Earlier this year it suddenly changed tack and became an open platform on which other firms can build digital-wallet offerings.Some experts wonder out loud whether Apple will install NFC in its future phones or come up with its own mobile-payments technology.
SprxMobile, the company behind the mobile augmented reality browser Layar (which has been making waves across the technoverse) today announced that Layar will become an open platform.
Though Facebook's popularity has exploded since it became an open platform that allowed third party developers to create applications for the site, advertising spending on the social network has still lagged behind users' ever-increasing time spent there, according to Andrew Frank, an analyst with Gartner Research.
How does government itself become an open platform that allows people inside and outside government to innovate?
Airflow, a flight experience that suspends you mid-air using a Hollywood-grade harness, is set to become an open platform for developers to contribute their own level designs.
"If Android becomes a fully open platform … and when such a platform becomes more common, risks are greater than with the current platform kings such as Symbian," said Mikko Hypponen, head of research at security software firm F-Secure.
Topix.com is a popular website that, inter alia, allows consumers to post comments, polls and surveys in local forums for the purpose of facilitating discussion about news and other matters of local community interest, and thus provides consumers with an open platform to become more informed regarding local matters.
Now in its 27th season, the Place's Resolution festival – an open platform that embraces new works – has become a key fixture in the British dance year.
It has become an open, general purpose, video services platform, available for use by just about any third-party website, desktop application, or consumer device.
One reason startups and developers are so excited about the iPhone is because they can create richer mobile applications for it and it promises to become a more open platform than the carrier-controlled home decks on most other cell phones.
