With Gartner forecasting that the tablet market is set to grow from 63.6 million sales in 2011 to 326.3 million by the end of 2015, it comes as a bit of a surprise that Asustek, Acer and Dell all announce they are out of the Android tablet market. One has to wonder whether their decision [...]
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…and why getting enough juice in the morning is important Ever since I read a BBC news article over nine years ago, about the cashless society and how we would all soon be shopping for everything with our mobile phones, I have been looking forward to throwing away my bulky wallet and only carrying my [...]
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I recently read an interesting point of view, ‘5 Reasons Not To Use Google Analytics’, where Andrew Edwards outlines why not to use the most popular free measurement tool. His remarks range from the level of service you can expect from a free solution to the data security and what happens to all the data [...]
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…..this question has been at the top of my mind this week, prompted by several parallel events. Google announced its cloud music “locker” service ‘Music Beta’, just a few weeks after Amazon made its service available. Both are intended to allow music fans to upload their digital music collections to an on-line storage facility (the [...]
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A growing number of app developers, publishers and brands increasingly rely on app stores and search as the primary method of discovery for their new apps, content and services. But this is proving to be a risky strategy for all but the smartest or luckiest companies.
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It’s the last day of MWC and the news of Nokia and Microsoft’s partnership is still grabbing headlines. The keynote by Steve Ballmer’s and Nokia’s CEO, Stephen Elop was one of the key highlights of this year’s show. We heard Ballmer talk about the importance of creating a “third ecosystem” and how it will be [...]
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Not only has 2010 been described as the year of the tablet, but also the year of Apple Vs Android. The year started with the launch of the Apple iPad and is ending with Android tablets appearing all over the globe, being delivered by the likes of Samsung, Toshiba and Dell. In fact, with the [...]
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At the end of last year we wrote about how 2010 might the year of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. Looking at the current mobile market today, we were right, 2010 has not only been the year for Google but also the year for Sony Ericsson, HTC, Samsung and Motorola.
Filed under: Apple, Blackberry, Mobile web | Tagged: Android, Apple, bango, google, Microsoft, Mobile advertising, RIM, Steve Jobs, Yahoo | Leave a Comment »
According to the latest web browsing stats released by Bango, across a wide range of websites targeting mobile phone browsers, the iPhone is losing ground to its competitors in popularity for web browsing. What might be the reasons for this? When Steve Jobs launched the iPhone he made a big point of the fact that it [...]
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