As local digital media wrestles with the question of how to successfully monetize mobile, a potential new disruptor is literally mapping out a claim to that space. Indoor marketing — the practice of targeting, following and serving ...
The new iPhones have apparently convinced only a small percentage of iPhone 5 owners to upgrade. Polling 400 US phone customers that activated an iPhone between September 20 and October 20, research firm CIRP found that only 6 percent of ...
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Apple and Samsung were almost equally able to keep customers in their respective smartphone folds over the last 12 months, an analyst said Monday. "Apple has built one of the world's most successful brands, and it's well known for the ...
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Mercedes-Benz has revealed it is researching ways to integrate Google Glass technology into its future vehicle range. Despite Google Glass still being in the development phase, the German marque is already working on one project that ...
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Canadians say they would buy more if presented with promotional offers on their smartphone while out shopping. When asked what they would do if they received a promotion on their smartphone that applied to either the item they were buying ...
Faster network speeds are better, right? LTE cis coming soon to the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, offering double the downlink speeds of LTE (Long Term Evolution). But U.S. carriers still have to upgrade LTE networks to operate with LTE ...
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Tablet ownership as of May 2013 is closing in on a majority of Americans who are online, eight to 64, across the United States, with 44 percent of the population owning a tablet in their household - up from 30 percent in 2012 - a 47 ...
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A majority of Americans -- about 56% -- now own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center's latest survey released Wednesday. The question now becomes: What will it take to raise that percentage even higher? Average prices are ...
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Smartphone owners who also have a tablet spend three times as much on apps as those who only own smartphones, according to a survey by research and consulting firm Analysys Mason. The finding is an argument for wireless carriers and app ...
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Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to APS44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended ...
GS1 and Open Mobile Alliance team up to bring intelligent bar code scanning to mobile devices GS1 and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) are collaborating to enable bar code scanning features built directly into mobile devices. This will make it ...
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The next generation of smartphones could have bullet-proof sapphire-glass screens thanks to improved production techniques and falling prices. One of the many rumours surrounding Google's upcoming X Phone is that it will feature a ...
FACEBOOK has fuelled fresh talk about its interest in mobile phones after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week. Shortly after the Facebook invitation went out for the April 4 event, the technology news ...
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The American population's voracious appetite for digitized information and ccontinues unabated, creating a groundswell of consumers who move seamlessly between smartphones, tablets and laptops to consume digital content, often using ...
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The number of teenagers in the U.S. using smartphones has risen sharply, with half of them accessing the Internet mainly through the device, according to a recent study. 78% of teens in the U.S. have a cellphone, a figure that has ...