Mobile app review: Truveo video search for iPhone
Video search engine Truveo has released an updated version of its iPhone app with new features and 'Intelligent Query Completion' to improve the search functionality.
Since iPhones are sold with YouTube pre-installed, the app already has some strong competition to overcome, though users have viewed some 3m videos through the app since it launched in July last year. I've been trying out the updated version of Truveo's app and seeing how it compares to YouTube.
Inauguration streams in on iPhone
How do you spur adoption of an iPhone app? Make it a must-have by Tuesday. Even if it hasn't yet been released.
Hard to concoct a better marketing strategy than live video streaming site Ustream has to spur buzz around a new product launch. You certainly can't fault the timing. Install their iPhone app now (if you can get it, which you probably can't), and you can watch Tuesday's inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States anywhere, so long as there's a mobile signal. No computer or TV set required.
Q&A: Guy Stephens of Carphone Warehouse on online customer service
Guy Stephens is the Knowledge and Online Help Manager for Carphone Warehouse, having joined the company in September last year.
I talked with Guy about how Carphone Warehouse provides help and support to its customers online, his plans to improve the service offered, as well as the company's attitude to Twitter and other social media.
Palm proves that you can teach an old dog new tricks
Most of us tend to root for the underdog. There's something powerful in the thought that the most disadvantaged can muster up the strength to overcome a significant challenge or a more potent competitor.
Few, however, seemed to be rooting for Palm, the company that created the market for the smart phone.
CES 2009: the 3 biggest news items
CES, the world's largest consumer technology trade show, started yesterday.
Despite the economy and speculation about the economy's impact on CES this year, CES seems to be doing alright this year and is still one of the most important technology trade shows in the world; the place where hot new consumer gadgets are launched and big announcements made.
What does rising netbook popularity mean for web designers?
Netbooks are on the rise. The bare-bones laptops, which typically cost under $500 and are designed for web surfing and email, are increasingly the focus of major PC makers looking for growth.
And for good reason.
Q&A: AdMob's Thomas Schulz on mobile advertising
AdMob is a mobile advertising network that connects advertisers with publishers, allowing advertisers to target ads to mobile websites and, more recently, through iPhone apps.
We have been talking to AdMob's European MD Thomas Shulz about the mobile ad marketing general, and how the growth in iPhone usage has affected the industry...
Five of the best: iPhone websites
The iPhone's Safari browser provides one of the best ways to use the internet on a mobile phone, and some companies have responded to the device's growing popularity by adapting their own websites to work on its 480 x 320 touch screen.
While many standard versions of websites can be viewed effectively on the iPhone, plenty of scrolling and zooming in and out is still required, and this can be frustrating on some sites. I've been taking a look at some of the best sites I've found that have been optimised for the iPhone...
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Graham Charlton
Strategy & Planning
