Posts Tagged 'digital life'

iPhone Wave vs. Android Tsunami — The Future of SmartPhones Is Open

Everyone knows that demand for Apple’s iPhone is growing — but if someone tells you that iPhones are taking over the world, don’t believe them for a second.  Instead, share with them the results of comScore’s latest report on U.S. smartphone market penetration, which finds that Google’s Android OS ranks as the top smartphone platform [...]

[Guest Post] MyParkingSign.com Launches New “No Texting & Driving!” Awareness Campaign

When it comes to fostering communication and connections, cell phones are convenient, efficient and pretty darn cool. As cell phone users become increasingly dependent on their phones, however, they often fail to see the problem in using them at totally inappropriate times. How many times have you seen  a movie interrupted by a fellow movie-goer’s [...]

Six Reasons Why Subscribing to HubSpot Is Like Belonging to a Gym

I recently took part in a lively debate with a group of fellow entrepreneurs regarding the best way to market a business on the web.  During the discussion, I told them about Hubspot and how my company ZoomSafer has adopted a rigorous approach to using the platform for generating inbound sales leads. After listening to [...]

Smartphones and Smartcars: Fertile Ground for Innovation and Investment

Given American’s society long-standing love affair with motor vehicles is rivaled only by its new-found lust for mobile smartphones, today’s announcement that Intel Capital is creating a $100 million connected car fund should not come as a surprise to anyone. Indeed, modern consumers have developed an insatiable appetite for the mobile web in every aspect [...]

The Blind Leading the Blind: More than Half of Parents Distracted While Teaching Kids to Drive

Well, this is frankly *terrifying* news: over half  of parents were distracted by their mobile phones while teaching their teen how to drive. According to a new survey State Farm released this week, 53% of parents admit to being distracted by their mobile phones while they were supposed to be focusing on teaching their children [...]

[Infographic] From Toy to Indispensable Tool – A Brief History of the Mobile Phone

In the aftermath of the Great BlackBerry Outage of 2011™, I am reminded yet again of just how integral to modern life the mobile phone has become. I’ll admit I was a little smug while my BlackBerry-toting pals were angsting over missing emails – but I also commiserated, because, I, too, use my smartphone *all [...]

Farewell Steve Jobs

Farewell Steve. Thanks for the innovation and inspiration. Thanks for showing us that it is possible to change the world.  Thanks for showing us that vertically integrated models can deliver best of breed experiences.  That for showing us why competition between “proprietary” and “open” is inherently good for the world.  Thanks for showing us how [...]

[Video] Technology & Distracted Driving – Both Problem AND Solution

When it comes to distracted driving due to cell phone use, technology is the cause of the problem – and technology is also the solution. Sounds a little nuts, right? How can something be both the source of an issue -and the key to solving it? Well, when it comes to managing ell phone use [...]

Tech Disruption in the Automotive Industry

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen-Horowitz venture capital and co-founder of Netscape, recently published an essay in the Wall Street Journal about the current dominance and future potential for software disruption throughout our economy. Andreessen argues that counter to popular belief, there isn’t a bubble currently forming in the tech industry and that a lot of these [...]

Pew: 51% of U.S. Cell Phone Use is for Real-Time Information

To add onto Eleanor’s post a month ago about the changing smartphone landscape, here’s another update on how mobile phones enable us to consume more – more information, at more locations, and at greater speed. In addition to their study on the mobile phone market, the folks at the Pew Internet and American Life Project [...]

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