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Much has been discussed about the dangers of mobile technology when drivers use mobile devices for texting and other distracting activities while driving, but significantly less has been discussed about the safety benefits that mobile technology provides in a wide variety of environments.   Even less is known – even inside the mobile industry – about the ever-increasing opportunities this rapidly evolving technology is providing to increase safety in ways you may not think about – YET. To help our members and visitors gain additional understanding of the substantial capabilities mobile technology provides to increase personal, family and business safety, …

Forrester Research indicates that mobile commerce is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of 2012, and will experience annual compound growth at the rate of 39% over the next 5 years. Recent studies are filled with statistics that indicate significant growth in all areas of mobile commerce, such as: 41% of smartphone owners have made a purchase from their mobile phone (Chadwick Martin Bailey) 74 million consumers in the U.S. shop from their mobile devices (InMobi) 13.1 million consumers access retail content via mobile phones with 8.2 million of them visiting mobile commerce websites (ComScore) Again from Forrester, …

Our speakers for the evening will be Jon Oberheide, CTO of Duo Security and Walt Capers, Senior Software Architect for Compuware. Register Here. Jon Oberheide’s presentation will deconstruct Google’s Android mobile platform and its security model, from the base OS, to the Android middleware, up to some case studies using third-party applications.  As Android emerges as a leading OS in the mobile market, there’s much to be learned from both the victories and failures of Google’s design decisions and their impact on Android’s security model.  Jon will showcase some fun attacks used to subvert the base Android system, as well as …

As more and more companies support more and more complex mobile scenarios, the need for a reliable and cost-effective back-end solution is paramount. Users expect access to personal and corporate data from whatever devices they choose to carry, blurring the traditional boundaries of corporate firewalls. Development timelines for mobile applications are usually measured in days or weeks, not months or years, so they need to provision resources quickly, and a successful mobile app may need to scale very rapidly as well. With his presentation, ‘Mobile and The Cloud – A Perfect Match’, Microsoft’s Patrick Foley will explain how cloud technologies …

Mobile healthcare, also known as mHealth, is one of the fastest growing segments of the mobile technology industry.  What exactly is mHealth? It is healthcare enabled by the use of mobile phones and other wireless devices, and it is a technology that is transforming healthcare from a physician and hospital-centric system to one that endeavors to connect all the entities involved in the healthcare process (including patients) via mobile in order to achieve the collection of community and clinical health data, delivery of healthcare information to practitioners, researchers, and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vital signs, and direct provision of …

Start: 03/14/2011 5:30 pm End: 03/14/2011 8:00 pm Michigan Businesses Challenged by Mobile Infrastructure Questions Local Mobile Industry Group, Mobile Monday Detroit Offers Information to Aid Enterprise-level and Small Businesses Get Needed Answers about Mobile Infrastructure at Upcoming Event DETROIT, MI – Businesses at all levels are now starting to participate in the mobile space, but to facilitate that participation, they need tools and applications that solve their key infrastructure management issues. As small businesses and enterprise companies begin to fully embrace mobile, there are hundreds of decisions, software integrations, and compliance processes that need to be considered. Therefore, businesses …

There’s a lot of ‘buzz’ these days about Mobile Marketing and how it’s changing the world of advertising and direct communication with consumers. You hear a lot about how effective it is, for example: 97% of people who receive a text message read it within 15 minutes of receipt Average response rates to mobile marketing campaigns are 12 – 15%, though many companies are seeing reponse rates exceeding 60%! Mobile coupon redemption is 10X that of traditional coupons 53% of mobile users would share their location to receive relevant ads However, as marketers begin to become familiar with all of …

As a result of many of our planned Mobile Safety speakers’ participation in the January International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we have had to postpone the Mobile Safety topic until later in the year. We will let you know when this topic will be re-scheduled. In place of the Mobile Safety topic we will instead be focusing our January 10th meeting on Mobile Applications. Our featured presenters will be representatives from jacApps, a division of Jacobs Media located in Southfield, MI. jacAPPS will present information on the success they’ve achieved as App Developers resulting from their ability to …

Has managing mobile technology in your organization become the unmanageable beast that no one wants to talk about and no one knows how to deal with? Is your company evaluating the options between corporate-liable (company-owned) and personal-liable (employee-owned) mobile technology? Do you have a clear understanding of how such issues as security, budget, wireless lifecycle, and technical support needs will impact your decision? If your company’s mobile technology is a beast that you need to start taming, this is definitely a meeting you should attend! Our speakers for the evening will include: Nick Pike, representing Nick Pick Consulting and VOX …

Mobile Monday Detroit once again presents high-profile Michigan-based companies working in the Mobile Technology space in our effort to showcase the important role Michigan is playing in this cutting-edge field. Our November meeting will feature presentations from General Motors and Compuware-owned Gomez. General Motors’ presentations will focus on the firm’s use of mobile technology, including OnStar. Specific details about the presentation topics will be released soon. Presenters will be Matt Hovey, Program Manager / Senior Architect / Strategist for Mobile Computing, and Mike Barkume, Manager of Dealer and Consumer Mobile Solutions. Our Gomez presenter will be Amir Rozenberg, Product Manager …