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Infographic: Keeping Up with Apps
Mobile development moves fast, with new devices, operating systems, languages, and tools. Choosing the right mobile application development platform (MADP) can mean…
Read MoreCould you do your job without a smartphone or tablet? Or the web?
Social and mobile tools have become so important to our work that we basically can't do business without them. But is the web even more important?…
Read MoreCreeping a la carte
Consumers increasingly are willing and able to assemble their own, a la carte TV bundles, through a mixture of traditional and OTT channels, while eschewing pre-packaged bundles dictated by the networks.…
Read MoreSamsung to stop selling laptops in Europe ‘for now’
Samsung may be a winner in the mobile space, but it has clearly not been having a good time in the European PC market.…
Read MoreStructure Connect 2014 brings IoT visionaries to the mainstage this October
Structure Connect, the third and final installment of Gigaom’s 2014 Structure series, comes to San Francisco October 21 and 22 with a comprehensive look at the internet of things.…
Read MoreApple pays on time
Contrary to its popular image, Apple's successes have more often come from fixing what's broken than from building anew. And that puts today's credit card payment system right in Apple's wheelhouse.…
Read MoreSamsung virtual reality headset photo surfaces
Oculus and Samsung have been working together on a virtual reality headset that uses a phone as a screen. New photos show it is fairly far along ahead of an expected September reveal.…
Read MoreQuestion for tablet makers: What else can this thing do?
The problem for tablet makers is that the power to implement some of the most compelling potential use cases for the devices is not in their hands.…
Read MoreMesh networks could bridge the gap between internet capacity and demand
Internet providers are about to face a connectivity crisis. Micha Benoliel, CEO of Open Garden, says software-based mesh networking is the solution. According to Benoliel, soon every smartphone, tablet, computer and wearable device will become a node in the global internet.…
Read MoreResearchers turn spreadsheets into visualizations for tablets
Carnegie Mellon researchers have created an application that visualizes tabular data and lets users analyze it using hand gestures. It's not the first attempt to rethink analytics for a mobile world, but it's interesting and a sign of things to come.…
Read MoreTablets becoming go-to devices for high-value purchases, Adyen figures show
The online payments firm has provided a breakdown of the traffic it handled in the fourth quarter of 2013, showing from the e-commerce side how tablets are taking over from desktop PCs.…
Read MoreWhat (and what not) to expect in mobile in 2014
As we enter the holidays, here are a few important trends in mobile to look for in the coming year — and one market to expect very little from.…
Read MoreChances are you’re not reading this on a mobile device
Publishing analytics startup Parse.ly has released a report highlighting the top screen sizes on which its customers' readers are consuming news content. Desktops and laptops still dominate overall, but Apple is king of the mobile devices.…
Read MoreGoogle may finally be getting the branding right for its TV platform
If borne out, this week's reports that the next generation of Google's TV product could be branded "Nexus TV," suggest Google may finally be getting both the strategy and the branding right for its TV platform.…
Read MorePremise Data wants to revitalize economic data, and Android plays a big role
Premise Data wants to change the way decision makers think about macroeconomic indicators by changing the way they consume that data. Thanks to a glut of e-commerce data and a network of smartphone-equipped price watchers worldwide, it's making information a real-time affair.…
Read MoreIntel’s net income drops, but new leader Krzanich vows to get mobile
Intel might have been slow to capitalize on fast-moving mobile markets, but it's hopeful new products will propel the company upward into more markets.…
Read MoreThe coating that makes iPhones touch sensitive is running out
Industry experts are racing to produce the next big conductive coating. They presented on materials like carbon nanotubes and graphene at the annual Semicon West conference today.…
Read MoreHow Saga bypassed GPS to log your life without killing your battery
Seattle startup A.R.O. has figured out a way to do life logging with its Saga app without killing your phone's battery. In fact, it uses less than 1 percent of it.…
Read MoreSmartphones evolving from flat to flex with new shapeshifting prototypes
The mobile devices of tomorrow will be shapeshifters, and experimentation in the design space will make them a reality. Morphees are prototype devices that incorporate smart materials and can morph into different shapes.…
Read MorePodcast: How enterprises can build successful BYOD programs
The latest GigaOM Research podcast examines the value of BYOD in enterprises and how companies can address security, privacy, and the latest technologies.…
Read MoreIs the Windows 8 user experience as bad as experts say?
The usability of Microsoft Windows 8 on a tablet is so bad that one expert says he's sticking with Windows 7 until Windows 9 arrives. After using the Surface RT, I understand, but the real issue is lumping together an OS for tablets and PCs.…
Read MoreHere’s how it looks when big data goes mobile-first
Zoomdata has a plan for business intelligence that involves tacking the difficult problem of streaming data, and doing so with a mobile-device-first mindset. The result is pretty and compelling in theory, but it's technologically challenging and will face tough competition from new and old vendors alike.…
Read MoreHow WebRTC will upend the mobile world
What this proposed new standard could do for or to the mobile industry is nothing short of monumental, says Erik Lagerway, cofounder of Hookflash. In the wake of WebRTC, the usual suspects will struggle to find a lifeboat while some faster-movers will rise to the occasion. ?…
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