Mobile news and trends

Thrive Market CTO Says the Future of eGrocery Is Mobile
Retail // February 28, 2024

As grocery slowly catches up to other retail categories in digital adoption, Thrive Market is seeing mobile gain share. In an interview with PYMNTS following the online grocer’s recent launch of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) acceptance, Thrive Market Co-founder and...

AI Continues Journey From Lab to Lifestyle at Mobile World Congress
artificial intelligence // February 27, 2024

Day Two at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, saw more evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from the lab to the connected economy. Specifically, the event highlighted on Tuesday (Feb. 27) a range of new AI solutions, merging software and hardware to extend the use...

Artificial Intelligence Set to Take Center Stage at Mobile World Congress
Artificial Intelligence // February 23, 2024

The world’s largest mobile phone fair will kick off on Monday (Feb. 26), with the industry turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to kickstart sales and excite users.  The Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, is expecting 95,000 attendees and 2,400 exhibitors worldwide for an...

Report: Apple iPhone Shipments Expected to Drop 10% to 15%
Apple // January 30, 2024

Apple shares reportedly dropped 2% after TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the tech giant expects demand for iPhones to be lower in 2024. The analyst said Apple has lowered its shipments of key semiconductor components, suggesting that shipments of iPhones will drop by 10% to 15%, Bloomberg reported...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mobile Devices Move Passwordless Future to the Here and Now

November 21, 2022
Mobile devices, biometrics and identity tokenization are helping to make passwordless identity authentication a reality, Rodger Desai, chief executive officer of Prove Identity, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. The payoffs are huge for consumers, Desai pointed out, since they won’t have to wrack their brains to remember passwords or write them down only to lose the […]

US and Britain: Two Separate Nations Now Joined by Common Digital Shopping Habits

July 04, 2022
As Americans celebrate 246 years of independence from British rule, cultural, political, and commercial ties between the two nations remain strong. One thing that continues to unite the transatlantic friends...

Two-Thirds of Brazilians Used Smartphones During Last Retail Purchase

June 16, 2022
Smartphones are — and have long been — the driving force of the Brazilian eCommerce market. More than half of all Brazilian shoppers used their smartphones to make their most...

Use Cases Unveiled at CES Demonstrate the Transformational Capabilities of 5G

January 06, 2022
The high speed and low latency of 5G will be enable more appliances that are used every day to deliver the capabilities people now expect from smartphones — they’ll be...

Quick Reads
Apple Dethroned by Samsung as Smartphone Market Recovers

April 15, 2024
Apple’s reign as the world’s top smartphone maker was short-lived. The iPhone maker supplanted Samsung late last year as the number-one seller of the devices, though Samsung regained the crown during this year’s first quarter, according to a report Sunday (April 14) by IDC. That report shows Apple’s iPhone shipments declining and points to a […]

Report: Apple iPhone Shipments Expected to Drop 10% to 15%

January 30, 2024
Apple shares reportedly dropped 2% after TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the tech giant expects demand for iPhones to be lower in 2024. The analyst said Apple has lowered its shipments...

Verizon Marks Down Business Service Unit by $5.8 Billion

January 17, 2024
Verizon marked down the value of its business services unit by $5.8 billion as clients shun wired communications. The wireless carrier said in a regulatory filing with the Securities and...

T-Mobile and SpaceX to Test Satellite-to-Cell Service

January 03, 2024
T-Mobile and SpaceX have taken another step toward their plan to build global connectivity.  SpaceX launched the first set of Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities on Tuesday (Jan. 2), enabling the...