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 In its latest report, Juniper Research is looking to mobile operators and the risk they’re facing from billing errors and fraud. According to the research company, carriers face losing nearly one-quarter of revenues — nearly $300 billion — by 2016. . . . → Read More: Juniper Research: Billing error and fraud could cost operators almost $300 billion annually by 2016  It’s not hard to see that Americans love their mobile apps , and Nielsen can now tell us by how much. . . . → Read More: Nielsen: Americans have 28 percent more mobile apps in 2012, look down on the web with disdain  Samsung doesn’t break out actual unit sales figures for its mobile handset business, but many analyst houses are estimating that it is the brand to beat anyway. . . . → Read More: ComScore: Samsung Widens Lead As Top Mobile Brand In U.S., Android 51% Of All Smartphones  The mobile industry will reel in more than $1.5 trillion in revenues in 2012, with 28 percent of that, $400 billion, attributable to mobile data, according to new research out from analyst Chetan Sharma . . . . → Read More: Research: $1.5 Trillion In Mobile Revenues In 2012, U.S. Accounting For 40% Of All Smartphone Sales  .5 Trillion In Mobile Revenues In 2012, U.S. Accounting For 40% Of All Smartphone Sales">Leave a comment  Mobile Crunch  europe, mobile, research, smartphones  TripAdvisor released results of its annual air travel survey of more than 1,000 U.S. . . . → Read More: TripAdvisor: More and more people are using mobile devices for air travel  In a recent report titled Mobile Data and Applications , research outfit Parks Associates found that a large chunk of Stateside consumers aren’t willing to pay more than $50 per month for a mobile data plan. . . . → Read More: Two-thirds of Americans unwilling to spend over $50 a month on mobile data, says Parks Associates  The rapid modernization of China shouldn’t really come as a shock anymore. But, you might be a bit surprised to hear that the venerable IDC is predicting the world’s most populous country will soon surpass the US in smartphone shipments. The research agency is predicting the People’s Republic will account for 20.7 percent of the global smartphone market by the end of 2012, narrowly edging out the US by 0.1 percent. . . . → Read More: China may ship more smartphones than the the US this year  The issue of information privacy around free services like some mobile apps and social networks has often been met with a rebuttal from the other side of the argument: if the service is free, you the user are the product, and so you shouldn’t be surprised when your information is “sold” as part of that business model, the so-called “hidden cost” of free. . . . → Read More: In Mobile Apps, Free Ain’t Free, But Cambridge University Has A Plan To Fix It  It wasn’t all that long ago that we saw a student turn a tablet into a Braille writer , and now some researchers from Georgia Tech have done the same thing for smaller touchscreens, too. The Yellow Jackets produced a prototype app, called BrailleTouch, that has six keys to input letters using the Braille writing system and audio to confirm each letter as it’s entered. To use the app, you simply turn the phone face down, hold it in landscape mode and start typing. . . . → Read More: Georgia Tech researchers turn an iPhone into a Braille writer with BrailleTouch app  NPD recently released some interesting data regarding U.S. smartphone sales in the last quarter. . . . → Read More: Study says first-time smartphone buyers favor Android |
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