With
the use of smartphones for web browsing growing rapidly (according to eMarketer, the number of smartphone users worldwide will surpass 2 billion in 2016, and by 2018, over one - third of consumers worldwide will use smartphones), this development will have an impact on sites that get meaningful traffic from mobile searches run on smartphones.
From the changes in the way we interact with each other (social media) to the increased
use of Smartphones for just about everything we do, the goal is always to improve our every day lives.
The use of smartphones for ebook reading has increased by more than 6 % over the last year to 20 %.
We believe the two major drivers for longer than expected tablet lifecycles are legacy software support for older products, especially within iOS, and the increased
use of smartphones for a variety of computing tasks.»
Using a smartphone to focus on mathematical student thinking is within the normal, everyday
use of smartphones for today's teachers.
I also had
the use of the smartphone for free with the same facilities when I was staying at The Link Hotel, Singapore.
Not exact matches
These are not all
of the
uses for tablets and
smartphones in a business, but may trigger a few ideas you can
use.
In the wake
of Hurricane Sandy,
for instance, Palantir engineers developed a plug - in that let volunteers collect requests
for assistance in real time
using their
smartphones.
From this data we created an estimate
for the number
of US
smartphone owners
using mobile payments through 2019.
Uses for consumers go much further, like Ikea's
smartphone app that lets people get a virtual preview
of how furniture or appliances might look in their homes.
Affordable unlocked phones are much more powerful than they
used to be, and any
of our top picks would make an excellent first
smartphone for a kid or young student who just needs a reliable cheap phone.
Samsung is the clear leader when it comes to
smartphone use, accounting
for 24.4 %
of the worldwide market, according to research firm Gartner.
After all, technology is bringing financial services to unbanked corners
of the world and allowing consumers to pay
for goods
using just their
smartphones.
It's the idea that the ubiquity
of smartphones and the popularity
of apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and Candy Crush have changed our collective expectations
of how software should look and function, creating huge opportunities
for business applications as intuitive and user - friendly as the ones people
use for fun.
High purity alumina or «HPA» is
used to manufacture synthetic sapphire wafers
used in the manufacture
of substrates
for LED lights, semiconductors
used in the electronics industry and scratch - resistant sapphire glass
used for wristwatch faces, optical lenses and next generation
smartphones.
According to web conferencing company InterCall, 30 %
of Americans
using smartphones for work feel obliged to keep them on all the time, including on vacation.
The buyout
of NXP will help Qualcomm, which provides chips to Android
smartphone makers and Apple, to expand in the fast - growing market
for chips
used in automobiles and reduce its dependence on a cooling
smartphone market.
The Detroit Institute
of Arts is also experimenting with augmented reality technology and is partnering with Google
for an Ancient Egypt exhibit in which visitors can
use the museum's
smartphones to see special digital graphics and information overlaid on certain objects, like a mummy's sarcophagus.
Though Shyy declined to explain in detail the particular methods San Francisco police
use for fear
of compromising the department's investigations, he did say that the prevalence
of smartphones today has made forensics increasingly critical.
The video capabilities
of a
smartphone can be
used,
of course,
for rudimentary work.
This means a large portion
of audiences aren't
using computers
for online reading, but instead are browsing with
smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
While
smartphone owners only
use a handful
of apps, messaging apps are the platform
of choice
for consumers with more 1.6 billion global users this year,» Smullen said.
A tap
of a finger could soon suffice to identify credit card shoppers and rail commuters, offering areas
of new business
for specialist companies which have benefited from the
use of such technology in
smartphones.
And Google is holding on to most
of Motorola's more than 20,000 mobile patents, providing Google with legal protection
for its widely
used Android software
for smartphones and tablet computers.
According to Daniel Debow, Senior Vice-President
of Emerging Technologies, wearables are the next wave
of the mobile revolution but the market is still in its early stages, «This is as much a platform
for business applications,
for new
uses,
for productivity as the
smartphone was,» he said.
Smartphone payments already make up 25 percent
of Starbucks's transactions in the U.S. Roughly two in three
of Starbucks's loyalty program members — 8 million in total —
use the Starbucks app to pay
for coffee a minimum
of once per month.
Eye expert Yu Bin told WantChinaTimes that although this is an extreme case, people
using smartphones for extended periods
of time often experience dry eyes or contract conjunctivitis (pink eye) and keratitis (corneal inflammation).
According to the same RIS study mentioned above, they
use their
smartphones for multiple reasons when it comes to shopping, including comparing prices while in - store, reading product reviews, and purchasing from the website instead
of the brick - and - mortar store.
That could make the bundle more attractive to plugged - in consumers who
use smartphones and tablets
for a growing variety
of entertainment.
Furthermore, mobile ecommerce has risen considerably, with almost a quarter
of shoppers having
used their
smartphone for payment at least once.
Although most people with
smartphones in the US
use faster 3G or even 4G connections, millions
of people all over the world are coming online
for the first time with 2G.
The
smartphone users would be solicited to
use the app whenever a relevant piece
of content is shared with them or a call
for action is required.
At the Challenge Festival, startups like as BaseTrace, which «
uses DNA - based tracers to track where industrial fluids are going in large, complex environments» and Reliefwatch, a cloud - based system that
uses smartphone technology to track inventory and diseases
for healthcare organizations in the developing world, battled it out on stage
for a grand prize
of $ 150,000 in investment.
No surprise, but
smartphones are a dominant method
of connection to the web
for millennials, with 89 percent
of them
using the devices to connect, vs. 75 percent who
use laptops, 45 percent tablets and 37 percent desktop computers.
And India and Indonesia, in particular, are key markets
for Google — India recently displaced the US to become the second - largest
smartphone market in the world in terms
of shipments and still has plenty
of room
for growth; in Indonesia, internet usage is poised to grow, as only 25 %
of the country's population currently
uses the internet.
The survey tracks attitudes toward employees»
use of their own laptops, tablets and
smartphones for work and includes input from 2,000 IT users and IT managers in 11 countries.
Among these mobile banking customers, 77.5 percent
used smartphones, with Apple accounting
for more than half
of all
smartphone platforms
used, followed by RIM as the second-most popular platform.
In a court filing, Kodak argued that Apple, the BlackBerry device maker Research in Motion and HTC
of Taiwan all owed the company «substantial royalties»
for the
use of its patents in their
smartphones.
For example, a recent study by Lee, the KAIST professor, found that people who turn to their smartphones for «mood adjustment purposes,» such as to relieve boredom, stress or depression, may form a habit of using their phones for those objectives, which can lead to addictive behavio
For example, a recent study by Lee, the KAIST professor, found that people who turn to their
smartphones for «mood adjustment purposes,» such as to relieve boredom, stress or depression, may form a habit of using their phones for those objectives, which can lead to addictive behavio
for «mood adjustment purposes,» such as to relieve boredom, stress or depression, may form a habit
of using their phones
for those objectives, which can lead to addictive behavio
for those objectives, which can lead to addictive behaviors.
Mobile payments are gaining acceptance among consumers in North America, Japan and some countries in Western Europe, according to Gartner, Inc., with half
of consumers in mature markets expected to be
using smartphones or wearables
for mobile payments by 2018.
CMIT's clients, most
of which have between five and 99 employees, have recently been requesting support
for cloud computing and bring - your - own - device policies, in which employees
use their personal
smartphones or tablets
for work - related communication, Burtzlaff said.
That sparked a flurry
of dealmaking in messaging, as
smartphone users worldwide increasingly
use Web - based services to communicate rather than paying
for text messaging.
Point -
of - sale payment providers like Square and iZettle,
for example, provide payment services that are faster and cheaper by
using dongles that attach to
smartphones and tablets.
The U.S. action could be catastrophic
for ZTE since American companies are estimated to provide 25 percent to 30 percent
of the components
used in ZTE's equipment, which includes
smartphones and gear to build telecommunications networks.
Tapping into rising disposable incomes has paid off
for China's biggest e-commerce emporium as it captures more
of the country's surging
smartphone use with restaurant deliveries and video streaming.
Reporter John McCormick writes that Americans
for Prosperity team members are
using «the i360 voter database the Koch network built» which allows them to tap on their
smartphone and «pull up a detailed map
of each neighborhood, showing addresses, names, and ages
of voters.»
As mentioned above, the
use of smartphones makes dispatching and task delegation possible
for all employees, not just
for drivers.
Or you can go DIY and
use a bit
of masking tape — on your laptop, your
smartphone, even your smart TV... If your job requires you to be on camera, such as
for some conference calls, and you want to look a bit more pro you can buy a webcam cover.
Well, aside from the fact that you are saving tons
of money by
using smartphones for GPS tracking instead
of a costly system that requires a tracking device and a navigation system, it also opens the possibility
of applying GPS tracking to all types
of mobile workers — not just vehicle drivers.
During the House committee hearing on Wednesday, Zuckerberg claimed not to know what «shadow profiles» are, even though this term has been
used for years to describe Facebook's collection
of data about people who don't
use its services by harvesting the inboxes and
smartphone contacts
of active Facebook users.