Clues to your political leanings could be what types of news stories you post, whether you have an SUV or an electric car registered in your name, and what other
smartphone apps you use — all data that Facebook makes available to advertisers.
We're constantly using it to get directions and countless
smartphone apps use it to suggest nearby restaurants, show us how far we've run and more.
A smartphone app uses image recognition to let users scan artworks in galleries for extra information and curate their own digital collection
InControl Apps allows owners to access many popular
smartphone apps using the centrally - mounted touchscreen on the central console.
The free HondaLink ™
smartphone app uses the owner's favorite online content to create live, personalized radio stations, allowing drivers to put away their phones and hear updates and news feeds from Facebook and Twitter, as well as check out restaurant reviews or find the closest coffee shop.
A sample shown on the site I happened across a website called MyPocketAttorney that says it will let lawyers build their own
smartphone apps using templates designed for law offices and legal professionals.
In January, I wrote here about MyPocketAttorney, a website that lets lawyers build their own
smartphone apps using templates designed for law offices and legal professionals.
I happened across a website called MyPocketAttorney that says it will let lawyers build their own
smartphone apps using templates designed for law offices and legal professionals.
Warnings have been raised again about the security of
the smartphone apps used to control IoT devices, with many found to be lacking elementary security and privacy measures.
Nissan says it plans to connect the watch and the car via
a smartphone app using Bluetooth LE, so the watch will be a companion, just as the Sony SmartWatch 2 and Samsung Galaxy Gear watches we've already seen.
Not exact matches
A Perth - based technology startup has struck a deal under which 10 million students in the US could be
using its
smartphone app.
Apple's new
smartphones also work with augmented reality (AR)
apps, maximizing the
smartphone's ability to be
used with services that mix real and virtual elements.
For years, Facebook users have publicly speculated the the
app might be spying on them through their
smartphone's microphone,
using their conversations to target unbelievably specific ads.
Hearing - aid companies themselves are innovating, adding
smartphone apps that let people
use their phone as an extra microphone in a noisy place.
IKEA and Converse, respectively, already allow users to envision pieces of furniture in their homes or shoes on their feet in real time
using smartphone apps.
As
smartphones are increasingly being
used at work, so are
apps.
When they plug an iPhone into the dashboard, the whole car will essentially become a
smartphone on wheels,
using the phone's 4G connection to connect to the Internet, showing car - enabled iPhone
apps on the car's touch - screen interface, and
using Siri to accept voice commands.
Mojio is a little box that plugs into any car's maintenance data port, beaming out information about the car's internal state, so the driver can
use smartphone apps (either supplied by Mojio, or by third parties) to do anything from monitor their car's fuel economy to find parking spots.
That means people around the world are
using the Foursquare
app on their
smartphones to check in to places like restaurants, pubs, gyms, hotels, campuses, stadiums, retail stores, and just about any other type of physical and even nonphysical locations.
Backed by MasterCard's MasterPass system, the banks»
apps will allow customers to load their debit and credit cards onto their
smartphones, then
use them to make transactions at merchants who have tap - and - pay terminals.
Go mobile for tracking inventory: If your inventory data is accessible via a mobile
app, sales staff might be able to
use a
smartphone or tablet to instantly confirm product availability for customers.
Apple Pay, MasterPass
apps and various other mobile payment systems all need to
use the near - field communications (NFC) chips in
smartphones to make transfers with merchant terminals.
And
smartphones are now like all - in - one production studios, empowering us to make world - class content
using a range of fun and often simple - to -
use apps.
In the future, companies may
use mobile
apps to place inventory orders with nearby distributors and watch the delivery vehicle restock the product in real time via
smartphone.
Amanda Rushing, the lawsuit's plaintiff, claims that Disney's various mobile gaming
apps routinely collect
smartphone data that can eventually be
used to create profiles of children that advertisers can then exploit.
Uses for consumers go much further, like Ikea's
smartphone app that lets people get a virtual preview of how furniture or appliances might look in their homes.
With the FDA estimating that 500 million
smartphone users worldwide will be
using health care - related
apps by 2015,
apps like Spruce are only the beginning.
It's the idea that the ubiquity of
smartphones and the popularity of
apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and Candy Crush have changed our collective expectations of how software should look and function, creating huge opportunities for business applications as intuitive and user - friendly as the ones people
use for fun.
Meanwhile, the average service business today is
using five to 10
apps or software programs to run their business, mixed between their
smartphone and desktop.
To get hacked, people would have to be
using their
smartphones or personal computers on the same Wi - Fi network to which their Smart TVs are connected, and then visit a malicious website or download an
app that contains software code that would let hackers take over, the report said.
They can be accessed
using a
smartphone app.
Yes, technically, Lyft and its ride - hailing arch-rival Uber do the exact same thing: Provide
smartphone apps that customers
use to hail rides that are often cheaper or easier to find than a taxi.
The idea is that people will
use their Facebook iOS or Android
app to add photos and videos from their
smartphone throughout the day, and their friends will tap through the stories to see what they've been up to.
For example, a user would be able to download new songs and
use apps and leave their
smartphone at home.
Many readers defended the
smartphone and suggested we'd still be
using them in 2025, advocating for
apps like Evernote and Slack.
This is becoming more important as more people own
smartphones and
use email as their main «
app.»
You can
use it to find a missing sock in your house, but you can also
use it to locate the wallet you left on a streetcar — with the help of every other
smartphone that has the Tile
app installed.
A little white Bluetooth - enabled square that can be attached to any item — in a wallet, inside a guitar, stuffed inside a sock — the Tile will ring whenever someone
uses a
smartphone app to «call» it.
Charge HR users can still track runs
using GPS
using the Fitbit
app on a
smartphone.
The company has a
smartphone app and API that can be
used by consumers and local, state, and federal law enforcement and first responder units that makes it unnecessary to have to actually call 911 in the event of an emergency.
And that's where the next clever step comes in - to scan the retina without the
use of a huge machine, the
app uses a simple 3D - printed lens that concentrates light from the
smartphone camera flash on the back of the eye.
That's where the cool part comes in: once the luggage has been identified as being lost, Travlr will
use its user base — other luggage owners with the
app installed and Bluetooth and location services active on their
smartphones — to see whether they can pick up any signals from the lost suitcase.
Instead, you'll get the full experience as if you were really
using their
app, without the commitment or
smartphone space required to download.
I knew people on vacation would
use this
app — people aren't bringing their laptops and PCs when they travel, but they all have
smartphones.»
If users realize that they can access in -
app content through search, they're more likely to keep
using Google search on their
smartphones.
Many people
use an alarm
app to wake up in the morning, but having your
smartphone by your bed can create an urge to check your messages first thing in the morning.
Many
apps are still optimized for the regular 16:9 aspect ratio that most
smartphones used before 2016, and some
apps are slightly cut off at the bottom as a result.
As Apple can long attest, success in the
smartphone race is just as much about the software, operating system and
apps you can
use as it is the hardware.
Anyone who
uses Google's Maps
app on their
smartphone or tablet should see some new features starting today.
Verizon also said it was overhauling its
smartphone app that customers can
use to monitor their usage, add or change plan features, and pay their bill.