Tag: mobile data

We-Vibe app intimate data collection leading to class-action lawsuit

Sam Lambert
We-Vibe app lawsuit

The company behind the smartphone enabled sex toy is accused of using the application for secretly collecting data. A woman from the United States has launched a class action lawsuit proposal regarding the function of the We-Vibe app. The mobile app provides smartphone control over a sex toy manufactured in Canada. The woman has accused the company of secretly collecting “highly sensitive” information through the app. The device in question is a vibrator that is activated and controlled through the use of a smartphone. The woman launching the class action…

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Increased Use of Mobile Devices Leads to Vulnerabilities

L. Green
mobile payment security cyber wallet

With people utilizing mobile devices more… hackers have turned their attention to finding ways to breach operating systems, applications, software, and mobile sites as a means to steal company information. There’s also an increased risk of mobile devices being stolen, lost, damaged, or accessed by an unauthorized party, making the need to take security measures increasingly important. Sure, there are services providers like Secure Data Recovery that can assist you with hard drive data (HDD recovery), Solid-state drive (SSD), and external hard drive recovery services that are designed to help…

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Mobile trends continue to take over with 3 out of 4 device owners owning smartphones

John Montgallo
Mobile trends Commerce Apps on smartphone

It didn’t seem that long ago that it seemed like an accomplishment to take half of the market. comScore has just released some interesting new mobile trends data that has revealed that smartphones are now making up a tremendous 75 percent of the overall cell phone marketplace in the United States. This represents phenomenal growth over the figure from the same time last year, which had been 65 percent. Now, out of every American over the age of 13 years, three out of every four is the owner of a…

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Mcommerce was major driver of record breaking Cyber Monday results

Jennifer Goula
cyber monday mobile commerce

The best outcome of the weekend after Black Friday is being partially credited to smartphones and tablets. The results are coming in from Cyber Monday’s performance in 2012, and so far it has broken all previous sales records, in part because of the use of mcommerce apps and websites. Owners of smartphones and tablets used apps and optimized websites to help with their shopping. In fact, it was mcommerce that was considered to be a game changer this year. This is because over 18 percent of consumers who shopped on…

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yStats announces release of its 2012 report for North American B2C E-Commerce

John Montgallo
Marketing Statistics

yStats.com, a market research company based in Hamburg, has released its latest report, which look into the present of North American B2C E-Commerce, and speculates on its future. The title of the report is “North American B2C E-Commerce Report 2012”. Though it is focused primarily on North American data as a whole, it also examines trends that are specific to both the Canadian and U.S. markets. It zooms in on revenue figures, trends, leading product categories by popularity, and market shares, as well as online shoppers, internet users, and overall…

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