Autonomous Lyft service rolls out robotaxi pilot in Atlanta
Friday, September 19, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Ride-hailing platform Lyft has introduced a pilot program offering autonomous vehicle rides in Atlanta in partnership with May Mobility, a Michigan-based autonomous driving startup. The service integrates directly into Lyft’s app and provides a choice between traditional rides and robotaxi trips.
The vehicles used in the program are Toyota Sienna minivans retro...
Fortnite for Android is a trailblazing risk for mobile banking
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 by Sam Bakken
CEO Tim Sweeny of Epic Games, the publisher of the wildly popular Fortnite game, is on a mission to “advance the openness of all platforms” - not to mention side-step Google’s 30% take of developer proceeds - by distributing Fortnite for the Android platform via their website rather than the Google Play store. I applaud a maverick challenging the statu...
What's happening at IBM Interconnect 2017
Monday, March 20, 2017 by Richard Harris
At IBM Interconnect, IBM’s largest cloud computing event of the year, they have announced a whole laundry list of new news items - like client adoption, tech breakthroughs and work they are doing to arm the next gen of cognitive developers. Here's a brief overview on what you might be missing at their latest event:IBM Cloud announcementsNew software and services designe...
Adobe finds enterprise mobile app usage and investment are on the rise
Thursday, October 27, 2016 by Austin Harris
Adobe released the results of its annual Enterprise Mobile Apps Survey report on the adoption and use of enterprise mobile apps, including opportunities and challenges for businesses looking to increase productivity and leverage apps as a competitive advantage.Key findings include:- Enterprise mobile app usage and investment are on the rise: 69% of company departments a...
The Unsung Side Of Mobile Apps: Bootstrapping Development With Mobile Backend Services
Monday, December 7, 2015 by Mike Thompson
There’s more to a successful mobile app than a slick UI and cross-platform availability. Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS) makes developing compelling, full featured apps faster and easier.When building applications, every budding developer knows the temptation of fixating on the UI at the expense of algorithms, data structures and state management. After al...
BMC Releases New Big Data Analytics Platform
Thursday, September 17, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
BMC has introduced a number of new offerings including TrueSight Intelligence, a cloud-based big data analytics platform that collects and analyzes IT, business, and operational data, from any source.The TrueSight Intelligence solution is a component of BMC’s new Digital Enterprise Management strategy, which is designed to make digital business fast and seamless and opt...
The Business Case for Developing Connected Car Apps
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 by Narayan Sainaney
Smartphone, smart home, smart car: all buzzwords that indicate the Internet of Things is becoming a mainstream topic as people strive to simplify their lives and seamlessly connect to the information, places and people that matter to them most. The average American owns 1.35 sim-card enabled mobile devices. Yet, the car is lagging behind when it comes to being able...
Snappii Announces Enhancements to Its Enterprise App Creation Platform
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
Snappii has announced several major feature enhancements to its mobility platform which allows businesses to quickly design, prototype, build via configuration, integrate, deploy, manage, and evolve enterprise apps across smartphones, tablets and web with no coding required.New enhancements to the platform include:Multi-device design capability: The Snappii Vi...
