When I read that Forrester Research predicted there would be one billion smartphones by 2016, I thought it was nuts. One billion smartphones represents almost one third of the adults in the world. But the numbers are based on very strict projections based on the growth of the mobile networks worldwide. The consequences are dramatic for [...]
Giving your phone number out freely when you do shopping or filling in the forms of different kinds can be annoying down the road, but it can also be dangerous. Your personal information is vulnerable to potential hackers and identity thieves — even those innocent 10 digits we so readily hand out to friends and [...]
Mountain View, Calif. Google plans to introduce a smartphone app that will enable users to pay for purchases by waving their devices over a near-field communication terminal. Google Wallet featuring mobile payment is to be launched this summer. Google Wallet has already signed up Citibank, MasterCard and a number of stores. The value of Google [...]
1) Resist the temptation to get a new phone the moment your contract expires. Wait a few weeks and we will start dangling all sorts of discounts and incentives in front of you. 2) Always come in at the end of the month when we are scrambling to make our quotes. 3) Don’t let us [...]