The anticipation of Barack Obama’s ascendency as the 44th president of the United States of America and the first African-American to reach the highest level of government was overwhelming. Amid economic crisis, U.S. forces still mired in an unpopular war, and uncertainty about the future there was a feeling of change in the air this [...]
Amazon and Sears were quick to capitalize on the potential of m-commerce with Sears launching its mobile optimized site sears2go.com and Amazon launching its ‘TextBuyIt’ service in April 2008. Amazon’s latest innovation, ‘Amazon Remembers’ allows iPhone users to take a picture of a product, the Amazon system will then scan the millions of items in [...]
AOL Search tracked the hottest searches of 2008 by category. Here’s a detailed breakdown highlighting the biggest winners and surprises of 2008 on AOL Search.
The big news story this year was the world economy with 5 of the top searches in the News category being related to this unfolding event. The number one news story [...]
Location-based social networks have been in development over the last several years but have only recently been made popular with the launch of the iPhone 3G and the Apple App Store opening up to developers. What’s unique to these social networks is their ability to map a user’s current location by using the GPS capabilities [...]
The creation of the cell phone has given users portability and ease of access to our most common communication needs. What started as a way to communicate without being tethered to a cord has now exploded into a growing industry. The rise of text messaging and mobile web browsing from business people on blackberry’s to [...]
