A piece of portable electronic equipment that can connect to the internet, especially a smartphone or tablet computer.
‘whether you're on a mobile device or a desktop, good security practices are the best way to avoid these threats’
‘Businesses need a level of consistency across a growing range of mobile devices with diverse functionality.’
‘Ask your employer or HR department to provide a policy on the appropriate use of mobile devices in your workplace’
‘Our aim is to develop a set of educational games to teach science using mobile devices.’
‘More than a third of our usage on weekends is by mobile devices.’
‘In 2012, 32% of people accessed the Internet through mobile devices - an increase of 351% compared to 2009.’
‘Billions of people read magazines, listen to music, watch television, purchase movies on demand and use mobile devices.’
‘This platform promises an even smarter smart TV experience, via on-demand news and social interaction, as well as integration with mobile devices.’
‘With the increasing use of tech toys and mobile devices by young children, many parents are asking: How young is too young?’
‘Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the preferred mode of browsing the web and performing certain activities that were deemed to be beyond their scope.’
‘"This is basically a platform that enables much more sophisticated pricing and billing across a wide variety of mobile devices," he said.’
‘The company estimated that Americans spent a total of 157.5 billion minutes on mobile devices in July’
‘The researchers monitored 205 people for an entire week to gauge their ability to resist common daily desires - specifically, the urge to check their social-media pages or mobile devices.’
‘Apps running on mobile devices (phones and tablets) are an increasingly important part of most people's productivity.’
‘In an ideal world, I'd want to store just about everything on my mobile device.’
‘These days most of the audio we want to hear is on our mobile devices.’
‘Using a mobile device to write messages while at the wheel is a dangerous distraction from what's happening on the road, which is precisely why it is prohibited in many countries.’
‘Wi-Fi allows our mobile devices to communicate with a world far beyond our physical location.’
‘Weisman shows how social media, mobile devices, and the cloud have created major new dangers and how groups ranging from local hackers to foreign organized crime syndicates are exploiting them.’
‘An on-screen channel guide makes it easy to tap into content from your mobile device of choice.’
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