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How far will we go?
Aldous Huxley: Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. You might think that there are already applications for everything but there are not. So just how far can apps go? Certainly, there are lots of applications which look ridiculous and which raise many questions like, ‘Do we really need…
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A glimpse of the Chinese mobile phone industry
World’s largest-to-be smartphone market Recent figures show that developed countries now have or will have very soon, over 50% smart phone penetration rates, including the USA which is the third most populous nation with 311 million inhabitants. On the other hand, China is still a developing country with poor 3G penetration rates estimated at 22% of the…
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The risky kiss
Do you believe in fate, in love at first sight? Do you sometimes do something spontaneously? Maybe you do, but you certainly do not expect your new partner to be your relative! Or imagine that there might be a tool somewhere that could warn you that you wre about to sleep with a member of…
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Keyless access to your home
In some fields the world is moving forward really rapidly. Almost everything is being automated, and leading the field are portable computing devices like smartphones and tablets. Producers of new technologies, provide us with a wide range of mobile applications which now let owners control practically everything from a distance. It seems that there are…
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Read this before you forget!
Everybody has had a bad experience from forgetfulness! While on the way home, you suddenly remember you should have sent a report to your manager 2 hours before. Or while you were driving to work, you can’t remember whether you switched an important appliance off or not. You turn back to home to check it…
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Budgeting applications
Imagine that you spent almost of your pocket money and it is still half of the month ahead of you. Have you ever been to a party and the next day you realized that your wallet was empty? Or maybe you are keen on going shopping and carelessly spending money? Has…
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A Facebook phone coming soon ?
According to The New York Times, Facebook has intensified its efforts to release a mobile phone in 2013, looking for ways to increase revenue in the mobile Internet. With Google soon going to finalize the purchase of Motorola Mobility, a constructor of mobile telephones and tablets, to counter the growth of Apple, Facebook, which missed its initial public offering last week, because of the over-valuation…
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The patent war between Apple and Samsung
The relationship between Apple and Samsung is really representative of the complexity of the links of all the companies connected to the mobile phone sector. In recent months the two giants have both been involved in a legal battle over copyright infringement.. The 15 April a 38 page complaint was lodged by Apple reproaching Samsung…
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Swiss-Knife Mobile Phones
Are you a LEGO fan? If you are, then maybe you’ll be attracted by this new concept of a modular mobile phone. Israeli start-up Modu mobile phones offers a set of independent components. The idea proposes a central component, which according to your needs, can be assembled with other components to add functions. Thus, by…
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Smartphone Prospects
1. Widespread of new mobile services based on LBS and SNS The widespread of the Smartphones will bring the expansion of various new services specialized in mobile environment and the features of the smartphones. Among them, SNS and LBS are the areas that web service providers, such as the portals, can easily enter based…