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With the new rules that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has put in place, it is now increasingly difficult for companies to send unwanted marketing messages to people's mobile devices. Under these new rules, mobile users now have expanded options in unsubscribing or blocking marketing messages or pre-recorded telemarketing phone calls.
Nokia is certainly far from its glory days as a global leader in smartphones. As a matter of fact, ever since its smartphone business was acquired by Microsoft one year ago, the company has stopped selling smartphones outright. But it appears that Nokia is still making money out of smartphones -- other companies' devices, to be exact.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an organization that studies trends in online and mobile advertising. Recently, this group conducted a survey that looks into how videos are viewed on mobile devices by users around the world.
Huawei is considered one of the world's top telecoms company in terms of revenue, and is currently the fourth largest seller of smartphones according to market share. But outside of its native country China and other Asian countries, the company is virtually unknown, especially in western markets such as the United States and most of Europe. And even though the Chinese phone maker had already opened an online store for US buyers last year, it is still trying to break through in American shores.
During its I/O Conference held in San Francisco, Google once again emphasized its push for cheaper mobile devices in emerging mobile markets around across the globe. The search giant believes that emerging markets have the greatest potential of growth. It even stated that it is expecting 1.2 billion units of smartphones to be sold in emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and Indonesia. And for sure, a significant chunk of this number will be handsets that are powered by Android, the mobile operating system that Google itself developed.
Apple is on a constant mission to always improve on its mobile operating system, iOS, in every version it releases to the masses. iOS 9 will surely be no exception, and upon its release, we can expect the usual talk about debugging technical issues and enhancing system stability. Of course, there will be some new features too. But perhaps the most intriguing thing is that Apple is reportedly working to improve support for older iOS running devices, particularly older models of iPhones and iPads, even those that are not being sold in stores anymore.
Five years after its inception, Xiaomi is now opening up shop in the United States and Europe. But unfortunately for prospective buyers of the Chinese phone maker's handsets, Xiaomi is not yet including its smartphones and tablets.
Apple has recently announced that it will be working with all of its manufacturing partners in China in order to run its entire business operations there on renewable energy. The company has not provided any exact timeline for this plan, but it did convey that the whole process of converting all of its operations to go green will take some considerable time.
So you want to get your hands on Samsung's newest flagship device, the Galaxy S6 smartphone? But you are already planning ahead to get the next flagship handset from the South Korean phone maker next year? You might do well to avail of an early upgrade plan. But which one to choose? Here is a quick guide.
Facebook Messenger just recently launched its free VOIP video calling feature over both cellular and Wi-Fi connections for Android and iOS users based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and 15 other countries that include Mexico, Uruguay, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Nigeria, Oman, and Laos.