ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The worldwide smartphone market shipped 1.004 billion units last year, up 38.4 percent from the 725.3 million units in 2012, according to estimates from IDC. In the fourth quarter of 2013, vendors shipped a total 284.4 million smartphones worldwide, up 24.2 percent from a year earlier.Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) A German court has ordered Google to block its search results in Germany linking to photos of former Formula One chief Max Mosley at a sex party. The Hamburg court did not allege that Google took the images, but instead identified the Internet company as aRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Major US telco Verizon which has released a “transparency report” said that India is one of the five countries which have requested it to block certain websites. “We were required to block access to websites in India but are precluded by law from identifying the specificRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The Islamic Republic of Iran and China have reportedly reached an agreement to begin cooperating on Internet operations, aiming to implement Iran’s “National Information Network,” according to a report on the website of Iran’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Nasrollah Jahangard, head of Iran’s InformationRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Messaging app WhatsApp has reached 430 million monthly active users, according to the company’s CEO, who added that the focus will remain on providing a reliable service. Jan Koum revealed the figure at the DLD conference in Munich, while also stating that the company now processesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) The rapid migration towards 4G-LTE in the world’s most advanced mobile markets is driving a surge in data usage, with 4G users typically consuming twice as much data per month as other users. However, while the introduction of 4G has led to an uplift in ARPURead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Just in case you had sat back relaxed, and thought that everything is fine, here is another bombshell dropped by the Guardian on Thursday: the US National Security Agency is collecting millions of “untargeted” text messages worldwide. Oh, and it does that on a daily basis.Read More →
MUMBAI ( MEDIA ) Shares of Idea Cellular tanked 6.65 per cent, while Bharti Airtel plunged 4.87 per cent. Telecom stocks fell by as much as 7 per cent amid concerns that Reliance Jio Infocomm’s participation in the upcoming spectrum auction will hurt market share and profitability of telcos. Similarly,Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Shipments of SIM Cards declined last year by 193 million units to 4.94 billion; a drop of 3.8%, according to ABI Research. A number of separate issues combined to affect the market last year, varying from region to region. While some countries were boosted by theRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Google on Monday announced a $3.2 billion pact to acquire smart thermostat and smoke alarm-maker Nest Labs. It said that Nest will continue to operate as its own distinct brand after the all-cash deal closes. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receiptRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Worldwide PC shipments reached 82.6 million units in the fourth quarter, down 6.9 percent from the year before and the seventh consecuritve quarter of lower shipments, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Gartner said markets such as the US have bottomed out as the adjustmentRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) With all the crowing about Apple and iOS having a minority market share in the mobile space, it’s easy to forget that Apple does something with iOS that Google’s still struggling to do: make money — and tons of it — with mobile apps. Earlier todayRead More →