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Making cell phones useful for school - O'Reilly Radar

By Marie Bjerede

A variation on the monitoring technology that allows educators to safely use computers in the classroom is also available for cell phones. But there's a hitch: phone manufacturers and chip suppliers will need to create phones that are kid-safe and school-ready.

Publish Date: February 24, 2011

School district first to permit cell phone use during standardized tests - ...

By Dale Dougherty

(Green Onion News Network) The Harper Valley School Board recently adopted a policy that allows students to use their cell phones to search for answers on state-mandated standardized tests.

Publish Date: June 29, 2011

Cell phones in the classroom - O'Reilly Radar

By Marie Bjerede

Guest blogger Marie Bjerede examines field projects that are studying the educational use of cell phones. In one limited example, 50 percent of students doing lessons by cell phone had higher math proficiency than classmates who learned the same material from the same teacher.

Publish Date: March 04, 2010

The Future of Cell Phone Headsets - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

There are some interesting speculations in an O'Reilly Network article by Peter Drescher entitled The Annoying Future of Cell Phone Headsets. The predictions start about halfway down page three of the article, and focus on the rise of stereo headsets for phones (as in the iPhone): Until recently, talking on the phone was, without exception, a monaural experience. Even...

Publish Date: December 10, 2007

Open Question: Do You Read Books on a Cell Phone? - O'Reilly Radar

By Mac Slocum

I've run into a number of people who say they've read ebooks for years on their mobile phones. I'm curious to see how prevalent this is within the TOC Community.

Publish Date: August 27, 2008

Static on the Dream Phone - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

This morning, the New York Times published my op-ed about the need for an open phone ecosystem under the title Static on the Dream Phone. I had originally titled it Openness is not a fig leaf. In it, I argue for Verizon (and by extension other major cell carriers) to embrace the vision of Google's Open Handset Alliance: Verizon announced...

Publish Date: December 15, 2007

Ten Things I Want From My Phone - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

Ian Hay wrote an interesting cell-phone-related blog post entitled Ten Things I want from You, the result of a survey he sent out to a number of friends (including those of us at Radar) about what people want from their telcos. Ian's takeaway: What strikes me is that there is a lot of talk on Voice2.0, Fixed Mobile convergence, the...

Publish Date: November 21, 2006

Migratory data: the distributed data you carry with you: Strata 2012 - ...

By Alasdair Allan

Big data isn't just about multi-terrabyte data sets hidden inside eventually-concurrent distributed databases in the cloud. It's also about the hidden data you carry with you all the time. This talk will discuss the data that you carry with you all the time; the data on your cell phone and other mobile devices, along with the possibilities for making use of that hidden data.

Publish Date: February 28, 2012

Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets

Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets, 1st Edition

By Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen

Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fu...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: March 2011

Designed for Use

Designed for Use, 1st Edition

By Lukas Mathis

Have you ever been angry at your computer or cell phone? Do you sometimes wonder why it's so hard to set your watch to the correct time, or why getting your DVR to record your favorite shows is such a chore? Do you dream of making products that are f...

Format: Print

Publish Date: June 2011

Four short links: 24 November 2010 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

What Android Is (Tim Bray) -- a good explanation of the different bits and their relationship. Cell Phone Photo Helped in Oil Spill (LA Times) -- a lone scientist working from a cell phone photo who saved the day by convincing the government that a cap it considered removing was actually working as designed. (via BoingBoing) Penki -- iPhone...

Publish Date: November 24, 2010

One hundred eighty degrees of freedom: signs of how open platforms are ...

By Andy Oram

Visualize open networks--and remember how far we've already come from the days before flat-rate long distance phone calls (much less app stores for cell phones).

Publish Date: February 04, 2010

SMS Messaging Applications

SMS Messaging Applications, 1st Edition

By Nicola Pero

Cell phones are the most common communication device on the planet, and Short Message Service (SMS) is the chief channel for companies to offer services, accept requests, report news, and download binary files over cell phones. This guide describes t...

Format: Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: January 2009

Current activities at the Electronic Privacy Information Center - O'Reilly Radar

By Andy Oram

A few of the recent campaigns of Electronic Privacy Information Center include whole-body imaging at airports, the Smart Grid, and cell phone privacy in the workplace. EPIC demands that institutions take responsibility for privacy, designing it into their systems.

Publish Date: March 19, 2010

Four short links: 12 April 2010 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Freedom in the Cloud -- great talk by Eben Moglen on privacy and freedom in an age of networked services with centralised logs. What do we need? We need a really good webserver you can put in your pocket and plug in any place. In other words, it shouldn’t be any larger than the charger for your cell phone...

Publish Date: April 12, 2010

Hello, Android

Hello, Android, 3rd Edition

By Ed Burnette

Google's Android is shaking up the mobile market in a big way. With Android, you can write programs that run on any compatible cell phone or tablet in the world. It's a mobile platform you can't afford not to learn, and this book gets you started. He...

Format: Print

Publish Date: July 2010

Other Editions: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition

 
O'Reilly Search: cell phone
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"...it is obvious that all O'Reilly School of Technology teachers are pros. Besides that, the courses are done perfectly. They emphasize the important concepts and contain 'no fluff'."
– Kent Elchuk

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Making cell phones useful for school - O'Reilly Radar

By Marie Bjerede

A variation on the monitoring technology that allows educators to safely use computers in the classroom is also available for cell phones. But there's a hitch: phone manufacturers and chip suppliers will need to create phones that are kid-safe and school-ready.

Publish Date: February 24, 2011

School district first to permit cell phone use during standardized tests - ...

By Dale Dougherty

(Green Onion News Network) The Harper Valley School Board recently adopted a policy that allows students to use their cell phones to search for answers on state-mandated standardized tests.

Publish Date: June 29, 2011

Cell phones in the classroom - O'Reilly Radar

By Marie Bjerede

Guest blogger Marie Bjerede examines field projects that are studying the educational use of cell phones. In one limited example, 50 percent of students doing lessons by cell phone had higher math proficiency than classmates who learned the same material from the same teacher.

Publish Date: March 04, 2010

The Future of Cell Phone Headsets - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

There are some interesting speculations in an O'Reilly Network article by Peter Drescher entitled The Annoying Future of Cell Phone Headsets. The predictions start about halfway down page three of the article, and focus on the rise of stereo headsets for phones (as in the iPhone): Until recently, talking on the phone was, without exception, a monaural experience. Even...

Publish Date: December 10, 2007

Open Question: Do You Read Books on a Cell Phone? - O'Reilly Radar

By Mac Slocum

I've run into a number of people who say they've read ebooks for years on their mobile phones. I'm curious to see how prevalent this is within the TOC Community.

Publish Date: August 27, 2008

Static on the Dream Phone - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

This morning, the New York Times published my op-ed about the need for an open phone ecosystem under the title Static on the Dream Phone. I had originally titled it Openness is not a fig leaf. In it, I argue for Verizon (and by extension other major cell carriers) to embrace the vision of Google's Open Handset Alliance: Verizon announced...

Publish Date: December 15, 2007

Ten Things I Want From My Phone - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

Ian Hay wrote an interesting cell-phone-related blog post entitled Ten Things I want from You, the result of a survey he sent out to a number of friends (including those of us at Radar) about what people want from their telcos. Ian's takeaway: What strikes me is that there is a lot of talk on Voice2.0, Fixed Mobile convergence, the...

Publish Date: November 21, 2006

Migratory data: the distributed data you carry with you: Strata 2012 - ...

By Alasdair Allan

Big data isn't just about multi-terrabyte data sets hidden inside eventually-concurrent distributed databases in the cloud. It's also about the hidden data you carry with you all the time. This talk will discuss the data that you carry with you all the time; the data on your cell phone and other mobile devices, along with the possibilities for making use of that hidden data.

Publish Date: February 28, 2012

Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets

Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets, 1st Edition

By Tero Karvinen, Kimmo Karvinen

Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fu...

Format: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: March 2011

Designed for Use

Designed for Use, 1st Edition

By Lukas Mathis

Have you ever been angry at your computer or cell phone? Do you sometimes wonder why it's so hard to set your watch to the correct time, or why getting your DVR to record your favorite shows is such a chore? Do you dream of making products that are f...

Format: Print

Publish Date: June 2011

Four short links: 24 November 2010 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

What Android Is (Tim Bray) -- a good explanation of the different bits and their relationship. Cell Phone Photo Helped in Oil Spill (LA Times) -- a lone scientist working from a cell phone photo who saved the day by convincing the government that a cap it considered removing was actually working as designed. (via BoingBoing) Penki -- iPhone...

Publish Date: November 24, 2010

One hundred eighty degrees of freedom: signs of how open platforms are ...

By Andy Oram

Visualize open networks--and remember how far we've already come from the days before flat-rate long distance phone calls (much less app stores for cell phones).

Publish Date: February 04, 2010

SMS Messaging Applications

SMS Messaging Applications, 1st Edition

By Nicola Pero

Cell phones are the most common communication device on the planet, and Short Message Service (SMS) is the chief channel for companies to offer services, accept requests, report news, and download binary files over cell phones. This guide describes t...

Format: Ebook, Safari Books Online

Publish Date: January 2009

Current activities at the Electronic Privacy Information Center - O'Reilly Radar

By Andy Oram

A few of the recent campaigns of Electronic Privacy Information Center include whole-body imaging at airports, the Smart Grid, and cell phone privacy in the workplace. EPIC demands that institutions take responsibility for privacy, designing it into their systems.

Publish Date: March 19, 2010

Four short links: 12 April 2010 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Freedom in the Cloud -- great talk by Eben Moglen on privacy and freedom in an age of networked services with centralised logs. What do we need? We need a really good webserver you can put in your pocket and plug in any place. In other words, it shouldn’t be any larger than the charger for your cell phone...

Publish Date: April 12, 2010

Hello, Android

Hello, Android, 3rd Edition

By Ed Burnette

Google's Android is shaking up the mobile market in a big way. With Android, you can write programs that run on any compatible cell phone or tablet in the world. It's a mobile platform you can't afford not to learn, and this book gets you started. He...

Format: Print

Publish Date: July 2010

Other Editions: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition