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iOS or Android – Who is Winning?
“All the Numbers, All in One Place” Every day we see new data declaring one platform the victor over the other. It’s never the same winner, but it’s always the same two players: iOS and Android. But basing the fight on data point by data point is useless. Time Magazine recently published an article with [...]
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How People Really Use Mobile
The Harvard Business Review recently published an article illustrating how people REALLY use their mobile devices, and where marketers go wrong attempting to engage them. The Seven Primary Motivations In a study, “Seven Shades of Mobile,” conducted by InsightsNow for AOL and BBDO, researchers derived seven overarching motivations consumers use their mobile devices for, parallel [...]
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10 Statistics About Mobile
10 Statistics About Mobile Mobile is quickly becoming a must-have, and brands are acutely aware of the fact. Here are 10 stats to think about: 1. The U.S. is at 101% wireless penetration. (CTIA) 2. 1 billion smartphones will be shipped globally this year. (Gartner) 3. 85% of mobile users prefer mobile apps over the [...]
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Flurry: “It’s an App World. The Web Just Lives in It.”
Flurry Five-Year Report: It’s an App World. The Web Just Lives in It Yesterday, Flurry published a five year report on mobile devices and apps. “The past five years at Flurry have been wildly exciting. We joined an industry just as gas was forming to ignite a Big Bang, and we’re still orienting ourselves within [...]
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Infographic: “Exploring the Mobile Landscape”
Exploring the Mobile Landscape If I said that every day, more Android phones are activated than babies are born, would that surprise you? Probably not, actually. What if I said 4 times as many Android devices are activated than babies are born? New Relic offers some surprising data around the mobile landscape. Did you know, [...]
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Samsung reveals Galaxy S4
It’s here. The Galaxy S4. Yesterday, at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, Samsung officially announced the new Galaxy S4 smartphone. JK Shin, head of Mobile Communications at Samsung, said the new design is “inspired by the people of the world,” and that he is “very confident about how its innovations” will improve [...]
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SXSW By the Numbers
SXSW By the Numbers South by Southwest is in full swing here in Austin, Texas! With the convergence of Interactive, Music and Film, there is quite a crowd touring the city. Tech news giant, Mashable, is covering the event, and provided the following insights into the SXSW audience. 1. AGE: Did you know that 95% [...]
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Cisco “Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update”
As a part of Cisco’s VNI Forecast, an ongoing initiative to track and forecast global mobile data traffic, the following Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2012–2017 was recently made available. According to this data, by the end of 2013, there will be more mobile devices on Earth than people. Executive Summary: 2012 Data Global [...]
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Business Insider: “2013 – The Year Ahead in Mobile” Deck
With 2012 already becoming a distant memory, many businesses are looking at 2013 and the major trends expected to shape the mobile narrative. Business news source, BI Intelligence, “looked over the year-end data to highlight the trends we think will underpin the mobile industry in 2013.” Some of the highlights include: Global Internet Population: 2.5+ [...]
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TNW’s “13 must-have features for your next mobile app”
The Next Web, a world-leading online publication delivering technology news, recently paneled a group of entrepreneurs to develop “13 must-have features for your next mobile app.” Follows is a summary of their findings: 1. “Feedback System” It is essential to have a means for app users to provide feedback on an app’s performance and functionality. [...]