Technology Infographics

First, take a look at Hothead Games. This company is an independent game development studio that focuses on mobile games. One success, “Big Win Soccer,” spiked to the top of the charts after only two days. Then, throw in a company called Cloudant, the world’s first globally distributed data layer as a service for loading, storing, analyzing, and distributing application data, to help do what they do, i.e. database management. What followed was a multitude of successful sports apps in multiple countries around the world.

Modern life is very different for the class of 2012 than it has been for any prior generation. This infographic highlights some of the facets of modern life that the newest generation may take for granted, including instant messaging, online shopping, smartphones, high speed wireless internet, etc. It clearly shows how the class of 2012 utilizes technology on a daily basis, more so than any other generation.

A QR Code (Quick Response Code) is a two-dimensional matrix barcode is known for its speed of readability and its vast range of utility, originally developed in the mid-1990′s for use in the automobile industry. Learn more about QR Codes and how they work in the following infographic from Wasp Barcode

Mobile use has grown exponentially in recent years, but as the user base grows, so do the demands of mobile users. The following infographic not only shows the magnitude of the audience, but also the ways in which mobile marketing, advertising and content providers can meet the demands of users worldwide.

From medal counters to trivia, we’ve gathered some of the best apps for this summer’s competitions. See the following infographic to see the top apps and get ready for an exciting summer of Olympic gaming.

According to the infographic below, there are 585,000 apps on the Apple store, 450,000 apps on the Android market and 82,234 apps available at present on Microsoft’s store. In fact, more than 300,000 mobile apps have been developed in the last three years. The total number of apps downloaded so far exceeds 250 billion Apple apps, 10 billion Android and 217 million Windows apps. Besides these statistics, this infographic shows that the market yielded $7.3 billion revenue in 2011 and has predicted that revenues will reach $36.7 billion by 2015.

Businesses are always looking for new ways to become more efficient. Smart phones started the mobility wave and now tablets are keeping it going. Tablets are growing in popularity among businesses, especially large ones. Take a look at this infographic presented by Click Software that illustrates how tablets and app development is blowing up the mobile market.

According to stats from PC Housing, smartphones and tablets are slowly placing themselves in between water and food as top necessities for business travelers. It makes sense. Being on the road is simply made easier and more manageable by these tools that allow us to stay connected but are these mobile devices taking up too much of our time?

This timeline, developed by Aranca, shows the rise and fall of technology giants such as Kodak, Xerox, Motorola and RIM, highlighting their key patents, innovations as well as the disrupting innovations and technology of competitors.

We all want to feel as though our information is safe and secure, especially on our computers. And it’s even more important for businesses to have good cyber security because not only is it their information but their customers as well. Small business owners tend to think that hackers are not much of a threat to them, and unfortunately this is not the case.