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We’ve seen paper-thin displays before, but what about paper-thin computers? A new paper computer could change the way our gadgets are made and the way we interact with them. Or not. You know how these things usually go, but it’s still pretty damn cool. The paper computer acts like, well, a paper-thin computer. You can…
For those who have no problems sharing their location info with their social networks, it seems that Facebook Places is the top choice for letting friends and family know where you are, who you’re with and what you’re doing. It’s not surprising since location-based social networking apps like Foursquare seemed to be used by only…
The bean counters over at ABI Research are going out on a limb and predicting that by the close of this year there will be approximately 16 million people using LTE. Considering that Verizon, during their Q1 2011 financial results conference call, said that there are only 565,000 people using their newly launched 4G LTE…
Although everyone and their mama are all about tablets these days, this phenomenon is not as global as one would think. According to In-Stat, only three regions — North America, Asia/Pacific and Western Europe — will be responsible for 91% of all tablet unit shipments in 2015! However, this is not to say there is…
According to a survey commissioned by the Consumers Union, the guys who publish the widely read Consumer Reports, 73% of 981 people interviewed are in favor of the United States government passing a law that would require every new mobile phone sold to be compatible with every wireless network in America. Now you and I…
According to a new study from ABI Research, the worldwide app industry will achieve 44 billion cumulative downloads by 2016. Although iOS-based devices are leading the way, Android and Windows Phone 7 are steadily catching. Moreover, with the increasing pool of smartphone and tablet users, the research company forecasts the evolution of the app store…
According to a recent survey done by Retrevo on over 500 Americans 62% of smarpthone owners feel that their handset is obsolete. To be more exact, they answered “yes” to “Do you feel your current smartphone is out of date or will be before your contract is up?”. This doesn’t really surprise us since we…
Distimo has launched their regular report on app store figures, running down the highest-ranked free and premium apps across iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Ovi, GetJar, webOS, and Windows Phone app stores. In March, the Android Market offered more free apps than than the prestigious iPhone App Store, leading by about 12,500 apps in that category. Last…
According to Juniper Research’s latest study titled “Mobile Ticketing for Transport Markets: Airlines, Rail, Metro & Bus 2011-2015“, 500 million people all around the world will use their mobile devices as travel tickets on metros, subways and buses by 2015. This is more than five times the number generated last year when most such transactions…
I’m hanging out at the App Nation conference in San Francisco and Nielsen just released some interesting data from its upcoming mobile playbook. The company said that smartphones now account for 36% o the U.S. market and it will only take a few quarters before smartphones make up the majority of the market. The biggest…