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Hands holding a smartphone Could You Be Addicted to Your Cell Phone?

If you've ever experienced a loss of a sense of time while using your phone, persistent failed attempts to decrease phone use, and reactions such as anger, depression, or irritability when your phone is unreachable, you may be addicted to your cell phone. But if you set some limits, you can reclaim your time.

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Naomi Karten
Has the Mobile Space Stalled?

That little rectangular device sitting in your pocket can already do so much, so it’s not as if there’s some terrible drought of innovation in the mobile space. But according to AppDiff.com’s CEO, Jason Arbon, the white hot excitement stemming from mobile phones has cooled.

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Josiah Renaudin
The Secret to Apple's Recent Success in China

Apple having a great quarter financially isn't a huge surprise, but when you look at the two previous quarters, one reason for its success is obvious. Apple's revenue from China rose 71 percent to $16.82 billion compared to $21.3 billion in the Americas region. What's the secret to Apple's success?

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Anuj Magazine
The New Me Generation: Millions of Millennials

This year, the number of self-centered millennials is projected to finally overtake the self-centered baby boomers. As customers, employees, and contract workers, the sheer number of millennials makes them a force to pay attention to as they approach their prime spending years.

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Pamela Rentz
Is It Time to Buy a New Mobile Device?

As technology continues to evolve each day, frequent announcements about new mobile devices have become the norm. All of these announcements mean the options are numerous, but it also can indicate a very open and confusing landscape—a landscape filled with questions.

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Rajini Padmanaban
Turning Smartphones into a Supercomputer

Smart devices can now become super devices with the Power to Give initiative from HTC. The initiative aims to empower smartphones to become a collective supercomputer and to harness their unused power to solve complex problems—such as finding cures for Alzheimer's disease and AIDS.

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Rajini Padmanaban
Can Amazon Thrive in the Smartphone Market?

From its start as a book seller to a one-stop shop to its leadership in complex technologies and cloud computing, the one area that the world has eagerly anticipated Amazon branching into is smartphones. And now it's official—Amazon will be releasing its smartphone later this year.

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Rajini Padmanaban
Five Things BOINC Lets You Do with a Smartphone

The market lifespan of a cell phone is becoming roughly equivalent to last season’s outfit, which means you may have a not-so-old smartphone just sitting around. BOINC allows smartphone users to contribute their phone's processing power to scientific research when charging their phones.

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Pamela Rentz