The percentage of women accessing the web has increased 575 percent over the last two years, compared to 233 percent growth among men, according to browser development firm Opera Software’s latest State of the Mobile Web Report. Women now make up 23 percent of mobile web users worldwide, increasing from 12 percent in mid-2008; U.S. [...]
Samsung ended a seven quarter winning streak of increasing QoQ market share dropping to 19.9 percent in Q2. This decrease is attributed to weakened economic conditions in Europe. Samsung has consistently delivered feature packed handsets that are the hallmark of South Korean handset OEMs and has championed the use of touchscreens in the feature phone [...]
According to a recent IE Market Research forecast, the worldwide market for GPS-powered navigation and location-based services will grow from $1.6 billion in 2009 to $13.4 billion in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate of 51.3 percent. Credit North America as the primary catalyst behind the growth: IE Market Research anticipates the United States [...]
In the agreement, GTX Corp will make available its popular GPS Tracking apps on Samsung’s bada operating system. The GPS Tracking apps will be featured for sale October 2010 in Samsung’s Application Store. Of the 40 million Samsung handsets anticipated to ship between now and mid-2011, 15-20 million will be the new “Scotia” models. Samsung, [...]
Currently scheduled for retail sale this summer, the Aetrex Ambulator® GPS Shoe will provide millions of caregivers the means to help easily find those afflicted with Alzheimer’s that wander and become lost. The GPS Shoe will be available through the Aetrex owned website www.foot.com, which hosts approximately 300,000 visitors per month and was named by [...]
GTX Corporation, the developer of GPS Tracking, has just launched its newest iPad version. As it passes 500,000 downloads in eighty-four countries, the app has hit number two on iTunes’ social networking Top Grossing Apps list, GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB). GPS Tracking brings people together, locating family, friends and co-workers. It offers privacy, lets users [...]
Nearly 90 percent of U.S. households now have a cell phone – a huge number and clear paradigm shift that is only eclipsed only by the number of global mobile phone service subscriptions eclipsing 5 billion this month. Of that number, there are now more than 500 million active 3G data subscriptions. Curiously with that [...]
How many Facebook friends do you have? To put your friend count in perspective, the average user has 130. Facebook’s official stats page is full of little gems like this, and more staggering stats, such as the fact that people spend over 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook, while the current active official user [...]
The Wave’s touchscreen device has a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz processor, 5MP camera, 2GB internal memory, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. The display is said to be “incredibly” vibrant and removes all outdoor visibility issues.Samsung also announced plans to release variations of its Bada OS for tablet PCs and TV set-top boxes. The Bada OS [...]
GPS Tech Review: What are the GTX Corp business models and its channels of distribution? Mr. Bertagna: We marshal our extensive GPS expertise, integrate our patented technology then identify an enterprise partner entrenched in their vertical market and work together to provide a proprietary solution via licensing and/or subscriptions. We have recently secured several licensing [...]
