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Apple is continuing its dominance in the tablet market, according to the latest numbers tallied up by IHS iSuppli. The firm found that the Cupertino based company extended its lead in the slate business shipping about 70 percent of all tablets in the second quarter of this year. Indeed, these are impressive numbers, but they…
Thanks to the wide adoption of smartphones, social networking is quickly making the jump to mobile. According to eMarketer estimates, by the end of this year, nearly 82 million US mobile users will use a social networking site on their phone at least monthly. In other words, that’s more than a quarter of the total…
Last week, Nokia ran a poll asking users to choose their favorite input method on a mobile phone. The choices were number keypad, QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and voice commands. You would think touchscreens will rule the day all around the world but you would be wrong. Sure enough, Americans love them more than the rest…
According to the latest ABI Research’s report titled “Facial Recognition for Mobile Devices”, almost 20% of smartphone shipped this year will include facial recognition capabilities. What’s more, in five years’ time, shipments of smartphones and tablets with the technology will increase to 665 million annually. At the moment, only Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the value of remote transactions for digital and physical goods purchased via mobile devices will exceed $730 billion annually by 2017. The research company goes on suggesting that the growth will be driven by the increasing scale of real-world (non-digital) purchases from major brands and retailers, with…
You’ve probably heard about the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend that includes companies allowing its employees to use their personal smartphones and tablets for the work. While that helps enterprises and other entities embracing the trend save some cash on device purchases, it does pose some risks. As I’m writing this, BYOD has been…
With mobile apps (and app stores) gaining ground in the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, South and Central America and Africa – the telecoms analyst firm Ovum predicts that smartphone penetration will dramatically increase from 2013. According to Ovum, operators regard app stores as a key factor in growing their subscriber bases and…
As hostile as they are toward each other, Android and iOS continue to reign as a powerful team when it comes to dominating smartphone market share. In the second quarter of 2012, IDC found that combined they represent 85 percent of all smartphones shipped. Android has a gigantic lead, holding just under 70 percent of…
After research2guidance, we have Juniper Research pointing to the potential problems the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend may bring. According to the research company, the number of employee owned smartphones and tablets used in the enterprise will more than double by 2014, reaching 350 million users by 2017 when it will represent almost 23%…
Some 88% of U.S. adults have a mobile phone, and of that number – 72% experienced dropped calls at least occasionally, according to a Pew Research Center survey. What’s more, a third (32%) say they encounter this problem at least a few times a week. When it comes to unwanted sales or marketing calls, 68%…