App usage soars as smartphones take hold
Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices, a study showed Tuesday.
Software
Jan 5, 2016
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News tagged with mobile media
Internet giants race to faster mobile news apps
US tech giants are turning to the news in their competition for mobile users, developing new, faster ways to deliver content, but the benefits for struggling media outlets remain unclear.
Internet
Oct 4, 2015
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Tweets from mobile devices are more likely to be egocentric
Mobile devices have changed the way we interact with the world. It's now normal behavior to take selfies or live Tweet an event, but can a mobile device really be an extension of ones self? A recent study published in the ...
Internet
Oct 1, 2015
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New tech to authenticate citizen journalists' cellphone footage
Cellphone video increasingly plays a role in reporting the news. From encounters with police in the United States to the fate of people worldwide threatened by war, terrorism, repressive governments or any number of other ...
Internet
Sep 24, 2015
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Forget fixed broadband—large phones and 4G drive UK over mobile tipping point
UK communications regulator Ofcom has released a report that gives a fascinating snapshot of digital society in the UK. It highlights the dominance of mobile, and the centrality of social media in social interactions and ...
Telecom
Aug 7, 2015
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Companies exploit live-streaming apps Periscope, Meerkat
Companies have learned to use Facebook, Instagram and other social media to drum up business and now they're finding ways to exploit two new apps, Periscope and Meerkat.
Internet
Aug 5, 2015
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Warnings removed from Instagram accounts in North Korea
Instagram appears to be back to normal in North Korea after a week of warnings on user accounts saying the popular photo-sharing app had been blacklisted for harmful content.
Internet
Jun 25, 2015
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Instagram users in N. Korea warned site put on blacklist (Update)
Warnings are appearing on Instagram accounts in North Korea that say access to the popular photo-sharing app is being denied and that the site is blacklisted for harmful content.
Internet
Jun 22, 2015
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Mobile users 'resist use of ads' in news
As the smartphone becomes the defining device for online news, publishers will increasingly struggle to make money, according to the latest Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ).
Internet
Jun 16, 2015
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What works—and what doesn't—for engaging people on climate change
A special report analyzing what works—and what doesn't—for motivating people to take action on climate change has been released today by the University of Victoria-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
Environment
May 15, 2015
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