20 Apr, 2012
According to the latest published insights and projections from ABI Research, 4G subscriber adoption is poised to “take off” in 2012 as a range of 4G-enabled mobile devices will consume the masses. From USB dongles, smartphones, tablets, 4G portable hotspots, and wireless broadband CPE modems, retail stores will soon be teeming with more [...]
17 Apr, 2012
Verizon Wireless today announced that it has big plans for its 4G LTE network this weekend. By next week at this time, Verizon’s expanding LTE network will cover more than two-thirds of the U.S. The carrier’s 4G LTE network will hit 27 new markets and will expands in another 44 markets on April [...]
15 Apr, 2012
What a difference a day can make for the rumor mill. Early this morning, the blogosphere was buzzing when word broke that well-known French designer Phillippe Starck asserted that Apple is working on a “revolutionary” product that will be introduced before year’s end. Starck maintains that he met on a number of occasions [...]
12 Apr, 2012
On Thursday, Gartner projected that worldwide media tablet sales will top 119 million units in 2012. If you’re not keeping score at home, that’s a 98 percent increase over 2011 sales of 60 million units. Not surprisingly, Apple’s iOS continues to be the leader of the pack when it comes to media tablets, [...]
09 Apr, 2012
On Monday, GNC Holdings, the nation’s largest specialty retailer of health and wellness products, got its mobile strategy in shape. Today, the masters of health and fitness announced the release of their new, free iPhone application and introduction to Android Market. “Introducing a new look and feel and several new features, the application [...]
06 Apr, 2012
With each passing year, social media continues to help more Americans find work. In addition to the jobs created directly by social media-related companies and their associated technologies, Twitter and Facebook have proven themselves to be valuable lifelines for the unemployed. According to the latest data from OnlineDegrees.com, better than nine in ten [...]
04 Apr, 2012
Samsung Electronics today is turning heads with its new partnership with OpenX Technologies. If you’re not familiar with the company, OpenX is a top provider of digital advertising technologies around the world. On Tuesday, Samsung and OpenX confirmed their joint partnership behind a major new private advertising exchange specifically for global mobile inventory, [...]
01 Apr, 2012
On Friday, Portio Research published the 6th edition of ‘Mobile Messaging Futures’ which boldly predicts MMS to be a cash machine over the next four years. According to Portio, MMS – launched after the initial success of SMS to deliver multimedia content – has until recently been the second greatest revenue generating non-voice [...]
29 Mar, 2012
Android isn’t as profitable for Google as Apple’s rival iOS is. That’s according to the latest information made available with regard to Google’s mobile revenues. Despite the company’s $2.5 billion annual run rate for Google’s mobile revenues, it appears that Google has earned less than $550 million from Android between 2008 to 2011. [...]
27 Mar, 2012
Iconic pop superstar Madonna has been criticized by some for appearing to be “above” using social media to connect with fans. That all changes tonight on Twitter – but just for tonight… as in Monday night only… for maybe an hour or two. I guess Madonna fans will take what they can get, [...]