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Everyone knows the world of technology is constantly evolving, and it’s almost impossible to predict what might be the “next big thing.” Even though most experts may not know the future, one thing they do know is soon most people in the world will carry some sort of smartphone as their daily driver. Well, that…
Google and its partners have been in a patent battle with just about every giant software company in the world, and its upcoming hearing with Oracle is just the next chapter. In the Oracle case coming up, legal documents unveiled the ruler of search generated more than four times as much advertising revenue from all…
Berg Insight is out with a new report, looking at the shipments of NFC-enabled devices. According to the research company, global sales of such products increased ten-fold in 2011 to 30 million units and are set to reach 700 million units in 2016, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 87.8%. At the…
Juniper Research is dealing with mobile finances in its latest report titled “Mobile Banking for Developed & Developing Markets,” forecasting dramatic increase in transactional mobile banking services usage, from 185 million in 2011 to over 550 million in 2016. According to the research company, those users that do make bill payments are expected to continue…
Have you ever had the misfortune of losing your cell phone? Well, a new study claims that every 3.5 seconds that go by, a person in the United States loses their cell phone. That prospect doesn’t seem shocking, but what’s surprising is most of those lost phones turn up in coffee shops. Yes, you heard…
HTC’s Thunderbolt, Verizon’s first 4G LTE enabled smartphone, shipped one year ago this month. That’s pretty insane when you think about it. The Thunderbolt was laughably immature, had a battery life of about 40 minutes, and here we are, one year later, and both AT&T and Verizon have a wide portfolio of Android smartphones that…
Whether you’re a fun-loving teenager who just bought an iPod touch or a productive business professional with an iPad, don’t deny that you probably have at least one game on your iOS device. Even though iOS is a mobile platform, according to a survey from MocoSpace, most of us prefer to play these games at…
Elisa is Finland’s largest wireless operator both in terms of customers and coverage. Since landing in Helsinki back in July 2007, they’ve happily been my operator of choice. Their consumer facing brand used to be called Kolumbus, but they rebranded it to Saunalahti a few years ago for reasons I still don’t understand. Anyway, if…
In its latest report Juniper examines games on tablets, suggesting that the total end-user game revenues will reach $3.1 billion by 2014, up from $491 million in 2011. The research company argues that the large screen size and excellent graphics capabilities of tablets will encourage users to purchase games and in-game items. Moreover, tablet games…
According to a research conducted by the price-comparison website Mobilife, iPhone users in the UK could be overpaying by several hundred pounds per year in their tariffs. After analyzing 9,453 customer bills, Mobilife has found that the average iPhone contract user pays for 662 minutes a month when most only need around 300 minutes. Mobilife’s…