Latest Report on LightSquared GPS Plan Shows Major Threat to U.S. Economy
Oh my, even more on the LightSquared GPS issue… get used to it! This time we have some fresh research findings and numbers to share courtesy of reports via the SaveOurGPS coalition. The latest findings...
View ArticleMobile Research: Tablet usage soaring, iOS dropping, Males purchase more and...
Jiwire has recently released some interesting statistics on location and mobile data, most notable, users tend to prefer purchasing from a physical store when within 5 miles and overall, social...
View ArticleAmerica’s Best Performing Cities Top 3 – San Antonio, El Paso, Fort Collins CO
As a former resident of Fort Collins, CO I was pleased to see these results! Some new urban research out this week via the National Ranking of Best Performing Cities include San Antonio TX, El Paso TX,...
View ArticleSmartphones Are Most Popular Home Device And Enable Multi Tasking
No huge surprise here in some recent research findings from RazorFish that show the smartphone as being the most favored home device. Interesting to see that the handy gadgets are enabling more...
View Article62% of You Say You Are Addicted to The Internet – Females More Likely
Some interesting figures coming from SodaHead as they take a look at the growing issue of Internet addiction. Indeed some interesting findings as figures and findings from recent surveys reveal that...
View Article1994 Honda Accord Tops the List of Most Stolen Vehicle in the US – see the...
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has released Hot Wheels − its list of the 10 most-stolen vehicles in the US. The report examines vehicle theft data submitted by law enforcement to the...
View ArticleAndroid sees 75.0% Smartphone Market Share in Q3
Indeed a shocking stat out of research from IDC revealing huge numbers for Android mobile OS after 4 years… So get this, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile...
View ArticleWeek-End Reading – Enterprise Mobility for Competitive Advantage
Thanks to the web, there’s loads of great research, white papers, and free reading material available to help get you and your company that competitive advantage you might be searching for. Enterprise...
View ArticleTraffic Tip – Los Angeles Most Congested City then Vancouver
Congrats LA, you win again (sort of…) yes indeed, another research report, this time by TomTom, find Los Angeles to be the worst city in North America for traffic. Kudos also to Vancouver as you guys...
View Article670 million smartphones ship in 2012, 67 million Samsungs in Q4 Alone!
Some interesting stats coming our of Juniper Research this week from the mobile industry. According to the latest figures more than 670 million smartphones shipped Globally in 2012 and in Q4 of the 200...
View ArticleBusinesses That Aren’t Using Mobile? Sad But True
I stumbled onto some research findings recently and what got my attention was not the headline, but rather, what the headline didn’t say. The pitch was that according to a study, 66% of small business...
View ArticleResearch Shows Over 6.6 billion mobile phones will be in use by 2017
There’s no arguing that mobile is here to stay and the mobile user HAS to be considered when launching your next web app, service or ?? Some recent stats reveal that very soon there will be more phones...
View ArticleEnterprise Mobility Report Provides latest mobile usage data and trends
TweetNo huge surprise here I suppose as recent research findings reveal that iOS Users Consume 6X More Data Than Blackberry User. They also indicate that Up to 55% of Data is Non-Business Usage, Among...
View ArticleSmartphone Shipment Volume Reached About 255.3 Million Units in 3Q 2013
TweetYear-end and the end of another quarter is upon us, that means research numbers are out! According to Taiwan`s MIC (Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute), an ICT industry research...
View ArticleGeoGeek Reading – 7 Free e-Pub downloads for the week-end
Tweet A few GeoGeek training tips here for the week-end. Tradepubs provides hundreds (perhaps thousands) of free, downloadable resources and white papers. Most are available as PDF downloads and are...
View Article10 Best GPS Navigation System Providers
TweetNot everyone is glued to their smartphone navigation app while driving… apparently there’s still a large market for GPS navigation devices. Users praise the always on capabilities, robust maps,...
View ArticleInfographic – Men and Women use their mobiles and social media differently
TweetNo huge surprise here I guess as research has shown that men and women differ in their use of mobile social media. For example, 38% of women play games on their smartphones and they outnumber men...
View ArticleApple Tops Smartphone device sales, Android leads in Platform Marketshare
TweetAccording to Comscore, the Number of Americans Who Own Smartphones Surpasses 150 Million. 152.5 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (63.8 percent mobile market penetration) during the...
View ArticleWeek-end Geek Reading on Java, Data Science, and the Internet of Things
We wanted to share some useful weekend reading tips. The following are just a few of the fine, free educational resources of interest to developers, technologists, data scientists and other link minded...
View ArticleWeek-end Tech Reading in Data and Big Data
We’d like to share a few data and big data reading resources of interest to the group. Hopefully you find something useful here. If you have a favorite resource please do consider sharing it in the...
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