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According to a new report by Juniper Research, soaring usage of social gaming will push the global market for virtual goods bought from mobile social media services from $3 billion this year to $4.6 billion by 2016. Needless to say, we have the sharp rise in smartphone adoption to thank for this trend, even though…
Not everyone can afford a high-end Android smartphone. Devices costing $400 and more are out of reach for many users in the emerging markets of the world and for them handset makers are launching entry-level devices. According to In-Stat, Android is set to dominate this low-cost smartphone segment (which BTW is defined by price –…
CheckPoints, which is a mobile app/service that engages consumers as they make purchasing decisions in-store, unveiled results of its research into the media consumption of mobile-enabled shoppers. According to their results, shoppers are spending more time on mobile than any other source, including traditional online — while spending over 8 times more on their phones…
Since many of us our glued to our cell phones throughout the day, it’s natural to worry whether all those radio waves and the radiation are harming us. For every handful of studies that show no correlation between heavy cell phone use and brain cancer, there are a few that do. However, a 15-year study…
Mobile VoIP clients downloaded to the smartphone will account for four fifths of 640 million mVoIP users by the end of 2016, while alliances between carriers and mVoIP specialists will remain relatively few in number. According to Juniper Research, the factors that will mostly drive the adoption of this technology are improved technology, more intuitive…
Samsung managed to ship over 20 million smartphones in Q3 2011, one report says, and this means it shipped more smartphones in that quarter than any other company, including Nokia and arch-nemesis Apple. The two latter manufacturers cranked out 16.8 million and 17.1 million smartphones last quarter, respectively. Samsung has proven itself to be the…
Microsoft researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a completely new way to interact with your smartphone called “PocketTouch“. The name is incredibly apt since it describes a system that allows you to control a device while it’s still in your pocket. Using a capacitive element that’s placed on the back of your smartphone, you…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, annual revenues derived from eNewspapers delivered to portable devices will exceed $1.1 billion by 2016. The report noted that the surge in iPad adoption led a number of newspaper publishers to move beyond standalone smartphone apps towards “integrated digital strategies.” For instance, companies like News International have…
In a recent study conducted by Xyologic, results show that in 2012 Apple will no longer have the advantage when it comes to app downloads, the Cupertino-based company will be surpassed by Android. The study was taken last month, showing Apple holding its lead with 1.45 billion app downloads in that month vs 0.64 billion…
The latest study conducted by Nielsen shows that 40 percent of people use their tablets and smartphones while watching TV. This survey illustrates how users are increasingly multitasking when it comes to multimedia, and justifies a lot of the work DirecTV is doing with smartphone and tablet linking to their set-top boxes. All of this information…