When it comes to smartphones, there is only one device that really catches the attention: the “hero”. Not only can a successful product generate massive volumes of its own, but it can create a “halo” effect over lesser siblings, driving …
Almost a year to the day since Facebook announced its big-ticket acquisition of Instagram, rumours abounded about another megadeal: an acquisition of WhatsApp by Google. Although subsequently denied, it has raised some interesting issues. There is little doubt that WhatsApp …
Facebook remains something of an enigma in the mobile space. Its reach is incredible: 680 million people accessed Facebook from mobile devices in December 2012, giving it a user base that all but China Mobile look up to. And these …
So, after months – or possibly years – of anticipation, RIM has finally unveiled its first BlackBerry 10 devices, the Z10 and Q10. And very good they look, too. The company has clearly spent a lot of time polishing what …
Last week, Nokia published a trading update which showed that the recovering device maker is at last set to report some positive news, although there is still some way to go before it is able to say it has truly …
After a long period of negative headlines, in the run up to the end of last year beleaguered BlackBerry maker RIM seemed to have turned a corner, with signs that positive momentum was returning. Early previews of its BlackBerry 10 …
Without a shadow of doubt, Android has made the mobile internet a consumer proposition, with smartphones available at bargain prices and mobile data services no longer the preserve of the well-healed. Certainly, it was not the first smartphone platform, and …
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