Over the past decade, the emergence of smartphones, smaller laptops, and tablets has created a new phenomena being dubbed as the "second screen". Often people watch televisions and movies (at home) with one of their various other devices in hand or near by. Every few mintues checking your device for information, or a status update, or to chat with a text. Nielsen reports that during the second quarter of 2012, 86% of tablet owners and 84% of smartphone owners in the United States said they used their second screen of choice while simultaneously watching TV at least once during a 30-day period.
How Content Providers are Adapting to the Use of Second Screen
Are Mobile Businesses the New Trend?
Mobile businesses - from food trucks to fashion boutiques - appear to be the new trend. According to Street Fight: Food Trucks vs. Restaurants, due to the increasing number of food truck businesses, major cities like Chicago, Boston and Seattle are enacting laws that "restrict where food trucks can serve customers in proximity to their rivals and for how long."
