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Dual-core processors gained strong traction during last year, accounting for nearly 20% of total smartphone processors shipped, according to the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies (HCT) service. Samsung led this trend with 60% volume share, followed by Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and NVIDIA. The Korean company has strong iPhone sales to thank for its top position,…
Tablets are steadily becoming a part of our daily lives and results from Yahoo!’s new survey go exactly in that direction. Some 2,000 U.S. respondents aged between 18 and 64 participated in the study, and the findings show us that: 15% would give up their car for an entire year to be able to keep…
Canalys, an analysis and consulting services company, today released to clients its detailed smart phone shipment estimates by country for Q1 2012. In the release, the company found that total shipments in smartphones worldwide grew 45 percent year on year to 146 million units. The most significant part of the stats were the differences in…
Juniper Research is getting kinda nasty with their latest report dealing with the mobile adult content industry. According to the research company, mobile adult subscriptions will reach nearly $1 billion by 2015, with growth coming from smartphone and tablet users who access Internet on increasingly faster mobile data connections. Tablets especially will contribute to growth,…
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…
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…
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Provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators Sandvine released its Internet traffic trends report, entitled “Global Internet Phenomena Report H1 2012,” based on data from a selection of more than 200 of its customers all around the world. Here’s what they’ve found: YouTube is the largest source of mobile video traffic…
TripAdvisor released results of its annual air travel survey of more than 1,000 U.S. respondents. From there we learn that Americans are flocking to the skies this year as 91% of respondents said they plan to fly domestically in 2012, compared to 84% that did last year. International flights are also on the rise, with…
According to a new report from billmonitor.com, most smartphone users in the UK are on a data tariff far too large for their needs. I would argue this is more of a global “problem,” as users fear of “bill shock” that occurs when people go over their data limits. The findings, based on an anonymised…