As predicted by IDC, the next four years will see unprecedented growth in the worldwide wearables market, especially smartwatch devices. As indicated in a report it recently released, the market research firm projects that by the end of 2022, smartwatches will make up 44.6 percent of the total volume of shipments of wearable devices. Smartwatches as we know them today usually offer features centered around health and fitness. But according to IDC, the advent of the 5G era will contribute... Read more →
Some may already be familiar with the Keepsafe brand name -- it is after all the same name used on a private photography app. The company behind the brand, however, is aggressively expanding its existing range of services, and is now taking the opportunity to officially unveil the Keepsafe mobile web browser. Like most of the company’s lineup of... Read more →
Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint -- three of the Big Four carriers in the United States -- have decided to end their contracts with location aggregators, mainly to ensure that there will be no misuse of location information (some of them real time) going forward. Karen Zacharia, the chief privacy officer of Verizon Wireless, has sent a... Read more →
It was more than seven months ago when Google had first unveiled Datally. For those who missed this unveiling, just know that Datally is a mobile app that helps consumers better monitor, manage, and ultimately save on mobile data. Google fully intended the app to be used in emerging mobile markets, wherein people often depend on prepaid SIM cards... Read more →
Just this week, Apple has announced that it will be leveraging the tech from startup RapidSOS in order to information location transmitted to first responders whenever iOS mobile users dial 911 for emergency assistance. This latest development is significant, mainly due to the fact that over 80 percent of 911 calls are now made through mobile... Read more →
Google has confirmed recently that it will be starting to roll out its Android Messages feature for web in the next few days. For those not familiar with the feature, it basically lets Android users send and receive SMS (short message service) or RCS (rich communication services) messages using their desktop computer by way of the Internet. ... Read more →
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has recently revealed that it has completed the Standalone (SA) version of the 5G New Radio (NR) specification at a meeting held in La Jolla in California. Some may remember that back in December of last year, the Non-Standalone (NSA) version of the 5G NR standard had already acquired approval. The SA... Read more →
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