A new report from Juniper Research has forecast that over 950 million mobile phone users will be using their handsets for mobile ticketing by 2018.
That’s more than double this year’s anticipated total of 458 million people worldwide, with most of the growth coming from transport-related services.
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The Financial Times has reported that Nokia is expected to stop shipping Symbian smartphones this summer, although it doesn’t expect the company to make a formal announcement.
Nokia chose Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS as its main smartphone platform in 2011 but has committed to providing support for Symbian until 2016.
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Samsung Electronics has introduced yet another model to the Galaxy S4 smartphone family.
This one’s called the Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom and has a 16 megapixel camera sensor with a 10x optical zoom lens, along with image stabilisation and a xenon flash.
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Podcast - 12th June 2013
We start this week's podcast with Apple's announcement about the new version of its iOS platform - and follow this with a look at the privacy concerns surrounding the US government's PRISM operation.
Next come Samsung's new phones, Ericsson's new contract, a potential end to European roaming charges, some sophisticated mobile malware and plenty of other news stories as well.
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Google has confirmed that it’s acquired Waze, a mobile app that helps drivers navigate while sharing information about heavy traffic and road hazards.
The Waze product development team will remain in Israel - and the separate Waze brand and community will be maintained.
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