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What if you could speak into your smartphone, describing your symptoms when you felt ill, and receive an accurate medical diagnosis that could help you decide whether what you had was as serious as a heart attack or more likely just heartburn? What if you could take a picture of a used car you...

Spending for the first half of 2013 on mobile advertising totaled $3 billion. It was $1.2 billion a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. This represents growth of 145 percent and was a significant contributor to the historic $20.1 billion brought in by Internet advertisers...

The departure of CEO Steve Ballmer from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) – and the fact there is no named successor yet - has given rise to one obvious question. Is Bill Gates returning for a more active role with the company? He says he is not, but many believe his denial lacks real conviction....

Despite reports like the one from Jessica Lessin on Friday indicating Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) planned to offer a free smartphone this year, Amazon said the rumors were not true according to Gizmodo. The company said it has no plans to launch a phone. Furthermore, if it ever does offer a phone...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is known for innovation. When it comes to smartphone screen size, however, not so much. While competitors like Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) offer smartphones in a variety of sizes, Apple has kept the iPhone screen size in narrow focus with the largest, the iPhone 5, a mere 4-...

Not everybody “Googles” every time they perform an Internet search. According to comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) in July, almost 18 percent of searches were conducted using Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s Bing. While it’s true Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) retained its sizable lead with 67 percent, Bing’s gain over...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) still has solid footing in the smartphone market, but Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system is the star of the latest numbers released by Gartner. In the second quarter, Gartner said that worldwide smartphone sales rose 46.5 percent year over year representing...

It was a sad day in Cupertino when total Android smartphone shipments surpassed iPhone shipments. New research by Digitimes reveals that something similar may soon happen again for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). According to research published Tuesday, Non-iPad tablet shipments are expected to be...

With more than one billion users, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), is not done growing. Not by a long shot, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who laid out a plan Business Insider said would add five billion more “Facebookers” to the rolls over coming years. With an expected global population of 8.1...

Using smartphones to buy stuff is a growing phenomenon, according to Business Insider, based on its new BI Intelligence report. As a result, the whole notion of digital wallets is becoming reality sooner than many thought. Related: Apple's New Patent Might Suggest Mobile Payment Focus The...

It all started with T-Mobile US' (NYSE: TMUS) JUMP plan which allowed consumers to upgrade their smartphones sooner than the industry standard of every two years. It didn’t take long before AT&T (NYSE: T) fell in line with its Next program, followed by Verizon Communication (NYSE: VZ) and...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) may be last when it comes to smartphone sales, but at least it can brag about one incredible accomplishment this morning. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nokia shipped 10.9 million Lumia devices in the first three quarters of its release. That is more than double the 5.4...