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Tech companies Apple and Ericsson are engaged in a heated legal battle over royalties and patents. Just recently, Apple filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the North District of California, claiming that while it utilizes Ericsson's LTE technology in its devices, it does not agree that patents related to that technology are essential to cellular operation. Furthermore, Apple believes the patents fetch too much in royalties.
PayPal has announced during the National Retail Federation held at New York City that PayPal Here, the card reader that lets businesses accept credit and debit card payments by using a dongle on their Android or iOS mobile devices, is getting updated with EMV (EuroPay, MasterCard, Visa) support and zero-contact transactions.
The updated PayPal Here card reader will now be able to accept transactions done through any chip card, magnetic strip, or contactless forms of payment, which includes mobile wallets.
According to information released by Spotify, the music streaming service provider has had a pretty good year. The company recently announced that by the end of 2014, it had amassed 60 million active users across the globe, and managed to hit a total of 15 million in paid subscriptions.
The reason may be the quality of network. Or maybe the cost. But the fact of the matter is: consumers do switch from one mobile carrier to another. But if you think that people are doing because they are not happy with the customer service, you may be wrong. At least according to recent surveys conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP).
According to information collected by market monitoring firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Apple's latest iPhone models -- the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus -- have bumped up the sales figures of iOS smartphones, causing a small dip in Android's market share.
It seems that everyone is into phablets nowadays. Chinese phone maker ZTE has just announced its own phablet offering, the Grand X Max+. But whereas Apple, Samsung, and Google are offering phablets with premium price tags, ZTE is positioning its product with a distinct cost effective advantage.
Over the past few months, Microsoft has been notably turning its attention to developing mobile software solutions even on platforms that it competes with. The company has not been denying it, and has even stated on record that it is employing a strategy that lets them go where their users are, no matter what the platform.
It is an interesting tactic to say the least, and may be a very smart move. After all, Microsoft's hardware sales are no longer as dominant as before and it may make more sense for them to choose their battles more wisely this time.
New York City is currently mulling the idea of having its drivers instantly pay for parking ticket fines by using Apple Pay, the mobile payment system created and launched by Apple a few months ago. Apart from Apple Pay, the city is also considering accepting other mobile apps and even Bitcoin as options for paying the parking tickets.
Despite being threatened by music streaming service providers like Spotify and Beats Music, terrestrial radio still remains a popular means for listening music on your mobile devices. Indeed, terrestrial radio apps like TuneIn Radio and iHeartRadio continue to top app charts today.
Now, a newcomer joins the game and it is called (quite aptly) SwipeRadio. Basically, this app (available as a free download on iTunes) lets users access their favorite radio stations by using swipe gestures.
We have only been using smartphones heavily for about a decade and a half now, but it appears that the way we interact with our mobile devices is having an influence on how ours brains now function. Well, at least according to researchers from the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich anyway.
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