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Follow @chargezone Apple Changes IPhone Connectors A design upgrade for Apple’s connector, unchanged for nearly a decade, could mean new peripherals for much of its huge existing user base. 9 years ago Steve Jobs unveiled the third-generation iPod, the first device with a plug design that has become nearly as significant to independent manufacturers as iTunes has to the music industry. The bottom-mounted connector capable of transferring songs and charging the music player is now a standard Apple  component Makers of mobile accessories use the plug’s specifications when designing chargers, cases, speakers, and stands for iPods, iPhones, and iPads $1.3 billion-a-year market will soon be upended by the connector’s first overhaul since April 2003, according to several people familiar with the design of the new iPhone expected this fall. These people, who were not authorized to discuss the change, say the new plug will have only 19 connector pins, down from ...

Follow @chargezone Smartphone Advertising and Marketing Smartphone advertising on most days outpaces revenue from desktop-based marketing spots and prices for mobile ads, based on an auction system, can be higher than those for desktop counterparts. Twitter is currently on top and winning over marketers that target users of wireless devices/Smartphones, stepping up pressure in mobile advertising against larger competitors Google , Apple and Facebook . Twitter , which a majority of users access through mobile devices, is counting on wireless ads to boost revenue and woo marketing dollars away from Facebook and Google. Rejecting the common banner ad or large graphical elements on Apple’s iAds, Twitter has tailored marketing messages to work within regular posts on its service, making them less-distracting and easier to fit on mobile devices’ small screens. It has cracked the code on a new form of advertising which is completely integrated within the experience, not ju...

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Follow @chargezone Keep up with live Olympics coverage on the go with (Free BBC App for Android, Apple and Blackberry) As part of BBC Olympic’s project to broadcast over 5,000 hours of London 2012 Olympic Games coverage, via all its digital channels, the BBC has now launched an app. The app will provide up to 24 streams of live coverage, detailed schedule and results pages, and daily news stories. Alongside full live streaming, catch-up coverage and highlights, the app will offer facts, statistics and information for every athlete, country and sport. Phil Fearnley, General Manager BBC News & Knowledge, said: "We needed to ensure everyone could access our coverage." The user will also be able to access live daily text commentaries, news stories and a detailed schedule and results section covering every Olympics event. Extra functionality of the app allows stories to be saved for offline reading, ensuring the latest information is accessible...

Follow @chargezone Is Samsung about to offer  $100-300 to people who trade in their Apple device for a Samsung. How to take Mobile Ads for a Test Drive. Chargezone is a smartphone charging media company is brand focused advertising. Most  iPhone users may start seeing mobile ads from Samsung which is Apple’s biggest competitors. The ads will offer about  $100-300 to people who trade in their Apple device for a Samsung. The strategy by Samsung  is just one sign of the boom in mobile advertising, which to date has fallen short of expectations, in part because the limited screen real estate makes it hard to craft ads that don’t annoy users. Smartphones  currently accounts for 10 percent of the time spent consuming media, they draw only 1 percent of advertising spending in the U.S and UK according to researcher EMarketer. That’s changing as more technology companies, including the social media powerhouses, create mobile ad products and woo big ...

iPhone insurance or Water proof iPhone cases   Think about it each iPhone is highly personal and intimate to its owner. Each is personalized, with contact lists, desired applications, and a unique arrangement of applications on the screen. iPhone’s  no longer just make calls, they are a computer in your pocket and it can cause tears if you break you screen,  drop it down the toilet or accidently damage your iPhone . Does your iPhone Insurers play on this fear with hefty prices and unnecessary cover or is a water proof iPhone case the solution ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE : Insurance covers you while the water proof iPhone case   prevents and protects your iPhone from accidental damage CRACKING YOUR SCREEN : If your screen shattered or broke from the result of an accident, the insurance covers you while water proof iPhone case prevents and protects your screen. WATER DAMAGE : Covers your mobile from all kinds of liquids inclu...

Follow @chargezone Koolest Mobile App ever: Self-Destructing Messages Video and Photos on your Phones! A team of data security experts has unveiled a new mobile app called Wickr. The app offers what its developers describe as “military-grade” encryption for data, but it also does something else: It allows users to make text messages, photos, and videos self-destruct. Messages sent through Wickr totally and irretrievably disappear from their recipients’ phones after a set period of time. Senders can customize the self-destruct deadline to be anything from six days down to a second. There’s clear logic to this. After all, when an embarrassing text or photo goes public, it isn’t usually because someone has intercepted it. More often it’s because the recipient shared it or forwarded it to a few friends, each of whom forwarded it to a few of their friends, and so on to the point of infamy. An app such as Wickr is an attempt to nip the process in the bud before som...

Follow @chargezone Stolen Smartphones : what really happens and why the crazy phone bills? But who are the thieves calling and why have you got that crazy phone bill? The real sting in the tail comes when you get your next bill and it turns out thieves have used your phone to ring premium rate phone lines anywhere from india to china, landing you with a crazy bill. Premium rate and profit share The mobile phone thieves who stole your phone in the pub or if you lost your phone in the club, the thieves are part of much bigger organised gangs. The gangs rent premium rate telephone numbers around the world and, after they've stolen your phone, use it to call them. These numbers can cost anything from £1 to £10 a minute to call. Because premium numbers share revenue between the provider and the person who purchases them, the fraudsters can generate significant revenues by keeping your phone connected to their own premium rate number. So, the p...