Android and iOS App Developers Respond to Shifting Market Shares
This time last year, many of the world’s most talented and successful software developers preferred to create products for Apple’s iOS operating system. The iOS platform simply offered better technological tools and revenue potential. Today, it looks as though the tides are beginning to turn. With Android-based smartphones swallowing up a growing market share, Apple’s […]
Wearable Mobile Devices to Dominate Tech in 2014
Tech industry experts are predicting that wearable devices will start to command significant influence in the consumer market in 2014. Several prominent analysts, including Deloitte, Forrester Research and Juniper Research, believe that the coming year will be a watershed for wearable technologies. While the much-hyped Google Glass is widely expected to lead the charge, more […]
Mobile Apps are Changing the Face of Business
According to Simon Khalaf, the CEO of Flurry, a mobile application analytics company, Internet technology has triggered the most rapid and remarkable disruption of conventional business practice since the Industrial Revolution. Fueled by social media, cheaper data, improved telecommunications infrastructure and the rise of mobile technology, the global economic landscape is growing and changing in […]
This Week in Mobile – Headline from Across the Tech World
Samsung Loses Patent Judgement in their Own Backyard Apple and Samsung are duking it out in courtrooms across the globe. In the latest battle in the mobile patent wars, Samsung was dealt a hefty blow in their own backyard. What makes this particular case unique was that it played out Samsung’s home country of South […]
Demand for Smartphones and Mobile Data Set to Explode by 2019
According to a recent report released by Ericsson ConsumerLab, demand for smartphones and mobile data is poised for extremely rapid growth in the next few years. Conceptually speaking, this is no surprise to industry insiders, but even so, the actual projects have raised a lot of eyebrows. Handset sales are expected to increase by 300 […]
America in the Slow-lane: Sleeping While the World Passes Us By
America’s living life in the slow-lane. The wealthiest and most powerful country on earth makes their citizens endure pitiful internet speeds befitting those of a Sub-Saharan African dictatorship. The United States is effectively losing out on hundreds of billions in lost productivity every year. Underinvestment in our critical infrastructure has already eroded America’s competitive advantage […]
New Search Engine Tool Hides Your Activity from NSA Spying
High tech start-up, Disconnect recently launched their newest product helping internet users browse the web without fear of being tracked by US spy agencies. The newly released Disconnect Search is available as a browser extension for Firefox and Google Chrome. Disconnect has been developing privacy tools for a few years and currently over 1 […]
Blackberry Saved from Bankruptcy, Acquired for $4.7 bln
Once upon a time Blackberry ruled the roost, dominating the global smartphone market. Consumers as well as businesses large and small relied on Blackberry to keep them connected. As a tech head and iPhone app developer I fondly remember services like the company’s secure email delivery system and Blackberry Messenger (BBM). Unfortunately Blackberry stopped in […]
Apple iPhone vs Google Android Battle Heats Up
On the heels of Apple’s special fall event, the battle between Android and iPhone for supremacy over the smartphone market is heating up. Apple’s launch of the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S coupled with the roll-out of iOS 7 could potentially reverse the company’s fortunes. Over the past few years Apple has seen there […]
Apple Debuts New iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C Models at Special Fall Event
The rumor mill has been awash in plenty of outlandish predictions leading up to Apple’s special event today. Sorry to disappoint but Apple didn’t debut their illusory iWatch or flat screen TV’s. However, plenty of industry insiders accurately predicted the tech giant’s product release announcements. The three biggest stories to come out of the special […]