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I know … I know sites always talk about how much mobile technology is growing, but if you consider the reach it has with kids you’ll understand. According to eMarketer, 15 percent of kids under the age of 11 have their own mobile phone, while 16 percent of kids 12 to 17 who are online used Twitter,…
Mobile technology is growing at a rapid pace, so using our smartphones is becoming more important by the day. We already can go everywhere with access to our emails, social networks, and documents — so wallets is the next thing. Being able to leave your wallet home and still be able to pay for things…
Apple just issued updates to four of its popular iOS applications. The new versions include iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, and Cards. These improvements Apple added to the four iLife applications mostly bring bug fixes and stability. iPhoto version 1.0.1 makes it easier to copy URLs, reduces instances of duplicated photos, and adds stability improvements. iMovie version 1.3.1 adds…
Rovio, the wildly popular mobile game maker, recently announced on its Twitter page that its latest Angry Birds installment, Angry Birds Space, was downloaded 50 million times in 35 days. Wow. This makes Angry Birds Space the fastest growing mobile game in history. Angry Birds Space launched March 22 with a legion of loyal fans…
Samsung has become the new ruler of smartphones, snatching the reigns away from the world’s previous number one Apple, according to two separate reports. Today Research firm IDC estimated that Samsung shipped a record 42.2 million smartphone units during the first quarter of 2012, a 267 percent increase from 11.5 million during the same quarter last…
Google is working on changing the look of the Galaxy Nexus with the addition of a slider, according to some patents Google filed with the USPTO in January. In the is filing, a series of three patents were submitted, which listed lead Android developer Andy Rubin as the main inventor. Each patent showed innovative techniques…
Apple and Samsung have been going at it seemingly forever in the battle of ‘who infringed who’s patent.’ Recently, both companies have expressed an interest in settling their differences by way of mediation, which is set to begin on May 21 and 22. In this mediation, both tech giants are to discuss possible settlements to…
As a web browser, Opera gets its bacon cooked when its stacked up against anything like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but as a mobile browser, Opera fairs well against heavyweights: Apple and Google. Sparingly, Opera is ahead depending on certain statistics (that favors them). Well, according to a new Opera white paper, in which…
Let the cloud storage wars begin … LG is joining the party of phone makers offering its own cloud storage services. It’s funny because LG tried this thing months ago with its 50GB promotion it ran alongside Box. Now the Korean handset maker will go it alone with its new product called LG Cloud, and…
Square, the cool mobile payment platform, is growing increasingly by the day, as the company just released some impressive stats. According to a Bloomberg report, Square is now processing $5 billion in annual payments (or around $416 million in payments per month), which is up from $4 billion in annual payments in March. Not bad…