Google has bought Motorola Mobility, the devices arm of communications giant Motorola, for $12.5bn (£7.7bn), giving a significant technology boost to the Android platform in the increasingly competitive smartphone and tablets market.
Mobile search is struggling to live up to its early promise, at least in terms of user popularity. Farhad Divecha, Director of AccuraCast looks at how the industry can get users searching on the move…
Many Brits are unaware of the financial risks of using their mobile phone to browse the internet, a survey from thinkbroadband.com has found.
Economy Smartphones, with a retail price of $150 or lower, will account for nearly one-third of shipments in five years, helping to drive shipments to 1 billion annually, according to new research.
During ‘prime time’ hours, smartphone owners browse the internet on their mobiles and watch TV at an equally high rate of usage, according to new research.
Ethnographer Siamack Salari, has launched EthOS (Ethnographic Observation System), a mobile app that lets brand owners view how their products and services fit into the lives of consumers via video, pictures, text and audio captured using their smartphones.
The growth of the mobile channel fuelled by smartphones and tablets is the single most important trend affecting digital marketers, according to a new report.
An estimated 1.5 million UK staff will work within the e-commerce industry within the next four years according to new research from IMRG and eDigitalResearch.
As the possibility of industrial strike action looms over its customers this summer, Virgin Atlantic is faring better online, making significant improvements to its website and mobile app to replace its strike-hit competitor, British Airways, at the top of the travel website usability stakes, according to a new study.
Do consumers use more data when the telco reduces the costs? You bet! Latest stats from America show the data downloads among US smartphone users leapt 89% as telcos reduced their pricing. Smartphone users, especially those with iPhones and Androids, are consuming more data than ever. It’s a pattern that will repeat in every market…