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by Staff on Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Popular messaging platforms such as Facebook’s Messenger and Apple’s iMessage already offer a feature that allows their respective users to share location information to family or friends in real time. WhatsApp is now joining in on the party.

Appears in: Mobile

Qualcomm Achieves First Ever 5G Data Connection On Its 5G Modem Processor

by Staff on Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Chip making giant Qualcomm has managed to perform a 5G data connection on a 5G modem chip set built specifically for mobile devices. As pointed out by Sherif Hanna, product management and product marketing for mobile at Qualcomm, this achievement is the first ever of its kind across the globe.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless

How To Help Ensure 5G Networks Stay Fast? By Using Hovering Antennas.

by Staff on Monday, October 16, 2017

Needless to say, the population of mobile users is continuing to increase in major mobile markets across the globe, and that can only mean one thing -- networks will soon find themselves having to shoulder the ever growing volume of traffic.

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Big Four Carriers Now Working to Restore Connectivity in Puerto Rico

by Staff on Friday, October 13, 2017

In the last 24 hours or so, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approve several Special Temporary Authority (STA) applications from various mobile operators who want to immediately push through with efforts to restore wireless connection services in Puerto Rico. As of now, the country is still without much power or mobile connectivity about three weeks since Hurricane Maria had hit.

Appears in: AT&T, Mobile, sprint, t-mobile, verizon wireless, Wireless

More Than Half of ARKit-Ready App Downloads are Games

by Staff on Thursday, October 12, 2017

According to a new report recently released by Sensor Tower, Apple’s ARKit has now been installed over 3 million times around the world by way of a host of mobile apps and games powered by the augmented reality (AR) platform.

Appears in: Apple, iphone, Mobile

Americans Spend 10 Hours Every Year in Shopping Apps

by Staff on Wednesday, October 11, 2017

According to the latest report recently released by App Annie, mobile users based in the United States spend 10 hours every year (or close to 50 minutes on a monthly basis) in shopping apps. Naturally, as more and more people own smartphone devices, mobile shopping is sure to grow too, with digital first apps like Amazon and Etsy making it easy for consumers to buy stuff online.

Appears in: Mobile

Twitter Introduces Happening Now Feature

by Staff on Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Twitter is offering a new feature and it is called Happening Now. What the feature does basically is highlight numerous tweets revolving a specific trending topic, with emphasis on sports primarily, as well as on other news related to entertainment, and other current events.

Appears in: Mobile

Google’s Acquisition of Relay Media Will Boost its AMP Project

by Staff on Monday, October 09, 2017

Google’s AMP Project (Accelerated Mobile Pages Project) should get a boost with the tech giant’s recent acquisition of Relay Media, a company that has created the AMP Converter technology that helps in making web pages AMP friendly.

Appears in: Mobile

Check Out New Emoji Announced By Apple

by Staff on Friday, October 06, 2017

Just in time for Halloween, Apple is debuting hundreds of additional emoji that should land on iPhone and iPad tablet devices soon.

Appears in: Apple, iphone

Survey: Amazon Echo Users Likely To Be On iOS Than On Android

by Staff on Thursday, October 05, 2017

In this day and age, smartphone owners can be sorted into two basic groups: Android users and iOS users. Sure, there are some people out there who still choose to use a Microsoft powered mobile device, but they are very, very few.

Appears in: android, Apple, Mobile

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