In the vein of Samsung’s mobile patient monitor, Myrimis, a “real-life” location based social network (LBSNS), launched a mobile version last week. Available for free on internet-enabled phones, the previously desktop-only service allows you to display the location of your family members, friends, pets, photos taken and even your personal assets (like a car or […]
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Location Based Services Enable “Virtual Caring”
April 30th, 2008 by Allison
Tags: Asia · Emerging Technology · Mobile · Social Networking
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Mobile Patient Monitoring in Korea
April 29th, 2008 by Allison
Samsung Electronics Co. has established an internet-based mobile communication system for hospitals which allow doctors and nurses to monitor patients’ conditions with their cell phones, according to the Korea Herald.
The new system has been installed at the recently-opened cancer clinic of Samsung Medical Center in Seoul and is the first hospital in Korea to have […]
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Full Web-browsing, Haptics Booming in Korea
April 24th, 2008 by Allison
The Korea Times reports that mobile internet is the hottest issue among early adopters in Korea. The three most popular handsets these days according to online community Cetizen are all touch-screen phones specializing in Web browsing: Samsung’s Haptic, Pantech & Curitel’s CanU and LG’s Touch Web Phone.
These models, all capable of full web-browsing, are […]
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“Moments of Greatness” in Hong Kong
April 14th, 2008 by NGT
Guinness ran a mobile campaign at this year’s Hong Kong Sevens, an annual rugby tournament, around the theme ‘Moments of Greatness.’ Mobile applications were used to provide visitors with information on the event, from match schedules to city guides in order to make sure tourists don’t get lost. In the mood for a […]
Tags: Asia · Marketing & Advertising · Mobile · Youth Trends
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In Singapore, Web is First Source for News
April 9th, 2008 by NGT
According to our recent survey, young people in Singapore unanimously go the Internet as their first source for news and information.
FH Singapore conducted a straw poll in March 2008 to seek out Singaporean youth’s preferred channel for sourcing information. 100% of all 45 respondents cited the Internet amongst one of their […]
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