In 2011, Android conquered the world. Google’s mobile operating system was activated on hundreds of thousands of handsets a day, the type of growth that was unprecedented in any era of computing. Android’s momentum from last year has carried into 2012, but it is not the rumbling freight train is was a year ag [...]
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Dissecting Android: The Chinks in Goo...
In 2011, Android conquered the world. Google’s mobile operating system was activated on hundreds of thousands of handsets a day, the type of growth that was unprecedented in any era of computing. Android’s momentum from last year has carried into 2012, but it is not the rumbling freight train is was a year ag [...]
Disassembling Android: Chinks in Goog...
This is Part One of a two-part series on Disassembling Android.
Giving iPad PowerPoint Presentations ...
One of the iPad’s more intriguing business uses is making presentations before a live audience. The device is portable and fun to use, and the swipe and pinch gestures can make for some dramatic presentations. Sadly, iPad presentations haven’t lived up to their potential – especially for users of [...]
Infographic Taking HTML5 to the Next ...
By 2013, there will be more than 1 billion HTML5-capable browsers in use throughout the world. Applications for those HTML5 browsers will be created by 2 million HTML Web developers, according to research from IDC. There is no question that HTML5 is going to be a major factor in mobile development during the next f [...]
Do You Really Want Your Bank Followin...
For most people, banks are little more than necessary evils – places to store your money until you need it, and maybe earn a little interest along the way. The goal is to get a decent return without too much hassle.
But a conversation with senior Wells Fargo execs reveals a bank trying to use the Internet, so [...]
Facebook Permeates Everything; App Ce...
Facebook will soon have an application store…well, not exactly. Facebook will soon have an application repository. A display showcase. Those are probably more apt descriptions of what the social giant will unveil with App Center. Essentially, Facebook will turn itself into an application hub – a traffic director for social apps a [...]
Facebook’s New App Center Promi...
Last September, during the f8 Developers’ Conference, Facebook CTO Bret Taylor said that the company had no plans for a “central app repository” – an app store. Today, Facebook is changing its tune. The social giant has announced App Center, a section of Facebook dedicated to discovering and deploying high-quality apps on the company’s platf [...]
Infographic How People Use iPhones an...
Did you know that the majority of Android users in China are on a 2G network? That about 44% of Android users in China use HTC phones? That almost 14% of iPhone users in China have spent $10-$20 on paid apps, with 9% spending more than $50?
China has the largest mobile-phone installed base (by volume) in the world, and just as it is in the U [...]
Flipboard Finally Comes (Unofficially...
Some things just cannot stay hidden. One of the most popular iOS apps of all time is now unofficially available for Android: Flipboard, the personalized magazine app that had been exclusively available only on the iPhone and iPad, has made its way to Android smartphones through an enterprising hack by a developer at XDA Forums. The greatest [...]
Tablets Want To Kill Your Laptop
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Laptops are doomed. In the next five years, tablets will displace notebook-style computers to become the dominant personal computing platform. And the transition from laptop to tablet has already begun.
That’s the key finding of a new Forrester Research report that predicts the en [...]