News tagged with phone users

Internet traffic to grow fourfold by 2016: survey

The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cell network security holes revealed, with an app to test your carrier

Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan ...

Technology / Software

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

China Mobile in talks with Apple over iPhone

China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Wednesday the company is in talks with Apple to offer the popular iPhone to its users in the Asian nation.

Technology / Business

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

At least half of S.Korea cellphone users on smartphones

Smartphones now account for more than half of all South Korea's mobile phones following the iPhone's belated debut in the tech-savvy country in late 2009, according to industry figures.

Technology / Business

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smartphone users develop new concepts of privacy in public spaces: study

With endless applications, high-speed wireless Internet access, and free messaging services, smart phones have revolutionized the way we communicate. But at what cost? According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bharti Airtel offers 4G service in India

India's Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it had become the first company in the country to offer high-speed Internet services using fourth-generation (4G) telecommunications technology.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China's mobile phone subscriptions top a billion

China said Friday it had broken the barrier of one billion mobile phone accounts at the end of February, as more people in the world's most populous country ditch fixed phones.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft

The venerable PC is at a crossroads. Sales growth has slowed to a crawl. And consumers and developers are increasingly turning their time and attention to smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (30) | comments 52

Mobile apps raise new privacy concerns

Smartphone in hand, you tap into your local application store. You click on a nifty tool that promises to massage your belly and pat your head at the same time. But just as you're about to download it, you decide to click ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using virtual worlds to 'soft control' people's movements in the real one

Eighty-eight percent of Americans now own a cell phone, forming a massive network that offers scientists a wealth of information and an infinite number of new applications. With the help of these phone users — and their ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Health monitoring? There's an app for that

Researchers in New Zealand have developed a prototype Bluetooth-enabled medical monitoring device that can be connected wirelessly to your smart phone and keep track of various physiological parameters, such as body temperature, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook goes down in several European countries: company

Social network website Facebook, which has around 850 million users worldwide, went down in several mainly European countries on Wednesday for around two hours, users and the company said.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Telecoms groups fight back against free messaging

Just past the security gate for the world's largest cell phone trade show in Barcelona, executives of big mobile carriers can't avoid walking past a booth they would probably rather not see: It's for "Pinger," ...

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Universal charger tantalisingly close for mobiles

Mobile phone users are tantalisingly close to the day when they can power up any phone with the same charger.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Georgia Tech develops braille-like texting app (w/ video)

Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Mobile gadget users might also be enabled to text while walking, watching TV or socializing ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast