Lookout is of course riding on the growth in smartphone adoption, and the increased use of apps on these phones.
My security concerns over our increasing use of mobile apps, for which we rarely read the permission settings or terms of service, were met with harsh criticism by some who said I was wearing a tinfoil hat and breeding paranoia.
"Kids are being increasingly put under surveillance of all kinds," Murakami Wood says, pointing to Google's push into education with Chromebooks and the increasing use of management and learning apps.
Due to the increasing use of mobile devices and apps to view copyright protected content (e.g. movies) on the go, digital rights management (DRM) protections have primarily been used to protect the digital intellectual property and control their distribution and usage on mobile devices.
Add into this mix, M-commerce and the increasing use of mobiles, and the success of apps such as Pokémon Go — where the search for digital creatures in the physical world thrives — the need to constantly adapt is mounting.
The increasing use of 360-degree cameras allows users, through apps like Facebook or YouTube, to watch footage back, moving the camera around by tilting and rotating their phone.
Kennedy is confident that his company's app is different, and comes at the right time, given the increasing use of mobile devices to purchase goods and services.
The shift is also technological, reflecting the increased use of mobile apps and digital technology to bring books to a wired world, although many of the libraries in this book still rely on people lugging traditional print books around.
In a statement on their blog, Hinge responded to a Vanity Fair article, which explored the rise of 'hook-up culture', allegedly from the increased use of dating apps.
It found that the increased use of dating apps has amplified the opportunity for spontaneous sex and that HIV is growing fastest amongst men who have sex with other men.
