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Kickass User Interfaces for Mobile Devices

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of Millenials in the United States used mobile devices to access the web in 2012, according to eMarketer. The mobile Internet population is sizeable and rapidly growing across all age groups. A key driver for mobile Internet use is email access. This shift in mentality makes a lot of sense for mobile devices.

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Why Online Banking on Mobiles Will Soar

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Several forecasts predict that by 2015, 50% or more of US mobile users will be conducting transactions from their mobile devices (e.g. million people say they like Apple iTunes on Facebook. Post on Google Buzz. opening an online savings account ). There are many critics that point out that will not happen. Meanwhile 4.2

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Four Handy Windows Phone Apps

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They have had to get used to playing second and even third fiddle in this thing called the Mobile Operating System competition. Now it’s Apple that personifies that 1984 scenario so succinctly portrayed in their signature Super Bowl commercial. Back in the tech boom 90’s, everything was ‘Wintel this’ and ‘Wintel that’. With Podcasts!

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Is the iPhone 4 Apple’s Vista?

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Apple’s iPhone 4 just can’t catch a break. To add insult to injury, Microsoft executive Kevin Turner says Apple’s latest smartphone release could fail, just like his own company’s Windows Vista. On a mobile phone, signal loss typically occurs when your hand attenuates the most sensitive part of the antenna.

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Silicon Valley: Still the Place to Be

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It is home to some famous tech companies such as Apple, eBay, Google, Intel and SanDisk. This makes the Silicon Valley an exciting place to be, from developing mobile applications to optic fibers, innovation is still striven for.

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4 Useful Windows Phone Apps

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Who may not be quite the titan they once were, thanks to Google and Apple finally making a chink in that monopolistic armor. With Feather Notes not stealing too much of your thunder, you can be free to do your mobile computing thing. Windows Phone 8 has the backing of Microsoft. So they are still quite the force to reckon with.

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5 Smartphones Built for Serious Business

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It may come as a surprise, but there aren’t going to be any Apple iPhone’s listed below. The Evo also comes loaded with Google mobile services that make it incredibly useful. The HTC Evo 4G, like the Thunderbolt, was designed to be a workhorse, but has a few processing features that make it a bit different.

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