Mobile startups came to Silicon Valley to parade their iPhone-related offerings at the DEMO Fall 2010 event earlier this week. Like vendors equipping miners during the California Gold Rush, many startups showcased services for mobile app and content developers.
If you've ever been to a large-scale SAP software demonstration or to a Sapphire show within the last 10 years, then you have likely witnessed the quick-witted antics of Ian Kimbell, SAP's self-proclaimed "Demo Boy."
MIPS Technologies continues its push to use Google's Android mobile OS in a range of products with plans to show off the first Android-based set-top boxes and netbooks at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
Remember when you flipped open your mobile phone and only made calls with it? It wasn't that long ago, but after watching the demos of mobile applications startup companies at DEMO Spring 2011, the flip phone seems prehistoric.
Technology can help mitigate the new dangers presented by online dating and the "hook-up" culture of today's youth, as well as the long-present threat of sexual misconduct by trusted authority figures, according to three companies presenting at the DEMO conference on Tuesday.
Sexy consumer start-ups traditionally grab the headlines at the semi-annual Demo conferences. This year was no exception, with excitement centering around Micello's "Google Maps inside a building" and Emo Labs "invisible speakers."
Smartphones can help make people healthier, according to three startups that stood out among young mobile companies presenting their ideas at the Demo Fall conference this week.
A lot can happen in a year, especially for young companies given the exposure of presenting at the bi-annual DEMO conference. With fall 2012 DEMO about to kick off, Network World caught up with some of last year's DEMO award winners.
Cisco will launch a new router Tuesday for processing data, voice and video that is built atop its new QuantumFlow Processor. The router is the result of five years' research and an investment of $250 million.
Having delivered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of live product demonstrations during his career at Microsoft, Bill Gates has experienced his share of on-stage gaffes.
Microsoft is installing HP ProCurve networking switches for wired and wireless networks in all of its Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) around the world.
As is generally the case at trade shows today, mobile technology has been top of mind at the DEMO conference in Santa Clara, taking up the first half of the event's first day. Here are some of the mobile apps that stood out.
The cool new Internet ideas of yesteryear often create the headaches of today, and some startups at the Demo conference are starting to try to solve those problems.
It's the first day of Tokyo Game Show and I was able to get a quick hands on with Square-Enix's upcoming role-playing game for the Xbox 360, The Last Remnant. As is often the case in demos, there wasn't much to do aside from running around and engaging in combat encounters. Players who got a chance to try out the game at this year's Tokyo Game Show weren't even allowed into the menu, but there was enough to learn about the battle system to keep one engaged for the duration of the demo.
Editor's Note: I am attending DEMO 2007 this week in Palm Desert, Calif. 68 companies are here demonstrating their wares. Check out all of Network World's coverage here.
Sixty-eight companies at Network World's DEMO 07 conference last week managed to bring attention to their new products and services without shutting down a single highway, bridge or river. Not a bomb-sniffing dog in sight. No one hauled off in handcuffs.