Posts Tagged ‘App’
Mobile Education and the Wireless Industry… “Anytime, anywhere learning”
At the recent CTIA WIRELESS show in New Orleans I was so astounded by how wireless has truly revolutionized the area of mobile education that I thought it would make sense to briefly investigate the intersection of mobile broadband and education. We visited a local public school in Arlington, Virginia to get a sense of [...]
Never Wait on Hold for Customer Service with Hold-Free
Hold-Free Networks CEO Lance Fried says that you don’t have to wait on hold to talk to a customer service representative again. By using your smartphone to call for customer service, the Hold-Free app will provide your account details to the company so they can call you on your wireless device when they’re prepared to [...]
Apps to Help You Prevent Heart Disease
February is American Heart Month, which means it’s a great time to take a look at some of wireless products and services that can help you keep your heart healthy. Heart health is extremely important for all Americans. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women, according to the CDC. With [...]
CPR Apps Saves Athlete’s Life
In recognition of American Heart Month, here’s an inspiring story about a high school basketball coach who used a CPR app to save a player’s life. During a high school basketball practice, one of Coach Eric Cooper’s players collapsed and was unresponsive. Thanks to Coach Cooper’s CPR app, Phone Aid, he correctly administered CPR and [...]
Remote Monitor Patients Using Zephyr Technology
Monitoring a patient’s pulse, ECG, breathing and body position has never been easier thanks to wireless innovations. At the CTIA Wireless Health Pavilion at Medica 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Zephyr Technology CEO Brian Russell describes how his company’s device allows a caregiver to access a patient’s vital signs in real time. It also uses the [...]
“Appy” Holidays: The First Billion Download Week
I ran across this headline earlier in the week, and the clever turn-of-phrase both extended the holiday cheer here at CTIA and highlighted a remarkable achievement in the mobile market: 1.2 billion apps were downloaded during the last week of 2011, and that’s just for iOS and Android, according to Flurry. One-point-two-billion! While the growth [...]
WOW Insider Interview:’Kicks’ Changing Mobile Retail Experience
Now you can earn rewards everywhere you go, via mobile. Cyriac Roeding, CEO of Shopkick, talks about the mobile application that drives retail, rewarding customers for entering stores with ‘kicks’ on their mobile device which can be turned in for gift cards, donations to charities and more.
U.S. Wireless Ecosystem is Robustly Competitive
Competition drives the U.S. wireless industry. When one objectively looks at the major market indicators, competition is the reason why we lead the world in efficiency and value for consumers. These indicators include capital expenditures and network investments; infrastructure deployments; subscribership levels; subscriber growth; number of devices manufactured for the U.S. market; growth of device [...]
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