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Is It Getting Harder And Harder For People To Try Out New Mobile Apps?

by Staff on Friday, November 18, 2016

It appears so, or at least as indicated in a new state of the industry report published by Adobe. Most users of today seem to be sticking to familiar mobile apps instead of giving new apps a shot. And interestingly, the rate of app abandonment is also on the rise, with the number of app installs only increasing 6 percent year over year.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Introducing iDentifi: A Mobile App For The Visually Impaired

by Staff on Thursday, November 17, 2016

iDentifi is a new mobile app (it can be downloaded for free from the App Store) that allows users to point their smartphone’s camera at a specific object, and then get a description of the object immediately afterwards.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Google Rolling Out New Features For Its Allo Messaging App

by Staff on Wednesday, November 16, 2016

As stated by Google when it revealed the newest features of Google Allo, its messaging app, it turns out that people only use 3 percent of all emoji existing today. In other words, the remaining 97 percent of all emoji are all but underused.

Appears in: android, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Google Starts Rolling Out Improved Version Of Google Play Music

by Staff on Tuesday, November 15, 2016

It was a long wait for fans of Google Play Music, but finally, Google is starting the deployment of a new and improved version of its music streaming service.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Apple Pay Partners With 24 NPOs

by Staff on Monday, November 14, 2016

Apple has joined forces with 24 nonprofit organizations in order to let mobile users make full use of Apple Pay, the tech giant’s mobile operating system, in donating money to charity.

Appears in: Apple, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Huawei’s P9 Has Already Sold More Than 9 Million Units Worldwide

by Staff on Friday, November 11, 2016

It has been about seven months since Huawei launched its P9 smartphones, but it appears that the Chinese mobile giant has a hit in its hands. The number three smartphone vendor in the world has revealed that it has managed to sell over 9 million units of its P9 handsets.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Verizon Not Affected By KT’s Quest To Become First 5G Carrier In The World

by Staff on Thursday, November 10, 2016

According to a report published by the Korea IT News recently this week, South Korean wireless carrier KT has practically declared that it will become the first mobile operator in the world to successfully commercialize

Appears in: Mobile, verizon wireless, Wireless

US Mobile Users Quit Using News Apps Due To Election Fatigue

by Staff on Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Apparently, one can only take so much when it comes to politics.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Vine Might Still Live On -- That Is, If Twitter Sells It

by Staff on Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Maybe it was a bit premature to bid our final farewells to Vine. More than a week ago, Twitter had made an announcement that it was shutting down Vine, the popular short video sharing platform. Needless to say, the users of the app did not take the news well, expressing their grief mostly by way of a final Vine posting (aptly).

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Google Releases Major Update For Android Auto

by Staff on Monday, November 07, 2016

A few months ago, Google announced that it was planning to launch its Android Auto smartphone interface for vehicles as a stand alone Android mobile app. Through this approach, the tech giant was basically promising that Android Auto would be made available to every car.

Appears in: android, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

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