Archive for Featured
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Smartphones used for Christmas shopping, study finds
Recent research has confirmed that a lot of Christmas shopping was conducted on smartphones and tablets. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Google Online Retail Monitor for the fourth quarter of 2011 revealed that total retail search volumes grew by 24 per cent in comparison to the same three ...
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China becomes leading smartphone market
China has overtaken the US to become the world's largest smartphone market, recent figures have revealed. Research conducted by Strategy Analytics found that smartphone shipments to China reached 24 million in the third quarter of 2011. This compares to the 23 million shipments recorded to the...
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Average broadband speeds increasing
The average speed of broadband in the UK appears to have increased slightly over the course of the past six months. According to a report from Ofcom, speeds are up around ten per cent and now stand at an average of 6.8Mb. In spite of this improvement, consumers are still seeing a rise in the gap be...
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Consumers turning away from PCs
A recent report suggests that consumers are turning away from traditional desktop PCs and embracing more mobile solutions, such as tablets. Compiled by Strategy Analytics, the research found that global tablet shipments reached 15 million units in the second quarter of the year. This is a remarkabl...
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Android smart phones to be used for contactless payment
Google could be set to team up with Mastercard and Citigroup to allow contactless payments using Android smart phones. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is planning the project in a bid to increase advertising revenue. The payment system would mean Google could give retailers more inf...
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Parents not controlling mobile phone internet risks
The majority of parents still do not install control measures on their children's mobile phones to prevent them from accessing unsuitable material, according to a new set of research. The study by clinical psychologist and government internet safety advisor, Tanya Byron, warned that 9 out of ...
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'Distracting' mobile phones posing increasing human danger
The prevalence of the mobile phone in modern life is putting users lives at risks, after recent research revealed that at least one in ten people have suffered some kind of injury as a result of using their mobile phone. Texting while walking has caused a dramatic rise in the number of people admit...
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Apple launch redesigned iPhone
The latest in the Apple stable of iPhone technology has been unveiled and, as promised, it is a complete upgrade on the original model. Apple officially introduced the new phone, iPhone 4, to the world at a conference in San Francisco, describing the handset as the ‘biggest leap’ in red...
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MeeGo launched by Nokia and Intel
Nokia and Intel have released the first code from MeeGo, their first joint mobile device Linux project. It is seen as an effort on their part to challenge Android, by Google. The joint project was announced three months ago, and now the two IT companies have launched MeeGo 1.0. MeeGo for touch-base...
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New Ofcom rules for mobile phone operators
The telecoms regulator Ofcom has proposed a set of new rules which should result in a reduction in the cost of calls to UK mobile phones by 2011. Under the new rules proposed by Ofcom, the fee that mobile phone companies can charge to connect a call from another network operator will fall from its ...
