Stories by Lexton Snol

Mobile app downloads to hit 2.4 billion in 2010

2010 will be a massive year for mobile application downloads, with just under 6 billion mobile applications forecast to be downloaded, up from an estimated 2.4 billion in 2009.

IT disaster recovery goldmine

The global market for business IT continuity and disaster data recovery solutions will grow from $24.3 billion in 2009 to exceed $39 billion in 2015, according to ABI Research.

163 million smartbooks to ship in 2015

A new research study estimates that 163 million "smartbooks" will ship worldwide in 2015 - a significant rate of growth given that the very first models only appeared in 2008.

802.11n Wi-Fi demand skyrockets

In 2009, 802.11n WLAN access point shipments increased by nearly 44 percent over the previous year, according to a market research firm.

Smartphone security next big thing

Future smartphones will come pre-loaded with anti-virus software clients to prevent the loss of data and services to malware. And mobile banking and person-to-person payments will be authenticated by fingerprint sensors on the handset.

Smartphones targeted by porn scams

Cyber criminals have gone back to their old-school tricks to target innocent smartphone users.

802.11n in 87% of Wi-Fi smartphones by 2014

Although 802.11n Wi-Fi technology was found in less than 1 percent of Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones last year, in 2014 at least 87 percent of Wi-Fi-capable smartphones, such as Apple's iPhone, will feature this latest of the 802.11 protocols.

Blade Runner family sues Google over Nexus One, Android

The family of Blade Runner author Philip K. Dick is to sue Google for infringement of intellectual property rights over the name of its recently announced Nexus One smartphone.

Stephen Fry quits Twitter ... again

Top British blogger Stephen Fry has quit the micro-blogging service while he writes the second volume of his autobiography.

Social media terms are Words Of The Year 2009

Words from the world of technology and social media are among those identified as the "Words of the Year 2009" in a list commissioned by Oxford University Press.

Massive web archive planned for libraries

The UK government is fast-tracking new legal powers to allow the British Library to archive millions of websites.

Mobile device shipments to double by 2015

2009 will see a total of 1.2 billion mobile devices shipped, including all categories of wireless devices such as mobile phones, MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), netbooks, mobile consumer electronics products, and cellular modems.Shipments of these de...

Android eats iPhone market share in five years

Mobile application downloads will reach five billion by 2014, say analysts at ABI Research. This is an increase from an estimated 2.3 billion applications downloaded in 2009.

Mobile accessories worth $55 billion in 2009

By the end of 2009 the world's mobile handset accessories market will have chalked up a value of nearly $55 billion. That represents a small decrease from the 2008 figure, surprising only in that the decline hasn't been larger.