3P Mobile – The second “P” is for Privacy

 

Following from my previous post on Mobile Performance today we’re going to look at the second “P” which stands for Privacy.

When we first started the company we talked to a lot of potential users about the issue of Privacy and the Internet. The feedback was unanimous, they wanted three things:

1. Convenience
2. Privacy
3. Control

So we listened, and then built it into the browser.

Screen shot 1: Browser 2 is running, a Web page is loaded. Everything looks and feels like a normal browser would.

 

Screen shot 2: With Browser 2 running, simply click on the Menu key for a pop menu to appear. You’ll notice a new menu in the top left hand corner: Privacy Options. Our focus was to seamlessly integrate these new capabilities as “if they’d always been there”. This way customers would have nothing new to learn.

 

Screen shot 3: Clicking on Privacy Options launches a secure database (think of it almost as a wallet) where all of your information is stored. (For OEM customers this database is completely customizable to support a variety of additional fields). Click on “Owner Preferences” to continue

 

Screen shot 4: The Owner Preferences tab reveals an additional 7 menus. They’ve been designed to be self-explanatory so customers have nothing new to learn. Each menu links to a page showing fields of data with check boxes next to them. As you’ll see in the next screen shot simply checking that box enables the data to be shared. The reverse (unchecking) prevents access to that data.

 

Screen shot 5: Clicking on Owner Information allows you to select from the following options – simply adding a check mark to the box allows that information to be shared with a Web service. You can see in the image below that I’m NOT sharing my cell phone number (the check box is greyed out).

 

Screen shot 6: With all of your owner preferences set, there is one final setting to make. This is your approved whitelist. By adding a Web address to the whitelist every time you visit that Web site your personal data will automatically be included in the request. (We’ve encrypted the data so others will not be able to view it.) To access the whitelist you select “Advanced Options” from the Owner Preferences panel. There you simply add the approved Web site by typing in the address.

 

And that’s it. A way to control your privacy as you surf the Web. You choose what to send, and to whom you send it to.

My next post will be on the final P – Personalization. What happens when you trust a Web service and share your data in real time.

3P Mobile – The first “P” is for Performance

This blog post shows you how easy it is now to measure Web performance on your Android Phone. All you need is our Mobile Browser (Sign up here – or just download the App).

Once it’s installed all you have to do is launch the app and navigate to a Web page. (This will give you a summary performance result – for the full set of results you will need to have signed up for the free Web service). Let’s step through some simple screen shots from the Android Emulator to see how it works.

Screen shot 1: Browser 2 is running, a Web page is loaded, and you can see from the red arrow at the top that the device is using GPS.

 

Screen shot 2: With Browser 2 running, simply click on the Menu key for a pop menu to appear. You’ll notice the “Performance” menu – click on that

 

Screen shot 3: Click on the Performance menu brings up the following display window. You can select either from the Options or Summary Tab. You know there’s a performance report available by checking in the top right hand corner for a “number”. 1 or higher indicates a report is available

 

Screen shot 4: Clicking on the “Summary” tab brings up the following screen. Here you can see a quick summary of the Mobile Performance report. To see the full report you will need to have an account at www.3pmobile.com (for more information click here)

 

Screen shot 5: Assuming you’ve signed up for the full account you will use the Performance Options tab to send the report to 3P Mobile.

You will then be able to see the full performance report including a real time map of where the test was ran. Below you can see the Emulator was set to Rosemead Avenue in Cape Town South Africa

And that’s all there is to it.

Now there’s an app for that – Mobile Performance measured in the palm of your hand.