Majority of smartphone owners compulsively check devices hourly

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 15:36

Majority of smartphone owners in the United States compulsively check handsets at least hourly, according to a new survey.

Google’s next Android mobile software version to be called 'KitKat'

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 14:47

Google said the next version of Android will be called "KitKat" in keeping with its penchant for giving tasty names to its software for powering mobile devices.

Mobile devices being used to end marriages on the rise

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 20:46

Twenty-five thousand people from the UK will be using mobiles, PCs and tablets to get divorced from their spouse in 2013, a survey has suggested.

Mobile devices being used to end marriages on the rise

Last Updated: Sunday, June 30, 2013, 17:40

Twenty-five thousand people from the UK will be using mobiles, PCs and tablets to get divorced from their spouse in 2013, a survey has suggested.

Microsoft working on `Windows powered mobile devices`

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:46

Software giant Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows.

HP developing glasses-free 3D tech for mobile devices

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 13:19

Hewlett-Packard Co. has developed a method that will allow users to view 3-D videos on mobile phones without using glasses.

CISCO predicts mobile devices to outnumber humans by end of year

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 13:31

CISCO has claimed the number of smartphones, tablets and laptops will exceed number of humans in 2013.

Sales transactions on mobile devices may grow by 20% by 2015

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 17:11

Consumer sales transactions completed on mobile devices is expected to grow by 20 percent between 2012 and 2015 in India, says a report.

Social media, mobile devices popular among travellers: Survey

Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 23:58

Travel tools, applications and social media are finding increasing relevance among travellers, according to report by Thomas Cook.

India's 'GenY' high on social media, mobile devices: TCS

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 19:16

India's 'Generation Y' is fast changing the communication paradigm by adopting newer modes of networking like Facebook, instant messaging and chat to connect with their peers, a survey by country's largest software exporter TCS has said.

Google unveils magazine reading application

Last Updated: Friday, December 9, 2011, 08:41

Google is joining a crowd of companies packaging digital content in a magazine-like format for mobile devices.

Now, pressure-sensitive touch screens for mobile devices

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 19:08

A UK firm has come up with a material that exploits a quantum physics trick, which could lead to the development of handheld devices with pressure-sensitive touch-screens and keys.