Tag: Mobile

January 31, 2017

A January 2017 survey of US internet users ages 18 and older by Fluent LLC found that over half of respondents said they make online purchases via their smartphones more often than on computers or tablets. But when asked whether […]

January 18, 2017

The outcomes of the future are pretty uncertain eventualities. But yet, we as humans strive to predict future outcomes and scenarios in a variety of ways. For example the complete guesswork of choosing your lottery numbers, to the more logical […]

January 3, 2017

Project Tango is Google’s biggest and most exciting effort in the computer vision space. Put simply, it has the potential to be a rocket in the backside of augmented reality, making AR applications feel vastly more sophisticated and immersive. It’s super […]

December 14, 2016

Announced today, Slack users can make one-to-one or group video calls without leaving the service. After announcing voice calling months back, it’s no secret Slack had Google and Microsoft (Hangouts and Skype, respectively) in its crosshairs. Video calling would act […]

December 2, 2016

The city of the future is coming. Back in April, reports surfaced suggesting that Google’s Sidewalk Labs was planning to create its own high-tech, superconnected metropolis. The company, which Google formed in 2015 and soon spun off as a subsidiary, […]

November 29, 2016

Normally I always recommend updating hardware to the latest software version, but in this case it might not be the best thing to do. According to multiple reports of users, updating to iOS 10.1.1 has a nasty surprise in store for […]

November 9, 2016

Chinese manufacturer OnePlus has taken to its official Twitter profile to reveal that it will announce its first Snapdragon 821-powered smartphone — which will likely be called the OnePlus 3T — on Tuesday, November 15. Unfortunately for us, OnePlus has done […]

November 8, 2016

Over the course of the past few weeks, an awful lot of rumors have been bandied around about Samsung’s much-anticipated Galaxy S8. It was first reported that the handset would feature a “slicker design, an improved camera and an enhanced […]

November 7, 2016

Health care is an ”enormous” opportunity for Apple, chief executive Tim Cook said, as he outlined how the Apple watch could become the new warning systems for our body, similar to the car computers that warn drivers when something’s wrong with […]

November 4, 2016

It’s official. We now use the Internet more on our mobiles and tablets than on our desktop. Independent web analytics company StatCounter has release its findings regarding internet usage worldwide — in October 2016 mobile and tablet devices accounted for […]

October 14, 2016

B2B e-commerce operations don’t run on their own. When establishing B2B e-commerce, organizations need to create several new important roles—or risk failure.  Companies that are just beginning the e-commerce journey will also need to figure out how to balance in-house vs. […]

October 3, 2016

Nokia’s decline has been heartbreaking to watch. But the Finnish company is planning a comeback with a line of all-new Android phones. One of these is the D1C, which recently found its way to GeekBench. This gives us an insight into […]

September 29, 2016

Updated: BlackBerry announced it would actually stop making its own smartphones, due to the $372 million loss for its fiscal second quarter. Therefore, the DTEK60 is “unlikely to show up”, as CNET puts it. Although CrackBerry announced on Monday, September […]

September 19, 2016

Apple’s new iPhone 7 models introduce a new solid-state (non-mechanical) Home button which no longer physically depresses but instead is a software-driven sensor. That necessitates a new physical button sequence to hard-reset the device if it stops responding; that happens […]

September 8, 2016

In your palm, Apple’s iPhone 7 looks like the long-lost twin of the two-year-old iPhone 6. At a demo after Wednesday’s launch event, I put the 6 and 7 side by side and played Spot the New Guy. The most […]

September 1, 2016

Huawei wasn’t wrong. The Nova Plus feels like a premium phone, in spite of its mid-tier price point. The brushed metal back and glossy display meet at rounded sides, alongside front glass that curves slightly around the sides, similar to […]

August 31, 2016

Increasingly, people in the West are ‘cutting the cord‘, and ditching broadcast TV services for cheaper online offerings, like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. But elsewhere, old-school television is holding strong, as demonstrated by the new Samsung Galaxy J2 […]

August 30, 2016

Usability is one of the key components of mobile UI design. Great usability often involves microinteractions which are small responses and behaviors from an interface dictating how the UI should be used. These microinteractions define behaviors, encourage engagement, and help […]

August 25, 2016

If you want your m-commerce project to deliver the results you’re expecting, context should be front and centre of your design. Across all industries, mobile traffic is eating into PC web traffic in a big way, even in economies which […]

August 25, 2016

If you own a smartphone, chances are you have a favorite game on it, one that you use to kill time on queues, or while you commute. It could be an indie game that blows away mainstream competition, or a […]