Nokia Music gets upgraded for Lumia 920 and Lumia 820: Equalizer, Dolby support, Facebook connectivity
By Mat Smith posted Oct 30th 2012 11:45AM Now Windows Phone 8 has arrived with Xbox Music in tow, what’s next for Nokia Music? Well, at a press briefing this week in London, it told the assembled tech press that its still going — and Nokia’s even adding features. The music service is apparently continuing to expand, with new tracks being added weekly — Nokia’s mix radio currently houses 338 curated mixes...
How Starbucks Brews Its Mobile Strategy
Ask Starbucks’ Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman about the company’s mobile strategy and he might well tell you it doesn’t have one. It’s an odd-sounding answer from a prime mover in mobility–the $11.7 billion coffee retailer has been experimenting with mobile technology since 2007 as an early adopter of everything from smartphone payments to mobile ordering. But “we don’t look at mobile in a...
Google Play closing in on Apple’s store with 700K apps, says Bloomberg
By Steve Dent posted Oct 30th 2012 11:52AM Amidst all the Nexus excitement from yesterday, Google just hit the 700,000 Android app milestone in its Play Store, according to Bloomberg. That would put it near par with Apple, who announced just last month that its App Store hit that same figure. Like Cupertino’s iOS shop, Play (which started off as the Android Market) has been peddling its robot wares since 2008, though the store...
CIOs Must Face the Talent Challenge
The more CIOs I talk to, the more apparent it becomes that the talent wars have hit a whole new level of sophistication. Here are some intriguing approaches and questions to consider, gathered from my most recent CIO conversations: Establish rotational assignments between IT and business units: How many of you are currently doing this? If you want your team to have a deep understanding of your business, it’s essential to develop...
Apple Introduces New iPod touch and iPod nano
Apple today introduced the new lineup of the world’s most popular music players, including the incredible new iPod touch and reinvented iPod nano. iPod touch comes in a new ultrathin and light anodized aluminum design in five vibrant colors and features a brilliant 4-inch Retina display, a 5-megapixel iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording, Apple’s A5 chip, Siri, and iOS 6. iPod nano, available in seven new colors, is the...
