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6 main elements of beautifully designed smartphone apps

6 main elements of beautifully designed smartphone apps

The importance of mobile design really cannot be exaggerated these days. In 2014, 60 percent of web traffic came from...

The growth of mobile

The growth of mobile

Four out of every five people in the world now have a mobile phone, and 84 percent can’t go a...

4 reasons #socialmedia has most people jumping on the smartphone bandwagon

4 reasons #socialmedia has most people jumping on the smartphone bandwagon

Believe it or not, people are still using flip phones, Motorola Razors, and phones with buttons!… what? But those folks...

Leap Wireless shows the iPhone still can’t be popular for low income consumers

Leap Wireless shows the iPhone still can’t be popular for low income consumers

Hindsight is 20/20, or so they say. This is important for Leap Wireless as it seems on the surface that...

Walking Dead app turns your iPhone pictures into zombie walkers

Walking Dead app turns your iPhone pictures into zombie walkers

The vast majority of attempts to tie in a mobile app to a television show have been completely lame. There...

Research in Motion is now simply “BlackBerry”

Research in Motion is now simply “BlackBerry”

For RIM, you are what you eat. The latest twist for tumbling company Research in Motion, they've chosen to change...

5 ways the smartphone is changing healthcare

5 ways the smartphone is changing healthcare

The US Department of Health and Human Services calls it “mHealth.” The m stands for mobile and the term defines...

Use the Internet without using data on your smartphone

Use the Internet without using data on your smartphone

  The biggest money suck on a smartphone is using its data; this can cause many people to hesitate wanting...

Smartphones to beat projections, account for half of all mobile phones by 2013

Smartphones to beat projections, account for half of all mobile phones by 2013

It wasn't supposed to happen until 2015. Smartphones accounted for 35% of the worldwide market last year but they are...

Advertising has yet to catch up to time spent on mobile phones

Advertising has yet to catch up to time spent on mobile phones

The use of mobile phones has dramatically increased; in fact you probably own a Smartphone and perhaps even reading this...

Nokia is sliding dangerously close to oblivion

Nokia is sliding dangerously close to oblivion

They can't seem to catch a break. News has been bad for the former leader in handset sales worldwide and...

Klout adjusts “+K” kudos to include reasons for influence

Klout adjusts “+K” kudos to include reasons for influence

Klout, the social influence measure that is likely the most used and well-respected, rolled out a series of changes yesterday....

iPhone photography and the world around

iPhone photography and the world around

The Apple iPhone 4s is just not another pretty face with sleek design and glorious interface. The iPhone is designed...

Android wins the size battle… for now

Android wins the size battle… for now

I have always taken pride in my HTCphone having a bigger screen than the iPhone. That is one of the...

All of this now fits in your pocket

All of this now fits in your pocket

Technology is amazing and we all know it. What we may forget or even take for granted is that there...

Your smartphone is busier than you think when it’s doing “nothing”

Your smartphone is busier than you think when it’s doing “nothing”

It's just sitting there in your pocket. No noise. No vibration. The smartphone that's doing "nothing" is probably a whole...

Smartphones and smart ads: Microsoft ups their game

Smartphones and smart ads: Microsoft ups their game

Essentially everyone has a smartphone now. If you don’t, don’t feel badly – my phone is intelligent enough to function...

The World of Lost Smartphones

The World of Lost Smartphones

If you're like most people, you've lost a phone or two in your life. It's not as simple as the...

MapQuest lives (despite every attempt to replace it with smartphones)

MapQuest lives (despite every attempt to replace it with smartphones)

It's hard to let a good thing die. Most people who do not have navigation in their vehicle or a...

Smartphones enabling dumbing down

Smartphones enabling dumbing down

Recently, it feels as though new cell phones can do everything for you. Email, scheduling, GPS capabilities, games, messaging, and...