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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 32

By Richard Hay, on December 6th, 2011

Welcome to Episode 32 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. It is good to be back after our holiday break for the US Thanksgiving holiday and we have a very full show. The topics we cover this week include a peek inside the big online retailers warehouses; 19 years of text messaging; students with smartphones study more; Windows Phone marketplace catches pirates; Windows Phone App makes more money than iOS version; Hotmail named best web app of 2011 by PC Magazine; adults going online for no particular reason; total number of smartphone apps across top 4 platforms exceed 1 million in total; eBook sales will approach $10 billion within 5 years; Facebook, privacy and the FTC; understanding routers, switches and network hardware; Facebook expands status update character limit; Windows Phone Mango fully deployed; cable companies want a high bandwidth tax for users; Cyber Monday sales increase; 42 billion videos viewed online in October; Upgrade Your Parents Browser weekend; try Windows Phone 7 interface on your Android or iOS device; Black Friday sales; and Windows Phone 7 named Operating System of the Year. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .

Some Mobile Devices Track and Log Your Every Location

By Karin Gerber, on April 25th, 2011

In the wake of the current news about Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and Android phones being able to track and time stamp your locations, I could see this causing somewhat of a commotion. Not necessarily because they track you, but because it seems to be a “secret” and you can’t disable this without . . .

Who Needs A Wallet When I Have My Smartphone

By Karin Gerber, on March 15th, 2011

Photo of Temple Smartphone Wallet

Wow, talk about the digital age. It’s amazing to think how we are able to record television shows right from our smartphones, but nowadays if you own a smartphone, you don’t even need to carry your wallet, either.

Turns out, there is a very cool application out . . .

BlackBerry Messenger Coming To Android And iOS

By Karin Gerber, on March 4th, 2011

News just came out saying that Research In Motion will start making their infamous BlackBerry Messenger service available to iOS and Android users. What does this mean? It means more people with smartphones can talk to each other without having to text message. BBM has some cool simple features like knowing when . . .

Embedded Connectivity – The Wave of the Future

By Karin Gerber, on February 27th, 2011

It was as recent as 15 years ago when the World Wide Web was making its appearance to the whole world and how amazing it was to imagine everything being connected to everything else on “the Internet”. Nowadays, we have smartphones that remind us about everything from meetings to when we should take . . .

Smartphones Aftermarket Infographic

By Richard Hay, on February 10th, 2011

There is a strong market for used smartphones out there through sites like eBay, Gazelle and others. This graphic shows the volume of sales in a four month period on eBay alone.

Amazing stats.

(Via The Next Web)

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