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Mobile Insights - Feeling the Force (Force Touch) with iOS 9

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My friend and Cognizant's mobile and digital technical guru, Peter Rogers, has been playing again. In this "must read" article he shares how iOS9 handles touch and sensing.   Enjoy! ********** Every time there is a new games console release (especially when Nintendo is involved) rumours are always floating abound of a technological support for textures that you can actually feel on your touch screen. Basically the ability to sense different materials through the screen. It is a lovely idea and the closest we have come yet is probably haptics ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_technology ) and electric shock feedback ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRQAijNKSEs ). Well, we are not there quite yet but Apple certainly came close with the iPhone 6S announcement of 3D Touch ( http://www.apple.com/iphone-6s/3d-touch/ ). After revolutionising the touch screen world with multi-touch, it then made perfect sense to add a force element to the touches in order to offer dif

Mobile Expert Interviews: Xamarin's Steve Hall

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This week I am reporting and working at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Between meetings, I hunt down mobile experts to interview and share with you here.  Today, we are privileged to have Xamarin's Steve Hall as our victim/guest.  In this interview we review Xamarin's latest press releases, partnerships and software development strategies.  Enjoy! Video Link: http://youtu.be/Ob01Io7IOLY ************************************************************************ Kevin Benedict Writer, Speaker, Senior Analyst Digital Transformation, EBA, Center for the Future of Work Cognizant View my profile on LinkedIn Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Browse the Mobile Solution Directory Subscribe to Kevin's YouTube Channel Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility Join the Google+ Community Mobile Enterprise Strategies ***Full Disclosure: These are my person