A new study from Nielsen’s upcoming United States Digital Consumer Report states that 29 percent of all smartphone users utilize their mobile devices to aid in shopping-related activities, whether online or in stores. Are we surprised the numbers seem relatively …
Feb
21
How A Smartphone App Can Detect How Fit (Or Fat) You Are
Your smartphone knows whether you're fat or not. That's what I learned from talking to Gary Weiss, a professor at Fordham University, who has been working on using smartphone sensors for mining data about their users. He and his students …
Feb
21
Age, income dial up smartphone ownership rates
People 24 to 34 are most likely to own a smartphone, but those 55 to 64 making more than $100,000 are also front-runners, Nielsen finds. Originally posted at News – Mobile
Feb
20
Largest smartphone owners' group ages 24 to 34
Nielsen finds that 66 percent of those in the 24- to 34-year-old age group have smartphones, representing "the greatest proportion of smartphone ownership" of any age group.
Feb
20
US and GB Smartphone User Survey Indicates Tens of Billions ($US) in Revenue Upside for Service Providers
US and GB smartphone User Survey Indicates Tens of Billions ($US) in Revenue Upside for Service Providers
Feb
20
Panasonic Unveils the Eluga, a Dustproof and Waterproof Smartphone
Panasonic gave its new smartphone for Europe a name on Monday. "The Eluga," which will be the first Panasonic phone to debut outside of Japan since 2005, is set to go on sale this March.
Feb
17
Selecting a Smartphone Credit Card Processing System
Small scale credit card processors now benefit from secure smartphone credit card processing systems.
Feb
17
Smartphone privacy noose tightens on Google
Google and ad networks are skirting Apple browser privacy safeguards; apps used by kids don't offer COPPA warnings
Feb
17
Research and Markets: iPad and Smartphone: Pharma & the Super Mobile Revolution
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "iPad and smartphone: Pharma & the Super Mobile Re
Feb
17
Smartphone apps dial up privacy worries
Undisclosed gathering of smartphone users' address book data by Twitter and other social networking companies brings heightened scrutiny by privacy advocates and lawmakers. A new furor has erupted over digital privacy concerns following disclosures that Twitter Inc. and other social …