS: MS Exchange ActiveSync and Passcode Lock
- COPYRIGHT - DON’T COPY, JUST LINK US- written by iPhone-tips-tricks.com - Starting from iOS 4.0, there is support for multiple MS Exchange active sync accounts. These accounts are supported by gmail servers and corporate MS Exchange servers starting from version MS Exchange 2003 (and ‘native’ Device Password Policy support from SP2) That is a big advantage compared to the max.
This is the first of it’s kind in thrissur. Usually all India telecom providers are misers partly due to their very low tariffs forced by TRAI (telecom regulatory authority of india). But Vodafone it seems has taken the first step in providing convenience to the public. This charging dock has been spotted at Kalyan Apparels, Thrissur.
Since my days working @ the Canadian consulate, I still check in @ www.canada.com There was an interesting article there: Europeans dress most casually for work, Indians dress smartest where there are a few tidbits that might be helpful @ some point. Here are all of the results of the survey & here is the
Garmin has announced a great looking new Edge 800 GPS based touchscreen bike computer that looks to be a big step up in capabilities, notable adding Birdseye satellite imagery and touchscreen capabilities. The Edge 800 interacts with Garmin Basecamp software where you can plan rides and then download them to the Edge 800. If your ride partners have a wireless capable GPS, you can then beam the route to them via Garmi’s wireless sharing feature. Compatible Fitness units include the Edge 705 and 605, along with the Garmin Oregon series, Dakota 20 and the older Colorado series handheld units. I use a Colorado 400t when biking to which I have added City Navigator NT maps so I can navigate roads.
Vision Helpdesk FAQ’s | Overriding WHMCS Support Module with Vision Helpdesk
Vision Helpdesk Integration with WHMCS to override WHMCS default support module. Follow below listed steps – 1) Copy folder vision from – integration/whmcs/modules/support/ to WHMCS installation — /modules/support/ 2) Copy config.php file from vision installation to /module/support/vision/ directory of WHMCS Installation. example : If you have installed Vision at yourdomain.com/support/ then you should find config.php under “support” folder 3) Edit above mentioned config.php file in whmcsinstallation/module/support/vision/ Locate line — $this-> database = “”; Below this line add one more line – $this-> domain = “yourdomain.com”; Where yourdomain.com == your Vision License Domain. 4) Copy the vision directory from integration/whmcs/templates/ to templates directory of WHMCS Installation.
Cricket 20-20 allows you to play one-off limited overs matches and 20-20 tournaments. You can choose to play as any of the so-called ‘test playing’ international teams, and have the option of assembling the starting XI yourself from real life players (albeit with their names changed slightly for licensing purposes). To help you pick your team, you can view stats and profiles of every player
Make calls to a regular phone from your Gmail account
Gmail users can soon make phone calls from within their accounts for free to the U.S. and Canada and for pretty cheap to several other countries. The service will be rolling out to Gmail users in the U.S. immediately, with international availability coming at an unspecified later date.
Garmin Nuvi Recall Information – Some 200W, 250W, 260W and 7XX Units
Yes, it’s true, Garmin has a recall on for some units from the following model numbers: 200W, 250W, 260W and the 7XX series (where the XX are two numbers). The recall stems form a battery issue from one of their suppliers where the battery can overheat. The recall will include up to 1.3 million units. Garmin has a special recall page set up to check if your model is in the batch of units that are being recalled by looking up the serial number. If your Nuvi is one that has the problem battery, you can print out a shipping label, ship it back to Garmin where they will insert a new battery, and return the unit to you.
Apparently it’s already over. Google won and everyone else, including the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, can pack up and go home. That seems to be the general feeling around the internet right now. Last year Android was an interesting geek phone OS, this year it has become all things to everyone, or so we are told
Cobra 7750 Platinum – Tricked out GPS For Truckers
Cobra has been doing their homework and rolled a long list of features into their new GPS for Truckers, the Cobra 7750 Platinum GPS. Not only does it include classic consumer capabilities like junction views, lane assist, and multi-point routing, but it also includes a long list of truck specific capabilities
At least 200 million accessing Facebook on their mobile
Facebook revealed that its iPhone app has 102.2 million monthly active users, with another 57.5 million using Facebook for BlackBerry, 11.9 million using its Android app, and 2.6 million using its Palm webOS app. That’s already 174.2 million monthly active users, and this figure doesn’t include the 986,000 people still using Facebook for Sidekick, the 120,000 people on INQ handsets
Mobile OS Platforms-Which horse should you bet on?
Here is an extract from Golden Gekko’s view of the mobile platform landscape today with an insight into likely losers and gainers going forwards: The mobile ecosystem keeps on evolving faster than ever and it’s often difficult to see the macro trends with all the day to day announcements and comments about winners and losers.
As the name suggests, the main functions of the iPhone 4 is to make the call. Is a big mistake if we think that the iPhone 4 can only be used for calling. There are many uses iPhone 4, one of which is to take pictures. As one of the types of smartphones, the iPhone 4 has more than one function. iPhone latest generation is equipped camera with up to 5 megapixel
Apple captures half of all handset profits though only capture 3% of global sales market revenue
Apple took nearly half of the available profits in the $6 billion mobile phone market in Q2 despite generating only 3% of sales. Apple’s Q2 share was more than double that of closest competitor Nokia, even though Nokia captured 34% of total sales. The disparity is partly down to Apple’s emphasis on profitability over sales, as well as the increasing importance of the smartphone market. Apple and RIM, both exclusive smartphone vendors, have gone from a combined 7% profit share to 65% in the last three years.
Creating Games for Windows Phone 7 isn’t as hard as you think using XNA GameStudio 4.0 . Over at the XNA Creators Club there are some great tutorials and an introduction to get your started. There is even a great beginner guide here . Get introduced to Windows Phone 7, and phone game development with XNA Game Studio.This set of educational content is for all skill levels and phases of development, with a focus on introducing basic game techniques – such as input, graphics, and sound –to developers interested in making games on Windows Phone 7 using XNA Game Studio 4.0. Phase One – Platform: Available Now! Catapult Wars Lab Orientation Sample Sound and Music Sample 2D Graphics Sample Particles Sample 2D Asset Types Article Intro to C# From Objective-C and Java Article Gestures Article Phase Two – Performance: Coming in September 2010 3D Accelerometer-Based Game Lab Dynamic Audio Sample 3D Asset Types Article Intro to Render Loop Article Phase Three – Polish: Coming in October to November 2010 Social Game Lab Best Practices Game State Management Location and Photo Integration Bonus: Augmented Reality Sample To get started creating games head over to the XNA Creators Club now! Note: to run this samples require XNA Game Studio 4.0 and the Windows Phone Developer Tools to run