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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. Specifically, PageFair’s findings indicate that at least 419 million mobile users are making use of existing tools to stop ads from appearing on their handsets. That figure is equivalent to about 22 percent of the estimated total 1.9 billion smartphone owners around the world right now.
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. And out of these installed apps, they are only used once by one out of four mobile users.
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. Specifically, the study examined closely how radio frequency radiation at frequencies typically used in American wireless networks affected rats. The findings -- there may be a potential link, but no conclusion can be definitely drawn.
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.
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.
It was almost a decade ago when Twilio first entered the telecommunications market. Founded in 2007, the company offered a range of features that transformed core communications services once held by wireless carriers, such as text messaging and mobile phone numbers, into application program interface (API) based tools that any developer can personalize and take full advantage of in using a specific mobile app or website.
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) is offering new proof of something we probably all know to be true already -- that we are becoming more dependent on mobile data when accessing the information superhighway, as opposed to doing it through desktop computers connected on home Internet.
Have you seen the latest Captain America movie yet? For those who have, some of you may have noticed that the smartphones and tablet devices that were featured in that film were built by Vivo. Now, Vivo is not some product developed by Tony Stark, but a phone maker from China, which has just overtook Xiaomi (also from China) as the fifth biggest vendor of smartphones in the whole world right now.
In Influence Central’s new report, Kids & Tech: The Evolution of Today’s Digital Natives, the firm looked into how our children are using the latest forms of mainstream technology, most particularly mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Needless to say, the results of the company’s study were pretty interesting. Here are the most important points:
Every year in the beautiful city of San Francisco in California, usually in May or June, Google holds its Google I/O, an annual conference focusing on software, web, and mobile technologies. This year, the tech giant once again offers a fresh round of announcements and updates regarding its products as well as the latest in technological trends and breakthroughs. Scroll down for the rundown.
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