Smartphone sales to hit 1bn a year for first time in 2013

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Accountant Deloitte predicts the smartphone will become a mass market phenomenon and an everyday object worldwide

Natalie Stewart’s insight:

The smartphone is predicted to become a mass market phenomenon this year, with annual shipments soaring to 1bn globally for the first time, although a fifth of the devices will rarely be used to go online.

However, research in several countries suggests one in five owners of these sophisticated portable computers rarely or never connect to the web. Hundreds of millions may not even bother to subscribe to a data package from their mobile network.

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Flipped Classroom Successes in Higher Education

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Colleges and University Professors are Improving Learning Outcomes, and Lowering Costs, with Flipped Classroom Techniques. Last year I took my advocacy of the

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Mobile Learning: 5 Advantages and 5 Disadvantages - Edudemic

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Learning is becoming more mobile and easier for the average student. So what are the advantages and disadvantages of mobile learning? Is easier better?

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5 Lessons Companies Can Learn From the Instagram Fallout

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Here are five key lessons have emerged for companies looking to sustain credibility, cultivate online communities and ultimately monetize users

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Getting it right in 2013

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The Mayan long calendar may have ended but we’re still here - so the BBC’s Fiona Graham finds out what the experts think 2013 could hold for technology.

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Great Pinterest Tips for Students Learning

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Apps: 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your Smartphone

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You might not have thought of all you can do with your smartphone. Here are 10 apps with useful functions to help you complete physical-world tasks.

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6 Easy Ways to Make Your Website Tablet-Friendly

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Here are some tips to help you improve the way tablet users experience your website, with just a few simple changes that you can make today.

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Polaroid's Fotobar Stores Will Let You Print Photos From Your Phone

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Polaroid is launching retail shops called Fotobars, enabling people to come in and print out the digital photos stored on their phones.

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3 Cancer-Fighting Foods You're Not Eating

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You’ve surely read the headlines that “wheat causes cancer!” or, on the flipside, “apples cure cancer!” It’s enough to make a man think that his dinner is a carcinogen tug-of-war. But how many foods really do have an effect—positive or negative—on cancer? The answer: Thirty-four percent, according to new Harvard research.

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