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The mobile device market is growing at a frantic pace and it won't be long before these digital gadgets outnumber the human population. By the end of 2013, there will be 5.9 billion mobile phones and tablets in use, according to CCS Insight's new market forecast. That's not enough to eclipse the human race, which currently sits at about 7.09 billion strong, but by the end of 2017, combined mobile devices will skip ahead of the human population in number. Mobile phones alone will number 6.6 billion units by the end of 2017, two-thirds of which will be smartphones . At present, mobile phone sales are nearly split right down the middle between smartphones (53 percent) and feature phones. Smartphones have the slight edge, exceeding "dumb" phone shipments for the first time ever during the first three months of 2013. All of this is good news for both Google (Android) and Apple (iOS), though neither company can afford to be complacent. "H...

Thanks to the invention of an 18 year old scientist    Imagine getting your mobile phone fully charged just half a minute! That was the thinking drove a teenage Californian girl to create a new technology which allows smartphones to be fully charged in 30 seconds or less. This invention was her response to the Intel-sponsored International Science & Engineering Fair 2013 (IISEF) Eesha Khare, a Student from Saratoga, California, won the second prize with a prize money of $50,000 at the Intel Science Foundation award for developing and showcasing the miniscule device which can be fitted inside mobile phone power cells to aid ultra-fast charging. Dubbed a 'super-capacitor', the component was exhibited at last week's IISEF and shown to power an LED light. The invention could potentially have further reaching applications including that of more efficient smartphone charging and within car battery technology. Khare's energy storage device can repo...

I'm particularly fascinated by the ever increasing relevance of mobile devices to our lives! A mere fifteen years ago, it would have been totally inconceivable how mobile phones would become the centre of our lives, help us to do amazing stuff that look ordinary today. Mobile devices were all about calling, receiving sms messages, with a few extras like calendar, alarms, calculators and fm radio.  Our simple mobile devices of those days have grown really smart over the years and have become everything conceivable to us.     As at November 2012, mobile devices accounted for 13% of internet penetration. Recording the highest internet penetration in Africa with 48,366,179 active users as at 2010 , Nigeria’s case becomes even more interesting compared to what is going on globally.   According to statcounter.com, about 60% of Nigeria’s internet usage comes from mobile.  Mobile devices have become our new library, diary, camera, personal assistant,...