Not all mobile devices are equal when it comes to access.
Smartphones and tablets have revolutionized how consumers access media content. But move away from the big picture and there are essential details to consider, such as when consumers access your content.
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The smartphone-enabled checkup will actually improve doctor-patient relationships.
Can you imagine a comprehensive, clinically relevant well-patient checkup using only smartphone-based devices? The data obtained during the checkup is immediately readable and fully uploadable to an electronic health record. The patient understands – and even participates – in the interaction far beyond faking a cough and gulping a deep breath.
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Flurry Analytics began measuring mobile usage and helping developers sell ads when the iPhone was barely a year old and Apple had not yet launched the App Store.
The Nest
The Nest, a smart thermostat for your smartphone, has received a lot of well-earned praise. But the device might have limited use for those of who live in apartments where the heating and cooling systems aren’t under our direct control. However, for all you environmental geeks out there, there’s another way to harness technology to measure the environment using your smartphone. (Video)
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Moms tend to lead shopping and mobile trends.
More shoppers are becoming increasingly comfortable using the smartphone or tablet to browse retailer offerings, look for discounts and compare products. For moms especially, who tend to lead shopping and mobile trends, the use of these smart devices may have reached the tipping point: Mobile has become more than a nice accessory to augment the shopping process; it has become an essential stop in the path to purchase.
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Android is the world’s most popular smartphone platform — with nearly 70 percent of the market.
In 2012, nearly 80 percent of all mobile malware found was written for phones running Google’s mobile Android operating system, according to a report from security firm F-Secure.
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These days, if you are surfing the Web from a mobile device odds are you are doing it not from a smartphone, but from some type of tablet. For the first time tablets have surpassed smartphones for percentage of website views, according to a study done by Adobe.
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70 billion apps will be downloaded worldwide in 2013.
Ten apps will be downloaded for every single woman, man, and child on the planet in 2013. According to ABI Research, half of those apps will be Android apps, which will have 58 percent smartphone app share and 41 percent of those will be iOS apps. Thirty-three percent of smartphone app downloads will be for the Apple iPhone while the iPadwill take 75 percent of tablet app downloads. Windows Phone and tablet devices will account for the majority of the rest, with BlackBerry taking about a 2 percent share.
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DoorBot for smartphones.
Smartphones are being integrated into each and every part of our daily lives, and with devices like the DoorBot hitting the market things are only becoming more integrated as time progresses. (Video)
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Smartphone apps are more advanced than what automakers are offering, so they are preferable.
Increasingly, drivers prefer using applications on their smartphones to the navigation systems that come installed in their cars.
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Smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung have been focusing their efforts on the U.S. and more on China, but there are a few more countries that will soon demand their attention.
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The survey found there is no widespread loyalty among consumers about operating systems.
Google and Apple better watch out. According to a new study by Accenture, two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners don’t have strong brand loyalty to any one particular operating system.
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