Archive for Mobile Software News
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Children racking up millions in smartphone app charges
Young people are running up huge bills that their parents are left to pay due to unexpected charges on smartphone and tablet apps. Windows Phone UK commissioned research which found that 28 per cent of parents have been the victim of unexpected costs from their children buying apps or spending extr...
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Ubuntu tablet plans confirmed
Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu Linux, has confirmed its plans to launch tablet operating system. The move, which was confirmed yesterday (19 February), will see the business take the "next step towards one unified family of experiences for personal computing on phones, tablets, PCs an...
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RIM confirms new Blackberry 10 line for January
Research In Motion (RIM) has confirmed that it plans to introduce its latest lines of smartphones at the end of January 2013. The firm announced that the new Blackberry 10 operating system handsets will be on the faster and smoother than earlier versions, adding that they will also feature a large ...
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Android takes 75 pc of mobile market
The smartphone market is comfortably in the hands of Google, as the latest figures show that Android operating systems power around 75 per cent of all phones sold. Conducted by research firm IDC, the study found that shipments of Android-based smartphones nearly doubled in the third quarter, powere...
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Smartphone app allows drivers to avoid red lights
An app developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology allows users to avoid red lights, helping make their journeys more fuel efficient. The SignalGuru app does this by predicting when a traffic signal is about to change and advising a speed at which the driver should approa...
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Smartphone app launched for parking
A new smartphone app has been developed to make it simpler for people looking to pay for parking. Developed by Confused.com, the service compares car parks by price and distance using a postcode or a current location provided by a mobile phone's GPS system. This allows users to decide where th...
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Businesses urged to tackle smartphone security
Businesses are being urged to start to taking smartphone security seriously, recent research has suggested, due to the huge popularity of the devices. Data from ABI Research estimated that employee smartphone usage is increasing by 17 per cent a year, noting that within five years 2.4 billion emp...
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Hillwalkers urged not to rely solely on smartphones
Smartphones are always with us making them a very easy gadget to rely on. But recent events have prompted police to warn hillwalkers and others not to rely solely on their gadgets to survive. Recent reports from the Grampian Police revealed that the police have recently had to rescue 16 people from...
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Smartphone app developed for car insurance
An insurance company is looking for customer input on the development of its latest smartphone app. Aviva is in the process of developing the RateMyDrive app, which will use smartphone technology to create driver profiles. By monitoring the acceleration, braking and cornering of drivers for around ...
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Jelly Bean update to hit Galaxy Nexus first
Owners of the Galaxy Nexus HPSA+ smartphone will be the first to receive Google's Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean' operating system update. The internet giant confirmed that owners of the phone will soon receive a message alerting them to the update. “If you've got a Galaxy Nexus ...
