Too swamped for formal post so here are the noteworthy trends from locking up all the top enterprise mobility experts in a room (well 4 seasons in Dallas, Texas) for a few days and having think tanks and conversations. Mobile Enterprise’s MEES13 Mobile Enterprise Executive Summit Dual Personas: Do your employees want one for both personal and work, or separate? (What do you prefer? -> Tweet me or Google “Future Proof”: the term called when your enterprise is on BlackBerry and you need to switch to iOS or Android. (Blackberry was the running joke in every talk – #FutureProof) Secure data not just the app. Long passionate debate here. Landmark Case was mentioned that an Enterprise App was on a device, who’s owner hit another car he/she was not using that app – but since it was there  and technically the user could. The (victim)  hit motorist sued the enterprise. Blog post to follow with better/more info. Where is all the iOS innovation going? Is Google starting to go a little evil? MDM is a nightmare. The whole room sighed relief hearing it wasn’t just them. Unreliable, but getting better. How strict is your mobile policy? Blocking: dropbox on device? Backups? Screen captures? Some CIOs say “heck, you can email work data to your personal account too, lets not get too crazy. There has to be layer of trust and terms users follow” My favorite part (Im biased) Is we broke into groups and I was “picked on” to answer Tech Adoption question. Little did they know Im the enterprise app adoption guy! Long story short. Great time at the Summit cant wait for next year in FLL. Thanks Mobile Enterprise and all my new friends! ps: Felt like a sleep away  summer camp for mobility geeks to talk scary stories about blackberry and chat over latest tech news under the covers till late hours of the night pps: #FutureProof  – hahah...

This week of Google Glass Developer News By: Matt McGee November 6, 2013 Here are your Google Glass headlines for the day. Enjoy! Glass (The Device) A Realistic Look at the First Generation Google Glass, SelfScreens Google Glass Is The New Screen, MediaPost Using Glass My First Few Months With Google Glass, www.keloland.com 180 Days With Google Glass: Hits, Misses & What Marketers Need to Know, marketingland.com Doctors see Google Glass as useful diagnostic tool, San Francisco Chronicle OK Glass, Take a Picture!, www.aasurg.org Glass Apps Mercedes integrates navigation system with Google Glass, autonews.gasgoo.com Wearable Banking: Banks Roll Out First Apps for Google Glass, thefinancialbrand.com Marketing & Promotion via Glass Google Glass, Smart Glass Technologies Beneficial for Business: Gartner, eWeek Smartglasses Like Google Glass Can Up Efficiency Across Verticals: Gartner, www.siliconindia.com Wearable Computing General Americans ‘mixed’ on wearable tech, leaning towards skeptical, www.zdnet.com By 4 to 1, Early Adopters Pick Wearable Watches Over Glasses, jessicalessin.com – See more at:...

Google Glass Developer and WearScript Developer News: Summary: Google Glass DEvelopment Kit coming soon for Google Glass Developers XE11 update. (If Im picking mine up Wed 11/13 what will it have?) More commands “ok Glass, _______” WearScript is out. So great for WearScript developers and Google Glass Developers Old Explores can update. Get 3 invites. (Where I got my Google Glass Developer Invite) Information Week Article: Google has released a software update for Glass, its wearable computing device, as it prepares to release the Glass Development Kit and to offer early adopters the opportunity to trade-in the first version of Glass for a revised model. The software update, XE11, improves Google Calendar integration, navigation, screencasts and setup. To facilitate searching for Google Calendar entries through Glass, users can now say, “Ok Glass, google my agenda” or “Ok Glass, google what I’m doing next week” to identify appointments and other plans. Calendar search requires use of Gmail and permission to search private content. For those who get lost easily, the update adds the concept of “Home” and “Work” from Google Maps. Google users who have “Home” or “Work” locations set up through Google Maps or Google Now can now ask for directions to these locations. [ Will the government collect this data? Read Apple Seeks Freedom To Disclose Gov Data Demands. ] Creating a screencast to display what Glass users see on a mobile phone has been simplified with the addition of a screencast shortcut. By selecting the “Start screencast” option beneath the MyGlass notification screen in the notification drawer, Glass users can transmit the contents of their Glass screen to a nearby Android phone. Screencasting requires the MyGlass app, which is only available for Android devices at the moment. Google has also added a tutorial to assist with the initial Glass tour and setup. Not all future Glass customers will receive the personalized installation walkthrough extended to the initial crop of Glass Explorers. Current Glass users can view the tutorial by initiating a factory reset, through the Device Info card. Meanwhile, Google is preparing to release the long-awaited Glass Development Kit (GDK), which will allow developers to create Glassware using Android programming tools. The...

As I type this 30,000ft up on business travel I am both floored and scared of Google’s Now service. Imagine a personal assistant that reads your emails, lets you know when to leave for airport, shows your itinerary (on nice clean UI Cards), time back at home, only your favorite team’s sports scores and so on. Well welcome to Google Now But at what point does Google’s default app, take that too far and become a Microsoft monopoly? Here are my 2 problems with Google now as a developer, not an end user.   1)    It comes on devices out of the box. Lets say I create Plane tracking tool as clean as Google’s. It isn’t competitive as one is already on the device and mine would need the user to go to the market, find it, ok the permissions then download and lastly sync to their data (email, calendar, etc) 2)    Zero setup. So if someone can read all your emails, yes all of them – even the ones you delete right away, they can learn a lot about you. So lets look at Google’s unfair advantage here in two parts. They are getting the best data on you, but even worse its instant with no setup. Since your Gmail address is the manifest that starts the whole Android OS ball rolling – they have all your emails to parse data from without any setting up. Other apps have at least one extra setup of syncing to your data. Backend API call, asking end user for login/PWD credentials, single sign on with social site, etc. Either way more work for the end user because the device, OS and app market are all owned by one digital god monopoly. I love Google Now as a user and am the biggest Android fan boy (literally just ordered my Glass today). But as an enterprise app developer, just know that if your app does the same thing Google Now does – you better get very disruptive very quickly. –Mobility Bad Boy, Daniel DiMassa (dont agree? Tweet me your thoughts)...