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Mobile device users aren’t thrilled with the service they receive

04/13/201604/12/2016 Jorge Gonzalez

A recent study has shown that the majority of smartphone owners don’t think their service is very good. Accenture has recently shared the results of a study that revealed that most mobile device users are unhappy with the service they’re receiving and are prepared to change their network providers. The report showed that these unhappy customers are prepared to look elsewhere for greener pastures. The mobile device users study results were published within the 2016 Accenture Screenager Report. What it showed was that over half of the people who were…

Tiny plastic mobile phones have become popular tech for prisoners

04/07/201604/06/2016 Julie Campbell

Inmates in jail are getting their hands on small devices that won’t be picked up by metal detectors. Tiny little plastic mobile phones are being discovered among the belongings of prisoners in jail and are believed to have become a top seller on the inside, as they can be transported “internally” without being picked up on a metal detector. These tiny mobile devices are just slightly larger than a man’s finger and are almost entirely plastic. The fact that they’re almost all plastic means that the BOSS (body orifice security…

Tablets, television and music make people less lonely

04/04/201604/03/2016 Julie Campbell

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Researchers from the University of York have found that these outlets trigger happy memories. According to the results of recent research that have been published in a significant report, tablets, television and music can all provide people who spend a lot of time on their own with a “comforting friendly face”, particularly among those who are isolated as a result of disability or illness or who are recently bereaved. The WaveLength charity worked with the University of York in researching these ways to alleviate loneliness. The research found that “artificial…

The future of mobile devices proves difficult to predict as the ereader continues to survive

03/30/201603/29/2016 John Montgallo

The use of these tablet like e-book reader devices is still growing, particularly among older Americans. Since 2010, when the iPad was first introduced by Apple, the widespread belief has been that these new mobile devices would render dedicated ereaders obsolete, as tablets are able to perform the same functions as ebook reader devices, as well as a great deal more. Predictions indicated that ebook readers would be considered redundant when tablets could do the same thing. However, tablets have been on the mobile devices market for six years and…

Almost half of the United States has lost or damaged mobile phones

03/17/201603/16/2016 Jesse Collins

Approximately 49 percent of the country’s population have broken one of these devices or has had one go missing. The results of a new study from Verizon and KRC Research have revealed that Americans have broken or lost a total of approximately 230,685,172 mobile phones, and that nearly 49 percent of the population of the country had experienced these events. This means that about 1 in every 2 Americans has either broken a cell phone or has lost one. The report on the research also identified many of the ways…