Archive for the ‘Mobile’ Category

Is Yelp spending too much money?

May 3 by JD Rucker | add comment

They say you have to spend money in order to make money. The problem for Yelp is that they may be spending too much money compared to what they’re earning. This is common for publicly-traded companies, but in their case they may be spending too much compared to how much they have more »

Some amazing facts about mobile around the globe

May 2 by Scarlett Madison | add comment

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on when it comes to mobile technology, it’s that the industry is huge and growing. Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are a part of so many of our lives. The total number of mobile devices will soon pass the total number of more »

Netbook sales down 34% year over year. Can we call them dead, yet?

May 2 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Less-useful than a laptop, less-awesome than a tablet, the netbook market has suffered the most in the past two years with the rise of the iPad (and other tablets, of course, but really let’s just blame Apple). Keyboards were the last real argument for the netbook over a tablet more »

Foursquare makes things easier for businesses... at a cost

May 1 by Connor Livingston | add comment

Merchant tools on Foursquare are free and the company claims to want to always keep them that way. It’s challenging for Foursquare to make money when they don’t charge their 750,000 businesses for their listings and they definitely won’t charge the 20,000,000 more »

Move over, Apple. Samsung is shipping more smartphones.

May 1 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Samsung is knocking off the top players in mobile. First, they ousted Nokia to become the top mobile phone vendor in the world for Q1 of 2012. Then they pushed passed Apple to become the most prolific smartphone manufacturer. Overall, phone sales were down year-over-year by 1.5% but more »

Email isn't dead and mobile devices are to blame

May 1 by Sal McCloskey | 3 comments

There was a time not too long ago when technology bloggers and pundits (myself included) believed that email was going away. We thought that the system would be replaced by Facebook messaging, IM, social networking, and other variations of more »

Microsoft joins forces with with Barnes and Noble against Amazon, Apple

Apr 30 by Lorie Wimble | add comment

There are certain brick and mortar outlets that simply refuse to go down without a fight. Barnes & Noble is one of them and they are partnering with a powerful force to help them make up ground with their Nook eBook reader: Microsoft. [caption id=”" align=”alignright” width=”216″ caption=”Image more »

An iPhone with a keyboard was considered for original Apple smartphone

Apr 29 by Rocco Penn | add comment

Those of us who have owned an iPhone are familiar with the multitouch keyboard and overall interface of Apple’s smartphone. According to ex-Apple executive Tony Fadell, an iPhone with a physical keyboard made the final list of 3 prototypes before getting scrapped just before more »

Social networking ties gaming as #1 mobile activity

Apr 27 by Sal McCloskey | add comment

For the first time in 40 months, gaming has a partner at the top of the charts for time spent on mobile devices with social networking reaching the 24 minute mark up from 15 minutes a year ago according to research by Flurry. Gaming dropped a minute to be more »

Can we connect 7 billion people?

Apr 27 by Lorie Wimble | add comment

The technology is in place. Now it’s time to get it out to the people of the world. As personal technology rises into the billions, the once-impossible dream of connecting the entire world through gadgets and gizmos, Apple and Google, is now more »

Your smartphone is busier than you think when it's doing "nothing"

Apr 27 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

It’s just sitting there in your pocket. No noise. No vibration. The smartphone that’s doing “nothing” is probably a whole lot busier than you think. Many of the apps that require constant updates are fighting for the permission to check their more »

An iOS app designer's guide to making developers hate them less

Apr 26 by Connor Livingston | 1 comment

Since the dawn of graphic interfaces on computers, designers and developers have faced off over the proper ways to present data and tools. The aesthetics that please designers often conflicts with the functionality and ease that pleases more »