Nokia adds Google as search engine

The world's largest manufacturer of mobile devices has added the world's most popular search engine to its search application, joining Yahoo! and Windows Live, which are already offered.

See the article at: http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_8239015?source=email

Top Japanese Mobile Carrier Picks Google Search Engine

By September, more than half of Japan's mobile phone subscribers will see the Google search engine when they connect to the Internet. Other Google services to be provided as well.

For the full article: http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_8064666?source=email

iPhone Internet traffic surges

On Janaury 14, 2008, The New York Times reports that users of the new iPhone are finding the device's browser technology a charm for surfing and are using it more than consumers use browsers on other competing mobile devices.

Read article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/technology/14apple.html?_r=1&ex=1200978000&en=c4b478d54edc98ba&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin

Broadcasters gear up for cell-phone TV

On January 6, 2008, the Associated Press reported that broadcasters are gearing up to begin transmitting television programming for portable electronic devices such as cellphones in 2009.

The initiative is driven by broadcasters' need to challenge mobile carriers, who are creating their own content for their devices.

For learning, this means video eventually will become a standard part of mobile communications. Talk about learning on demand!

Google to improve web access for phones

Reuters reports that Google is developing software to improve web access for cell phones. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0262823920071105

Schools beginning to use iPods to teach

The New York Times reports that even at schools in which iPods are banned, similar devices are used for teaching. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/education/09ipod.html?_r=1&ex=1192593600&en=5d0185f9fdcbc840&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin

Google integrating phones and advertising

The New York Times reports that Google has been working for two years on a phone that will integrate with their advertising services. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08googlephone.html?_r=1&ex=1192507200&en=37e7d83f93658fb6&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin

iPods and iPhones: The Confluence of Mobil Technology

Now that the iPod has web connectivity and a browser to go with it's vast music storage and play capabilities, and with the iPhone's successful launch, impressive market penetration, and falling prices, it looks like we're headed toward convergence. Check out the latest at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/05/technology/05cnd-apple.html?ex=1189656000&en=778aa5087ed5deb6&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Blogs as an Enterprise Solution

Here's a link to an article featured in the January 26, 2007 ACS Global Learning Market Connection newsletter on the growing use of blogs as business tools for everything from customer feedback to project management:
http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=18867

Applie's iPhone

Here is a link to a New York Times article on Apple's newest product, the iPhone. As one would expect from Steve Jobs, it has an entirely different interface than other contemporary phones and related hybrids. Apple has already run into copyright issues on their name, and there has also been some flack around Apple restricting its users to their proprietary files, but it's the interface here that is most interesting, given the scramble that technology companies are going through to find the all-purpose personal data device.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/technology/09cnd-iphone.html?ex=1169010000&en=1c2c13b76eba37e9&ei=5070&emc=eta1