Tag: smartphone

The Vintage Smartphone [COMIC]

While our phones seem to be growing smarter, most of their technology has been around for decades. Take your contacts, for example, which is really a digitized version of your Rolodex. The things we use Google Search to find today used to discovered with a simple 4-1-1 call. Most of our coveted social apps could… Continue reading The Vintage Smartphone [COMIC]

What to Actually Do With Your Cracked iPhone

Like the majority of iPhone users, I have fallen victim to dropping my iPhone and shattering the front screen. Fun fact: if you flip your phone in your hands, it is not guaranteed you will catch it every time. Of course it was about a year before I could get a new phone with my current cellular plan,… Continue reading What to Actually Do With Your Cracked iPhone

3 Mobile Devices With Insanely Large Display Screens

Once upon a time, cell phone creators fought to make the smallest devices possible. Today however, they are trying to make their devices with larger screens. The lines between tablets, cell phones, and televisions are blurring, and in some cases the screen size is just comical. 1. Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 With a screen size of… Continue reading 3 Mobile Devices With Insanely Large Display Screens

The Weatherman Wants Your Smartphone Data: Creating Hyperlocal Weather Reports through Crowdsourcing

The weatherman has competition, and it’s from a phone app. WeatherSignal, an Android app developed by Dutch scientists, tells the weather by crowdsourcing temperature readings from the sensors that keep smartphone batteries from overheating. Since smartphones are everywhere, WeatherSignal might one day let meteorologists make hyperlocal weather reports without building weather stations on every roof.… Continue reading The Weatherman Wants Your Smartphone Data: Creating Hyperlocal Weather Reports through Crowdsourcing

Top 10 Apps for Freshman Year at College

So, after a long time dreaming about college life and envying your older sibling, you are at last away from home, surrounded by new people, and on your way to having a college degree. Congratulations! You are finally a freshman. There is an exciting journey ahead of you, and it should be made memorable for… Continue reading Top 10 Apps for Freshman Year at College

5 Best Smartphones for the Media Junkie

If you like listening to music or watching movies on the go, you need a smartphone with good media features. There are lots of options on the market today. The best ones have high-quality speakers, lots of internal storage space, and integrated media players. If you’re looking for the best media smartphones, take a look… Continue reading 5 Best Smartphones for the Media Junkie

REPORT: Android Now Controls 80% of the Mobile Smartphone Market

Android continues to dominate the smartphone market, and, according to the latest data from the International Data Corporation, it now holds 79.3% of the global smartphone market! This is up from almost 70% just one year ago. Meanwhile, Apple’s marketshare dipped from 16.6% a year ago to 13.2%. In terms of unit growth, both Android and… Continue reading REPORT: Android Now Controls 80% of the Mobile Smartphone Market