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74 percent of smartphone owners use geolocation tools: Study
More smartphones means more Americans are using the devices to get location information or to share their whereabouts with friends, a study showed Friday. A Pew Internet & American Life Project report found 74 percent of US smartphone owners use the device to get real-time location-based information, and 18 percent…
86 percent of smartphone owners rely on devices for ‘key activities’
More Americans can’t live without their smartphones anymore. A study released Monday shows people using their mobile devices increasingly to settle a dispute, coordinate a meeting, find a restaurant or get emergency information. The Pew Internet & American Life Project said 70 percent of all cell phone owners and 86…
Lost smartphones mined by finders: Symantec
SAN FRANCISCO — Lost smartphones are likely to be mined for valuable information by strangers who find them, according to the results of a sting operation conducted by computer security firm Symantec. Symantec intentionally “lost” 50 smartphones at shopping centers, bus stops and other public places in cities in the…
Weird and wonderful gadgets wow world’s top IT fair
Water-powered clocks, eye-controlled arcade games and pole-dancing robots: this year’s CeBIT tech fair, the world’s biggest, showcased gadgets ranging from the useful to the downright nerdy. Can’t be without your tablet computer or smartphone even when nature calls? Dutch company “phoneclip” has pioneered a small but strong device that can…
Smartphone meets tablet as makers look at big picture
BARCELONA — Mobile phone makers used to sell the ‘small is beautiful’ concept but at this year’s world mobile fair, some are inching towards tablet sizes amid a shift towards a new hybrid category. South Korean maker LG’s new Optimus Vu for example, has a five inch display, much larger…
Nokia eyes China in smartphone comeback push
Mobile phone giant Nokia on Monday looked to a launch in China to help it stage a comeback in the fiercely competitive smartphonemarket after a dismal 2011. On the opening day of Mobile World Congress, where tens of thousands of executives from the industry have gathered, the phone maker said it would push its…
Consumer Electronics Show foretells electronic ‘war of ecosystems’
LAS VEGAS — The annual Consumer Electronics Show ended Friday, leaving gadget lovers with visions of a “Matrix” like world in which the Internet surrounds them no matter where they go. Makers of everything from cars and refrigerators to televisions, smartphones and software pitched innovations heralding the arrival of connected…
Smartphone addicts starting to feel the pain
Users of smartphones and tablet computers are starting to get high-tech blues, as increasing numbers of the tech savvy are coming down with ailments from “text neck” to “text thumb injury”. Health experts in Britain have warned that strain injuries stemming from long periods spent staring at small screens and…
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