A report released today by the Local Search Association and prepared by comScore, Inc. finds that local search via non-PC devices continues its significant pace of growth, driven by the rapid adoption of smartphones, tablets, and other ...
Tags: Local Search, Consumer Electronics
With 137 million Internet users in India coupled with increasing mobile Internet penetration, retail segment of the country is witnessing a rapid change in the method of shopping from the traditional brick and mortar stores to buying ...
Tags: Mobile Shoppers, Apparels
Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data in the next decade, a Qualcomm executive said Tuesday. "There really is no alternative," ...
Tags: Qualcomm, Mobile Demand
Tumblr is giving its users more options to share their posts across other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, with a new iOS app released Wednesday. Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, the mobile app lets users ...
Tags: APP, Computer Products, software
In the 10 days that Facebook Home has been available, it has had more than 500,000 downloads. While that number may not be as high as it had been expected to be, it's a strong start for the Android launcher, according to Ezra Gottheil, an ...
Tags: Facebook, webservice
Foreign media reports said that Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK: 0700) has invited star singers Rainie Yang and Show Lo for advertising, aiming to snatch more market share in Singapore. Louis Song, Tencent International Business Group ...
BACtrack, the leader in personal and professional breathalyzers, today makes available the first-ever, affordable, wireless, smartphone breathalyzer for immediate public purchase. The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer is the first ...
Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Postpaid subscribers, who pay a regular bill for mobile service at the end of each ...
Tags: Mobile Users, mobile revolution
Americans are so fixated on social networks that they spend an average of 16 minutes out of every hour on them, according to a study by Experian Marketing Services. In the U.S., 27% of users' time online is spent on forums and social ...
Tags: Social Nets, Computer Products
Google is moving to keep up with its mobile users, updating search on devices this week. The company added two new features, both aimed at getting users on the run to the information they want more quickly. "When you're searching for ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
U.S. mobile operators will warn subscribers when they're heading toward a big bill, after most carriers agreed to send email or text alerts when users are about to exceed their monthly usage limits or start using international roaming. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
After dumping Facebook a little less than a year ago, General Motors is back, running an advertising test on the social network. GM, one of the country's largest advertisers, said in an email to Computerworld today that it is testing paid ...
Tags: Computer Products, GM, AD
Less than a year after Facebook called mobile one of its biggest risks, the social network has made another big move to attack the mobile market. On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's co-founder and CEO, unveiled a launcher, called ...
Tags: Facebook, Mobile Market, Mobile
Next time you're at the mall and have trouble finding the restroom, a place to nosh, or a certain electronics retailer—one where you might pick up an iPhone, iPad, or MacBook—your Android phone can show you the way. A ...
Tags: Android, Google Maps, Apple
Cisco is planning to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys for US$310 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced on Wednesday. Ubiquisys, which is located in the U.K., makes 3G and LTE small-cell technologies that ...
Tags: Cisco