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Gartner: Smartphone Sales Growth Will Decrease To 7 Percent In 2016

by Staff on Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Market research firm Gartner is saying that in 2016, the growth of smartphone sales worldwide will drop from the 14.4 percent growth registered last year to only 7 percent for this year. According to Gartner’s estimates, the volume of smartphone shipments across the globe in 2016 will only number 1.5 billion units.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Uncarrier 11: T-Mobile Now Giving Users A Chance To Own Shares In The Company, Plus Freebies

by Staff on Monday, June 06, 2016

T-Mobile has just held its latest Uncarrier event (the 11th by latest count), and gamely took the opportunities to unleash a few ann

Appears in: Mobile, t-mobile, Wireless

Unicode Consortium Approves 72 New Emoji

by Staff on Friday, June 03, 2016

The Unicode Consortium, the organization that sets all standards for letters and other characters used for universal software applications, has granted its approval to a total of 72 brand new

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Xiaomi To Buy 1,500 Patents From Microsoft, Who In Turn Will Bring Its Software To Xiaomi Devices

by Staff on Thursday, June 02, 2016

This week, Xiaomi has inked a deal with Microsoft in which the Chinese mobile giant will purchase about 1,500 patents from the software company. Microsoft, on the other hand, will get the chance to have its software brands, such as Office and Skype, installed in Xiaomi’s smartphones and tablet devices.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Per PageFair: 1 Out Of 5 Mobile Users Have Ad-Blockers On Their Device

by Staff on Wednesday, June 01, 2016

According to a report published by PageFair regarding the usage of ad blocking software on mobile devices, more than one out of five users have ad blockers on their smartphones.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Almost 1 Out Of 4 Mobile Users Quit Using Mobile Apps After One Try

by Staff on Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Google Play Store is home to more than a couple of million mobile apps, while Apple’s iTunes App Store contains more than 1.5 million. However, a new study on the usage of apps reveal that quite only a small percentage of these apps do actually manage to get installed in smartphones and tablet devices.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

No Definite Proof That Smartphones Are Harmful To Humans, Per US Government Study

by Staff on Friday, May 27, 2016

The United States government conducted a study that aimed to find a link between the use of smartphones and cases of cancer. The study was carried out for several years, and just this week, the results were published by the US National Toxicology Program.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Lenovo’s Motorola Brand Integration May Not Be Going As Smoothly As Hoped

by Staff on Thursday, May 26, 2016

Lenovo officially completed its acquisition of Motorola back in October of 2014 for a sum of $2.91 billion, but fast forwarding to more than a year later, it appears that the move is not paying off as nicely as initially planned by the Chinese mobile giant.

Appears in: android, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Are Teenagers Experiencing School Burnout Because Of Too Much Internet?

by Staff on Wednesday, May 25, 2016

A research team from the University of Helsinki and Department of Psychology in Finland did a study on Internet usage, and found that too much engagement online (either through computers or mobile devices) among teenage users leads to school burnout, a term used to describe a general lack of desire to perform well in school or even go to classes altogether.

Appears in: Internet, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless

Twilio Launches Programmable Wireless In Partnership With T-Mobile

by Staff on Tuesday, May 24, 2016

It was almost a decade ago when Twilio first entered the telecommunications market.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, t-mobile, Wireless

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