Posts Tagged 'smartphone use'

Idaho and Alabama Become 37th and 38th States to Ban Texting While Driving

In the past month, two more states have implemented legislation restricting how drivers may use their mobile phones while on the road. On April 5, Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter signed the state’s ban on texting while driving into law. Idaho, which was the 37th state to enact a state texting ban, will begin enforcing [...]

[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 [...]

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: 35% of American Adults Are Smartphone Owners

Smartphone ownership is growing by leaps and bounds in the U.S. But the devices’ continuing – and escalating – popularity isn’t due to busy mobile professionals snapping up the latest BlackBerry by the thousands. A new study conducted by the Pew Research and American Life Project found that fully 35%of American adults now owns a [...]

New Research Shows Rampant Use of Smartphones While Driving

Strategy Analytics, a leading consulting firm focused on automotive transportation, released some powerful new research yesterday proving what many of us already know- modern members of society are prolific users of smartphones while driving. Authored by Chris Schreiner and members of the Automotive Consumer Insights team, the report reveals that every single day: 38% of [...]

iPhone Growth Could Spell Trouble for Fleets Seeking to Enforce Cell Phone Use Policies

According to new stats released today by Nielsen, more than 25% of all U.S. smartphone users are carrying an Apple iPhone. And with the imminent launch of a CDMA iPhone on Verizon, America’s largest wireless carrier, those numbers are likely to increase. That’s great news for Apple shareholders – but it’s a sticky technical challenge [...]

Android Takes Center Stage at CES

According to stats from Nielsen released earlier this week, smartphones are more popular than ever.  31% of mobile phones users in the U.S. are now smartphowners – and 45% of recent phone acquirers opted for a smartphone.  And the most popular smartphone OS?  Google’s Android OS.  40% of those recent acquirers reached for an Android [...]

But Who’s Driving the Car?!?!

What do you call a driver who a) reads a book, b) uses his Kindle and c) takes a phone call, all while traveling over 55mph on a freeway? Yeah, I’m lost for words.  No comment on the fact that the folks behind the camera are pretty obviously distracted, too – but can you blame [...]

A Month of Progress in the Fight Against Distracted Driving

As the month at the beginning of the year-end holiday season, October is not reknowned for being a particularly great time for road safety.  The presence of trick-or-treaters means Halloween consistently one of the top three days for pedestrian injuries and deaths. This October, however, has seen some remarkable progress in the fight against distracted driving. [...]

New Releases Change the Smartphone Playing Field Yet Again

The smartphone times are a-changing.  In the past couple of weeks, there has been a lot of noise about several of the major smartphone platforms – and what all the changes mean for consumers, manufacturers, and wireless carriers. Last week, Microsoft release the long-awaited Windows Phone 7.  But are they so far behind the curve set by [...]

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