About 45% of US children ages 10 to 12 have a smartphone with a service plan
Outside the US and Europe, children tend to get their first mobile phones when they are older
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WeChat users in China will surpass 490 million users this year
Half of the country’s mobile phone users will access the WeChat app in 2017.
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Credit card sized phone that only does phone calls
The Light Phone take away almost every function of a smart phone, except one, making phone calls. Continue reading… “Credit card sized phone that only does phone calls”
Iowa is Creating the Digital Drivers License for Smart Phones
Iowa residents may become the first in the U.S. to use a smartphone mobile app as their driver’s license.
The Iowa Department of Transportation wants to let drivers keep an electronic version of a license on an app, in addition (or in lieu of) the traditional plastic one you’d keep in a wallet.
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The obstacles faced by transformative technologies in medicine
A smart-phone add-on enables at-home diagnosis of ear infections.
There is a post on The Health Care Blog written by Eric Topol where he looks to a future enabled by emerging technology: “Just as the little mobile wireless devices radically transformed our day-to-day lives, so will such devices have a seismic impact on the future of health care. It’s already taking off at a pace that parallels the explosion of another unanticipated digital force — social networks.
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AT&T researchers create app to track your teenager’s driving habits
The app could also monitor an elderly driver’s aptitude over time.
AT&T researchers have created a system that reports on drivers’ real-time behavior and long-term driving trends by merging data from cars’ onboard computers and drivers’ smart phones. It also reveals whether a particular mistake might have been caused by phone use.
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First Time Ever Smart Phones Outsell Personal Computers
People tend to replace their phones much more often than they do their computers.
Smart phones such as Apple Inc.’s iPhone are outselling personal computers for the first time ever, according to a report by research group IDC that was released Monday.
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