When to Turn-Off Mobile Data

Mike Elgan suggests that turning-off mobile data will reduce compulsive checking of social media while driving or walking, allowing phone users to be more aware of their surroundings, increase time relating to other people, and save on data bills. He encourages the use of wi-fi when at home or work, and describes apps which limit the need of Android users for mobile data.

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Mobile Web Page Design: Speed Matters

Ginny Marvin highlights a new tool from Google which demonstrates the cost of a slow mobile website.

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Unlimited Data Plans Can Sometimes Make Sense for Businesses

Matt Hamblen suggests that unlimited mobile data plans makes sense for some smaller businesses. Hamblen cautions that large businesses, who already receive large discounts from mobile service providers, probably will not not see any savings from upgrading to unlimited mobile data.

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US Government Shutting Down Commercial Spy Apps

Colin Nigel warns about creepy mobile spy apps , some of which are being pursued by US Federal regulators for violating privacy laws.

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Mobile VOIP

Patrick Nelson writes how mobile phones are now being designed to automatically do voice calls over an available WiFi connection . Colin Neagle raises concerns that such VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) traffic will swamp corporate networks.

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Mobile Marketshares

Comscore has prepared a white paper on mobile marketshares

that was mentioned by OCLC. -DD

International Broadband Price Comparison

Grant Gross reports that "U.S. Broadband Service Is Competitive with Other Nations."

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Mobile Data Usage

Mobile devices are becoming a common tool for retrieving information from the Internet. JR Raphael has posted Smartphone Data Shake-Up: The End of 'Unlimited', which explores the 80% growth in average smartphone data usage over the past year. Raphael's report compares the data plans currently being offered by the major carriers in the US. A key factoid for those considering purchasing a smartphone plan is that in the 3rd quarter of 2011, a typical user consumed roughly 0.6 Gigabytes of data each month.

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