• Everyday objects with sensors pumping out data
• the mobile phone reads and analyzes this data.
• accelerometer
• phone is used as a sensor itself.
• motion detector
• sensor networks are an enormous opportunity for some of the big tech companies.

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• Internet
• the
• Internet of Things is when everyday objects become connected to the
• barcodes
• sensors and barcodes.
• via technologies such as RFID tags
• for barcodes
• deployed as readers
• offer applications that allow you to scan a barcode
• get more information about it.
• RFID tags are generally more  functional and flexible than barcodes
• can be read/write,
• big advantage
• they're cheaper, therefore
• most popular form of 2D
• QR Code
• "scannable  world
• "Quick Response
• smartphones are the hardware.
• no shortage of software
• scanning retail products using your mobile phone.
• : will consumers want to interact with real world products using their mobile  phones?
• Google's Favorite  Places
• Google  is active in barcodes
• which features Google's logo, a scannable barcode and a message reading "We're a  favorite place on Google."
• put a sticker on their products

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• use cases are social
• proximity sensor.
• what will emerge when we add data from sensors to the mix?
• adds millions of 'things' to the equation.
• "where you are" has became a platform to build added value on top of
• as "who you know
• "what you're doing" o
• geo-location data fro
• , data from local places (e.g.
• . pricing from local shops)
• metadata from businesses
• people data
• address data)
• r check-ins from Foursquar
• Brightkite).
• you add data
• possibilities
• from sensors.
• (Real Time Location Systems) applications."
• distance measurements a
• etermine proximity and do things such
• in-store location application
• guide for shoppers,
• real-time update of traffic conditions via sensors embedded in the road.
• e sensor-driven data add to the functionality and breadth of mobile phone location platforms

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• location-based
• Metro
• deliver location-specific editorial content from the
• Foursqua
• they check-in near a spot Metro
• website to users' phones
• telling you who
• among your friends is or has been near your current location.
• newspaper's best and most unique strength,
• journalists,
• a geo-located

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• distribution deal
• example for how to merge traditional TV and mobile media in a mutually beneficial way.

• connect you to places and people nearby.
• the social media applications that emphasize check-in
• marketing location to where a computer resides
• marketing location to the person who self identifies,
• checks-in
• ext stops.
• Google Buzz
• location is an immediate and important relevance enhancer.

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• , is focusing on the other up-and-coming smartphone platform,
• newly announced
• "AIR for Android" offerin
• e mobile developers don't need to learn specialized code
• Flash Player 10.1
• leverage their existing development skills to build Flash and AIR-based applications.
• use their existing
• e mobile
• in coding for AIR on the desktop
• build standalone application
• Android operating system,
• can include mobile-specific functionality
• multi-touch
• screen orientation
• accelerometer input,
• d gestures.
• Flash Platform 10.1
• beta,
• developers
• content providers
• developers
• t can build apps that run anywhere
• ) will support
• All the major smartphone players (
• RIM BlackBerry,
• Windows Mobile
• Flash
• ian, Palm's
• ng Android,
• used for website content display
• made it easy for their developers to build for iPhone too
• Packager for iPhone software,
• export Flash code as iPhone apps.
• deploy anywhere -
• essentially write once
• standoff against
• when iPad-launched websites don't include streaming video,
• video portals like Hulu are inaccessible.
• content doesn't display as expected
• ew HTML5-
• e, developers and consumers alike want
• enabled web won't be built overnight.
• solutions for the content they expect to access when mobile
• Their goal is to have every
• platform but Apple supporting native Flash and AIR, while still
• supporting iPhone through a workaround

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• it's unknown if they will be exact replicas of the non-iPad versions  but just with the Flash content removed, or if they will perhaps sport an  entirely new design.
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  NPR and WSJ Building iPad-Only Websites

   

  Written by Sarah  Perez / March 16, 2010 7:32 AM / 0  Comments

   

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  The Wall  Street Journal and National Public Radio (NPR) will be launching custom-built  iPad-only websites next month when the new Apple slate computer known as the  iPad is made available for sale. Both sites will automatically detect when web  surfers arrive via an iPad device and will then show those visitors a special  version of the site, customized exclusively for the iPad. How exactly will these  sites compare to the web pages regular site visitors see? There's just one  difference: they won't feature any Adobe Flash technology.

   

   

  NPR's New iPad Site: Entirely Flash Free

   

  According to reports  from MediaMemo,  NPR is removing all traces of Adobe Flash, which powers its website's media and  graphics, from its iPad-only version. Although many news organizations use Flash  to display multimedia presentations and audio and video content, NPR in  particular was going to be heavily affected by Apple's refusal to support Flash  on the new iPad devices. That's because a   

   

  key  feature on NPR's website is its Flash-based audio player, something  that's   featured on nearly every webpage  site-wide .

   

  Kinsey Wilson, senior vice president and general manager of NPR Digital  Media, recently told Poynter that  their developers decided to work around the problem by   

   

  implementing  an HTML5-based player instead . Wilson also  noted that the company   

   

  has a  "launch sponsor " for the iPad-only site,   

   

  since it  won't be able to support web ads ,   

   

  which are  often coded in Flash. 

   

  WSJ: A Flash-Free Front Page

   

  The Wall Street Journal, a News Corp. property, is also building an iPad-only  version of their site - well,   

   

  actually  just an iPad-only front page . Unlike NPR's iPad site, which will be 100%  Flash-free, WSJ visitors who follow links deeper into the website will soon  discover that not all its page have been converted. Here,   

   

  they'll  run into the soon-to-be-infamous "blue box," the lego-like symbol  that  appears where a Flash content should have been.

   

  There aren't any demos or mockups of these new websites available, so it's  unknown at this time if they're being changed in other ways to accommodate iPad  visitors. That is to say, it's unknown if they will be exact replicas  of the non-iPad versions  but just with the Flash content removed, or if  they will perhaps sport an   entirely new design. 

   

  Start of a New Trend?

   

  With these two leading media companies making this sort of change, it's  reasonable to imagine that others will soon follow. And while iPad owners will  certainly appreciate the adjustments - that blue lego is such an eyesore, after  all -   

   

  the need  for so many custom versions of the same site may become a burden on    businesses who need to reach a wide  audience. 

   

  Today, companies are already tasked with creating a traditional website, a  mobile website and sometimes a customized mobile website designed just for  iPhone visitors. Now there's the iPad-only website to code for and soon there  may be another one, too. Recent  news reports state that Amazon is working on a new web browser just for  their Kindle e-Reader. Will that be yet another website needing its own custom  version?

   

  So Many Versions of the Same Site!

   

  It's bad enough that the mobile application ecosystem itself is so fragmented  -   

   

  developers  have several platforms to code for from the iPhone to Android, plus    Palm, Windows Mobile  - including the new  Windows Phone 7 Series, Symbian and Blackberry, to name a few. Now   

   

  it seems  they'll have a number of unique mobile devices to support as well? 

   

  The web was supposed to be the one unifying "platform" that works anywhere,  on any device, no matter what hardware is used to access it. But thanks to    

   

  varying  screen sizes  and   

   

  differing  feature sets  (most notably Apple's refusal to allow Flash on their  mobile devices), those who want to
• key feature on NPR's website is its Flash-based audio player, something that's  featured on nearly every webpage site-wide
• implementing an HTML5-based player instead
• has a "launch sponsor
• since it won't be able to support web ads
• which are often coded in Flash.
• actually just an iPad-only front page
• they'll run into the soon-to-be-infamous "blue box," the lego-like symbol
• the need for so many custom versions of the same site may become a burden on  businesses who need to reach a wide audience.
• developers have several platforms to code for from the iPhone to Android, plus  Palm, Windows Mobile
• it seems they'll have a number of unique mobile devices to support as well?
• varying screen sizes
• differing feature sets

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