software

• Google Play

Google Play, formerly the Android Market, is a digital distribution platform operated by Google. It is the official app store for the Android operating system, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android SDK and published through Google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Play

• App Store (iOS)

The App Store is a digital distribution platform for mobile apps on iOS, developed and maintained by Apple Inc. The service allows users to browse and download applications that were developed with Apple's iOS SDK.
The apps can be downloaded directly to an iOS device, or onto a personal computer via iTunes (also developed and maintained by Apple Inc.).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_%28iOS%29

• Instagram

Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.
Users are also able to record and share short videos lasting for up to 15 seconds.
Instagram is distributed through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone Store.
Support was originally available for only the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch;
in April 2012, support was added for Android camera phones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram

• Vine is a short-form video sharing service. Founded in June 2012, it was acquired by microblogging website Twitter in October 2012, just prior to its official launch.

The service allows users to record and edit six-second long video clips, which can be then published through Vine's social network and shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Vine's app can also be used to browse through videos posted by other users, along with groups of videos by theme, and trending videos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine_%28software%29

• WhatsApp

WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform instant messaging subscription service for smartphones and selected feature phones that uses the internet for communication. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages as well as their location using integrated mapping features.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp

• Wickr

Wickr (pronounced "wicker") is the name of a proprietary instant messenger for iPhone and Android and of the company that produces it. Wickr allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted and self-destructing messages, including photos and file attachments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickr

hardware

•  Smartphone

 A smartphone (or smart phone) is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones.
 Early smartphones typically combined the features of a mobile phone with those of another popular consumer device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a media player, a digital camera, and/or a GPS navigation unit. Later smartphones include all of those plus the features of a touchscreen computer, including web browsing, Wi-Fi, and 3rd-party apps.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

•  iPod Touch

 The iPod Touch (stylized and marketed as iPod touch) is a multi-purpose pocket computer designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a user interface that is touchscreen-based. It can be used as a music and video player, digital camera, handheld game device, and personal digital assistant (PDA).It connects to the Internet through Wi-Fi base stations and is therefore not a smartphone, though its design and iOS operating system are very similar to Apple's iPhone.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch

•  iPhone

 a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
 It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system
 There are seven generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the six major releases of iOS.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone

•  A Chromebook is a laptop running Chrome OS as its operating system. The devices are designed to be used primarily while connected to the Internet, with most applications and data residing "in the cloud". A Chromebook is an example of a thin client.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook

• iPad

a line of tablet computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. which runs Apple's iOS.
The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard.
The iPad has built-in Wi-Fi and, on some models, cellular connectivity
An iPad can shoot video, take photos, play music, and perform Internet functions such as web-browsing and emailing. Other functions—games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, etc.—can be enabled by downloading and installing apps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad

• iPad Mini

a line of mini tablet computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc
It is a sub-series of the iPad line of tablets, with a reduced screen size of 7.9 inches, in contrast to the standard 9.7 inches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_Mini

• Google Nexus

a line of consumer electronic devices that run the Android operating system.
The product family consists mostly of mobile devices—five smartphones and three tablet computers
the devices currently available in the line are the Nexus 5 smartphone (made with partner LG Electronics), second generation Nexus 7 tablet (made with Asus), and Nexus 10 tablet (made with Samsung).
Nexus devices are the first Android devices to receive updates to the operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus

• Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire is a mini tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader.
Kindle Fire has a color 7-inch multi-touch display with IPS technology and runs a custom version of Google's Android operating system called Fire OS.
The device—which includes access to the Amazon Appstore, streaming movies and TV shows, and Kindle's e-books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindle_Fire

• Tablet computer

A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a mobile computer with display, circuitry and battery in a single unit. Tablets are equipped with sensors, including cameras, microphone, accelerometer and touchscreen, with finger or stylus gestures replacing computer mouse and keyboard. Tablets may include physical buttons, e.g., to control basic features such as speaker volume and power and ports for network communications and to charge the battery. An on-screen, pop-up virtual keyboard is usually used for typing. Tablets are typically larger than smart phones or personal digital assistants at 7 inches (18 cm) or larger, measured diagonally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer

• personal digital assistant (PDA)

A personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. PDAs are largely considered obsolete with the widespread adoption of smartphones.
Nearly all current PDAs have the ability to connect to the Internet. A PDA has an electronic visual display, enabling it to include a web browser, all current models also have audio capabilities enabling use as a portable media player, and also enabling most of them to be used as mobile phones. Most PDAs can access the Internet, intranets or extranets via Wi-Fi or Wireless Wide Area Networks. Most PDAs employ touchscreen technology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant

• laptop

A laptop is a portable personal computer with a clamshell form factor, suitable for mobile use.They are also sometimes called notebook computers or notebooks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop

operating system

•  iOS (previously iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. and distributed exclusively for Apple hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's iDevices.

 Originally unveiled in 2007 for the iPhone, it has been extended to support other Apple devices such as the iPod Touch (September 2007), iPad (January 2010), iPad Mini (November 2012) and second-generation Apple TV onward (September 2010).
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS

•  iOS 8 is the eighth major release of the iOS mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc. as the successor to iOS 7.

Many of the features and highlights of iOS 8 have seem to come from previous versions of Android, and even Windows Phone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_8

•  Chrome OS is a Linux kernel-based operating system designed by Google to work primarily with web applications

The user interface takes a minimalist approach and consists almost entirely of just the Google Chrome web browser
This means that Chrome OS is almost a pure web thin client OS
Chrome OS is built upon the open source project called Chromium OS[10] which, unlike Chrome OS, can be compiled from the downloaded source code.
Chrome OS is the commercial version installed on specific hardware from Google's manufacturing partners.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS

• Chromium OS is a Linux-based operating system designed by Google to work exclusively with web applications. It is the open source development version of Chrome OS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_OS

• Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel that is currently developed by Google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29