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Almost 500k ‘App-Related Jobs’ In U.S.

Dave Parrack — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:20 +0000

Almost 500,000 “app-related jobs” have been created in the U.S. thanks to the emergence of smartphones, tablets, and social networks.

Michael Mandel of SouthMountain Economics, in a new study sponsored by TechNet, estimates that the App Economy generated $20 billion [...] Related posts:

Kayak, Halliburton dropping Blackberry

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:24 +0000

Slip sliding away. Once upon a time, if you worked for a big corporation that provided a smartphone, chances are that device was a Blackberry — it was the device to have. No more as developers and corporations flee the platform for the greener and more secure pastures of the iPhone.

Last week, [...] Related posts:

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Super Bowl ad designed to tempt Apple fanboys away

Dave Parrack — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:08:52 +0000

How not to tempt Apple fanboys away from their beloved: mock them while trying to sell them a phone/tablet that does neither thing very well.

As a Brit the Super Bowl means nothing to [...] Related posts:

Let’s play Phone Stack and enjoy our dinner

Susan Wilson — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Being addicted to your cell phone is not uncommon. Many of us have [...] Related posts:

Fear factor: iPhone gains underpin Apple’s growing market power

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:48:10 +0000

When the iPhone 4S shipped last October, smartphone pundits declared it dead on arrival because it “lacked” 4G LTE, a four-inch display, Near Field Communication (NFC) payment functionality and a range of other checklist features that infest offerings from other vendors, especially Android devices. That string of crowd-sourced wisdom turned out to be [...] Related posts:

Android users get busy in bathroom

Ronald O Carlson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:38:51 +0000

Here’s a powerful realization for you to act upon — if you don’t take your expensive, absolutely life critical smartphone into the bathroom, it can’t fall into the toilet. Seriously, keep your business out of your business. That said, though iPhone owners are somewhat less likely to diddle in the loo, smartphone users [...] Related posts:

Verizon prepping shared data plans

Ronald O Carlson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:52:55 +0000

A long time coming. Consumers first heard about shared data plans from both AT&T and Verizon back in June 2011, but many of us have been hoping the carriers would come to their senses at least since the iPhone hit the scene and revolutionized the smartphone segment back in 2007. Of course, the [...] Related posts:

HTC focuses on fewer Android handsets

Dave Parrack — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:17:37 +0000

Less is more, or so they say. They being Apple fanboys, usually. But perhaps it’s a good strategy for Android handset manufacturers to adopt at this point in time.

HTC exploded onto the market thanks to its classy adoption of the [...] Related posts:

Before you decide to publish with iBooks look at what others have to offer

Susan Wilson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:13 +0000

A lot of people are all agog [...] Related posts:

Liquipel and HZO provide waterproofing for your gadgets

Susan Wilson — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +0000

Both Liquipel and HZO showed off their waterproofing products at CES this past week. [...] Related posts: