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NPD: Apple Takes Top Three Slots For Smartphone Best-Sellers In U.S.

Feb 6, 2012 8:38 AM

Android held on to its title as the most-popular smartphone platform in the U.S. in the last quarter, but when it comes to sales of specific devices, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is running away from the competition, with Samsung swiftly behind, according to research out from the NPD Group.

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Posted In: Research & Metrics, Research, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Sprint, npd

Living In A Smartphone World: Apple Number-Three Among ALL Mobile Players

Feb 2, 2012 6:30 AM

It was five years ago that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) executives brushed off the idea of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as “not a threat” to Nokia’s top position in mobile sales. After all, Apple was only making smartphones and Nokia was still leading in that still-niche category, as well as mobiles overall.…

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Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, LG, Nokia, Samsung, idc

RIM In Trouble In Europe? Not In The UK, It Claims

Jan 30, 2012 7:28 AM

RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is taking a beating at the moment from handset makers like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung, which have eaten into a smartphone market share that it took years for the BlackBerry maker to build on both sides of the Atlantic. RIM, however, claims that it is still…

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Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, WPP, Countries, Europe, UK

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Nokia Tottering At The Top Of Mobile Rankings; Apple Leading Smartphones

Jan 27, 2012 6:24 AM

With most of the major handset makers having reported earnings for the quarter that ended in December, analyst houses are laying out their rankings in global smartphone and overall mobile shipments. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has just about managed to keep its top position overall, while Apple’s phenomenal quarter has put…

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Posted In: Advertising, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Research & Metrics, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Nokia, RIM, Samsung

Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers

Jan 26, 2012 12:15 PM

With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A report out today from Strategy Analytics said that for Q4 it was Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the company that effectively created the market for tablets two years ago…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, HP, Microsoft, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung

2012 Mobile Ad Spend Revised Up To $2.6 Billion, Google Fueling The Machine

Jan 25, 2012 1:00 PM

A big endorsement today for mobile advertising from eMarketer: their analysts today said they were revising up their forecasts for U.S. mobile ad spend to $2.61 billion, from their previous estimates of $1.8 billion. Why the rise? Google’s “exceptional” mobile advertising performance in mobile search advertising, and more reliable market…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Research & Metrics, Research, Search, Companies, Apple, iAd, Google, Yahoo, millenial media, millennial media

Tablets Are Prime-Time Media Devices

Jan 23, 2012 6:41 AM

Tablet web use spikes after work and before sleep, another piece of research shows…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research

Research: Professionals With iPads Are Deserting Printed Media

Jan 20, 2012 7:23 AM

Stark new research statistics suggest digital replacement of analogue content is now very high amongst tablet owners.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, Newspapers, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPad

Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013

Jan 17, 2012 9:47 AM

The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Games, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Newspapers, Mobile, Money, Research & Metrics, Research, Social Media, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Countries, Europe, UK, boku, ihs screen digest, in-app purchases, paypal, screen digest, zong

The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone - 500 Million Of Them

Jan 16, 2012 7:18 PM

We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone OS, has led to a number of handset makers driving down the price for smartphones—with devices selling for less than $100 becoming more and more of a…

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Companies, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, deloitte

Research: Small Screens Better For Content; Bigger Screens For Productivity

Jan 11, 2012 11:48 AM

The tablet market is still in its relative infancy and has been largely dominated up to now—both in sales and basic concept—by the iPad from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). But that could be changing in the year ahead, and those making tablets are thinking about what might be the best form…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Apple, iPad, HTC, LG, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, dell, dell streak 5, dell streak 7, in-stat, npd, playbook

Study: Search-Ad Clicks On Mobile Devices Are Growing Faster Than On PCs

Jan 11, 2012 10:00 AM

In the world of search advertising, mobile phones and tablets continue to outpace performance of search ads on PCs, although they still represent only a fraction of impressions and investment, according to a new report.

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Posted In: Advertising, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Search, Companies, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Bing, Portals, Yahoo, marin software, mobile advertising

U.S. Consumers Cool Somewhat On iPhone; Remains ‘Most Wanted’ Handset

Jan 9, 2012 8:04 AM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at the moment is not leading the rankings of smartphone vendors when it comes to shipments, but when it comes to mindshare, especially in North America, the company continues to blow away the competition, according to a new survey. Meanwhile, a separate piece of research—which did not…

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Posted In: Marketing, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Technologies / Formats, 4G, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, HTC, LG, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, changewave, mobile posse

Jumptap: Apple Has Highest Click-Through Rates Among Mobile Ad Platforms

Jan 5, 2012 8:24 AM

The latest monthly figures from independent mobile ad network Jumptap reveal that Android has continued to solidify its lead as the most dominant mobile operating system, leading not only in market share but also as the top smartphone platform for both app and mobile web usage. But we can also…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Entertainment, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, RIM, BlackBerry, jumptap

Kobo Book Buyers Up 10x At Christmas On New E-Reader Gifts

Jan 5, 2012 8:00 AM

E-reader maker Kobo says it got a 10x uplift in new global e-book customers this holiday period, compared with earlier in the year, as new owners began filling gifted gadgets with titles.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Amazon, Kindle

Research: One In 40 In UK Got The Gift Of E-Reader This ‘Kindle Christmas’

Jan 4, 2012 7:05 AM

In absence of detailed Kindle sales data from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), the consumer research group YouGov has taken a stab.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Kindle

Happy App Year: Downloads Pass 1 Billion/Week, U.S. Way Ahead Of The Rest

Jan 3, 2012 6:13 AM

The smartphone and tablet buying rush over the holidays spilled over into a corresponding deluge of app downloads, with the total weekly number exceeding one billion for the first time.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, Countries, Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Canada, flurry

What’s Coming In 2012: Digital Advertising, Up Close And Personal

Dec 30, 2011 7:00 AM

This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from publishing to legal, and from mobile to advertising. According to figures from ZenithOptimedia, global advertising revenues will reach $486 billion…

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Posted In: Advertising, Features, Tweets, Legal, Privacy, Marketing, Mobile, Money, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Search, Social Media, Companies, Adobe, AOL, Facebook, Google, Groupon, Twitter, Yahoo, Zynga, Countries, Asia, China, coming in 2012

Research: Internet Is UK’s No. 2 News Source, But Only 3.8 Percent Pay

Dec 28, 2011 11:30 AM

Online may be challenging TV to be UK consumers’ primary news source - but only 3.8 percent pay for it, new research says.

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Posted In: Advertising, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Radio, TV, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Countries, Europe, UK, oliver and ohlbaum

Mobile Data Use Expected To Grow 21x By 2015

Dec 27, 2011 7:00 AM

Mobile phone networks, get your houses in order. Here is how much mobile data consumption is expected to grow in the next four years…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Ofcom, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research

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