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How To: Control Your Garage Door Using Your Mobile Device With a Raspberry Pi and a Little Elbow Grease
Garage door openers are pretty sweet, but most of the units we have installed in our homes are so last century, requiring a boxy remote to open the door from outside. While it’s nice to have at least one option to opening up your garage door, remotes are easily lost and just aren’t that practical…
Infographic: Top 15 Digital Trends for 2015
2014 is almost over and it’s time to pack up that old year and direct out gazes twords the future. 2015 is rolling in like gangbusters and will be here before you know it, bringing with it some new technologies and expanding on digital trends that grew steadily in 2014. Bell Pottinger Digital has created…
Almost a third of all smartphones shipped last year were made by Samsung
Juniper Research estimated that the number of smartphones shipped last year reached 980 million units, 280 million in the fourth quarter alone. Of that figure, Samsung managed to capture almost a third, having moved more than 300 million smartphones in a single year, while growing at a rate of 40%. However, for the first time…
Global phablet shipment to surpass 120 million by 2018
You would think that phablets are niche products reserved for the folks with huge hands. Perhaps that’s right but apparently there are quite a few of those people out there. According to the latest Juniper Research report “Tablets, Phablets, Hybrids & eReaders: Market Strategies & Forecasts 2014-2018,” global phablet shipments will surpass 120 million units…
Mobile & tablet entertainment revenues to reach almost $75 billion by 2017
Annual revenues from mobile entertainment services will reach almost $75 billion by 2017, up from an estimated $39 billion this year. According to Juniper Research, the emergence of more sophisticated monetization strategies, allied to a nascent ecosystem of app-centric mobile devices such as smart watches will drive this growth. The report says that games will…
Apple App Store in the US matches global store, tops 1 million apps
Apple hits another milestone as its U.S. iTunes App Store has surpassed the 1 million applications mark, according Appsfire. This news shows Apple now has just as much apps as it does globally. What was also determined by the analytic company Appsfire was Apple now has 473,000 applications optimized for use on the iPad. The…
The number of mobile gambling users to increase by 100 million over the next five years
Over the next five years, the number of mobile and/or tablet gamblers will increase by 100 million, meaning that 164 million people will either place a bet, visit a mobile casino or buy a lottery ticket on their device in 2018. According to Juniper Research, the strongest growth would come from the North American market.…
Smart wearable device shipments to approach 130 million by 2018
The smart wearable device shipments, including smart watches and glasses, will approach 130 million by 2018, according to Juniper Research. The figure, which is 10 times more than this year, will be reached thanks to heightened consumer awareness on wearable technology and a better visibility of product adoption. The research firm contends that the market…