Yes, of course, but things got out of hand. A quarter of executives admit to having slept with a smart phone.
Mobile devices outsold PCs last year for the first time, and top smart-phone apps are reaching the kind of audiences it used to take technologies decades to reach. Mobile computing has arrived. The question now: what comes next? In this issue of Business Impact, we look at major technology and business questions facing mobile computing as it reaches for global ubiquity. From the bandwidth crunch to the app-vs.-Web debate, businesses can profit as much from understanding the limits of mobile computing as from its rapid spread.
Fitness trends and health-care problems are creating demand for tiny computers we won't even notice we're carrying.
For some Silicon Valley investors, mobile computing is the only thing worth betting on.
Mobile computers are on track to saturate markets in the U.S. and the developing world in record time.
The future of media on mobile devices isn't with applications but with the Web.
Many entrepreneurs foresee vast profits in mining data from online activity and mobile devices. One Wharton business school professor strongly disagrees.
Mobile devices outsold PCs last year for the first time, and top smart-phone apps need little more than a year to win the kind of audience it used to take technologies decades to reach. What are the limits of mobile computing?
The price of energy is rising. Carbon dioxide emissions are rising. But there’s one thing that’s falling: the price of computing. In this issue, Business Impact profiles the emerging business strategy that says information technology could be the cheapest way to save or create more energy. Follow us this month into the smart electrical grid, save gas in a driverless car, and learn how some nations are exporting renewable power in the form of e-mails and Facebook photos.
Computers Storm the GridApril 2012 |
The Future of MoneyMarch 2012 |
The Youth EffectFebruary 2012 |
The Connected VehicleJanuary 2012 |
Disruptive InnovationDecember 2011 |
The Business of GamesNovember 2011 |
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