Health and fitness emerged as the newest major platforms in the mobile industry during the second quarter of 2014. The flurry of activity illustrates how quickly the mobile-health industry is maturing… Read more »
Although tablet prices are dropping and devices are getting smaller, competition from emerging connected devices such as wearables, phablets, and convertible laptops is slowing market growth. Read more »
Three proposed acquisitions led the news in the third quarter of 2013. Meanwhile, Apple Inc. released two new iPhones and, just as importantly, gave the iOS 7 a major makeover. Read more »
The mobile industry saw some important consolidation unfold in the second quarter as the lesser tier-one carriers made some strong alliances: Sprint agreed to be acquired by Japan’s SoftBank and began… Read more »
The modern smartphone is a wonder of efficiency, usefulness, and portability. It enables us not only to communicate with one another but also to access an overwhelming amount of online information. Of course,… Read more »
But we also saw some new developments in recent months. Android tablets began to steal market share from Apple’s iOS, thanks largely to the success of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. And the… Read more »
Lose your love handles, call your mom more often, get that promotion: If you’re like many of us, you’re already thinking over some New Year’s resolutions that will make you a… Read more »
The biggest story in mobile last year came to an abrupt (if predictable) conclusion in December when AT&T threw in the towel on its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39… Read more »
The wireless wars may be done, but the aftermath is a hodgepodge of LTE bands that threaten to create more fragmentation than the split between CDMA and GSM ever did. This… Read more »