Qualcomm Blogs

Apps Development Made Fun and Easy

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:23:53 -0700

I just saw something really cool today. Google recently announced its AppInventor web-based application development environment for the Android platform. You know what the required skills are for using AppInventor? Well, can you point and click a mouse? If so, you’re off to the races. To me, this is what it’s all about: the code should be a means to a particular end, not vice versa.

Qualcomm Presents Vision for Integration of EVs in Smart Grid

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0700

Yesterday, Qualcomm took the stage at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, an annual event showcasing many of the key players in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem from electric utilities, to charging station manufacturers, software providers, automakers and others. During the Smart Grid Technology and Integration session, Ignacio Contreras from our Corporate New Business Development group discussed the role that cellular technologies can have in enabling electric cars and charging infrastructure in the future.

The Internet of Everything, Including Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:40:14 -0700

The Mobile Internet has exploded over the last few years and the next area for innovation will come from making the Internet of Everything a reality. Wireless is going to be embedded into sensors that are all around us that will help us manage and monitor many aspects of your life.

The Power of Word of Mouth

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:46:49 -0700

A few years ago on a business trip, I had a chance to meet with my good friend Monique to catch up. After sharing our updates over dinner, Monique excitedly asked me, “Have you heard of Redbox? It’s like Blockbuster Video, but it’s a vending machine, and you can rent new movies for just a dollar a day. How cool is that!“

Omnimedia as a Lifestyle

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:23:58 -0700

The concept of “omnimedia” is becoming increasingly relevant with the convergence of personal computing and mobile technology. I blame this trend, primarily, for my recent bicoastal lifestyle (bi-coastal, that is, not bi-polar). I didn’t expect, however, to encounter the living, breathing manifestation of this concept— but that’s exactly what happened.

WebTech @ Uplinq

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:34:58 -0700

For those of you lucky enough to attend Qualcomm’s 2010 Uplinq developer conference, here’s a list of things you can look for from our WebTech team.

Advertising on Tablets/e-Readers

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:46:08 -0700

A few days ago, I attended and spoke at the “Dimensional to Digital: Managing from Augmented Reality to Tablets” meeting, organized by the Magazine Publishers of America. At the event, John Squires (former Time, Inc. executive) announced that he was ceding his current role as interim managing director of Next Issue Media to Morgan Guenther (former president of TiVo), who was named permanent CEO.

Platform Wars—They Fight, You Lose

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:04:59 -0700

As smartphones become an ever-increasingly important segment of the overall mobile phone market, more attention is being focused on the software that runs on these devices – namely, the operating system, the applications and the services. In a very short period of time, 3rd party applications have become all the rage, and the heavy hitters in the smartphone OS space are vying for the attention of these application developers.

We’re Shaping the Future: World Economic Forum on Advancing mHealth

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:42:44 -0700

This is my first blog posting and so before I dive into what I really want to talk about, an introduction. My name is Don Jones and I am the Vice-President of Business Development in Health & Life Sciences at Qualcomm (quite a mouthful!). It is in this role that I have the pleasure of leading Qualcomm’s expansion of wireless technologies into the consumer health, healthcare and medical device markets. Now enough of me…

Creating Entrepreneurs

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:31:00 -0700

Qualcomm and Grameen Foundation’s Long Collaboration Brings the Benefits of Wireless to Rural Indonesians Over the last three years, Qualcomm Wireless Reach and Grameen Foundation have worked alongside Indonesian organizations to evaluate, test and build a Village Phone Microfranchising program. Combining the power of microfinance with the benefits of expanding access to wireless communications (mobile phones) has resulted in positive economic and social returns for entire communities.