IBM created the world's first smartphone 25 years ago
Mar 13, 2018 · The tech company IBM is widely credited with developing the world’s first smartphone – the bulky but rather cutely named Simon. It went on sale in 1994 and featured a …
The iPhone is 10 years old. Watch as Steve Jobs unveils the very first
Jan 9, 2017 · It wasn't the first "smartphone," or the first phone with a camera. It wasn't the first mobile device to have a touchscreen, or to let users install apps. (In fact, the app store didn't …
Charted: There are more mobile phones than people in the world
Apr 11, 2023 · This month marks 50 years since the very first mobile phone call. There are now more mobile phones (8.58 billion) than people (7.95 billion) on the planet.
Jonathan Haidt says we need a digital day off every week
Mar 13, 2025 · Smartphone and social-media use have been linked with declines in academic performance and rises in mental health issues, according to Jonathan Haidt, author of The …
These are the countries where most adults still don’t have a …
Feb 27, 2019 · Have you read? IBM created the world's first smartphone 25 years ago How technology can bridge the skills gap it created This is how the relationship between teenagers …
How Japan is tackling the rising tide of smartphone addiction
Oct 7, 2025 · A specialized clinic for 'smartphone dementia' In June 2025, Japan’s first outpatient clinic specializing in “smartphone dementia” opened in Tokyo. The condition refers to …
Your smartphone has become your home, anthropologists say
May 26, 2021 · A new report from University College London looks at how people interact with and rely on their smartphones. For The Global Smartphone, researchers spent 16 months …
Rwanda pioneers first 'made in Africa' smartphones
Rwanda’s Mara Group has launched two smartphones, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology …
First Smartphone Made In The Ivory Coast For Local Users
The Open G smartphone went on sale in July 2022 in the Ivory Coast and has sold several thousand units.
How smartphones are changing the world | World Economic Forum
Dec 5, 2014 · The growing ubiquity of smartphones makes it possible for smartphone users to exercise choice safely in societies where their exercise of choice is dangerous, while …