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The US Government sued Apple, accusing the iPad-maker of illegal pricing practices concerning its iBooks store.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a degree in anti-trust law, so here’s a cursory explanation of what went down:
This past February, smartphone market penetration in the United States was almost 50%.
The year before (February 2011), smartphones comprised only 36% of the market!
If this rate of growth continues, smartphone penetration will reach over 70% by next year!
Here’s how it’s been trending for the past few years:
[Read more…] about Half of Mobile Phones Are Now Smartphones
[This is part 2 of a 3 part series on Teens & Technology. Did you read part one?]
If you are a parent of a teen or work with them in any capacity, you know how attached they are to their cell phones. They are constantly checking their text messages or the time. If they have a smart phone, they are probably also surfing the Net, updating their Facebook status, or playing the latest game of Angry Birds.
A recent study from The Hartman Group looked at this attachment at this important family social setting, the dinning room table.
Does your family have a rule about checking devices at the dinner table?
[Read more…] about Teens & Tech: Smartphones at the Dinner Table
[This is part 1 of a 3 part series on Teens & Technology.]
If you know a teenager, you know that they are texting machines. In fact, they actually have races now to see who can text the fastest. It is their medium for communication, something that John Dyer would say will have consequences, both good and bad, on that generation and those to come.
But just how much are teenagers texting?
I don’t generally participate in April Fools’ Day jokes. They are generally mean-spirited, messy, or potentially dangerous. Plus, they almost inevitably backfire on me.
That being said, I tried to get a jump on the joking season by pranking my wife the other day. Without her knowledge, I installed a lovely little web app from IPHONECEPTION. Unfortunately, my wife’s perceptive abilities border on superhuman levels. She immediately spotted the fake, and the joke was blown. Perhaps you’ll have more luck this coming April 1st?
More and more Internet users are accessing the web via smartphones and tablets.
The web is now mobile.
Here is the ChurchMag Facebook Friday poll question:
[Read more…] about Facebook Friday: Does Your Church Have a Mobile App? [Poll]
