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The sharp rise in smartphone sales will drive future growth in the pico projector market, as increasing consumer demand for the ability to watch videos, make presentations, and capture and view photos will fuel new technological breakthroughs. According to a new report by GBI Research, pico projectors are following in the footsteps of HD video…
More and more users are getting a tablet, whether it’s the Apple iPad or some Android-based one (or perhaps the BlackBerry PlayBook). According to Yankee Group, tablets in use in the U.S. will climb from 25 million in 2011 to more than 134 million in 2015, with sales eventually eclipsing those of PCs. Apple is…
Yup everyone and their mama have a mobile phone these days. However, you may want to know the specifics like what’s the smartphone ownership structure and how many folks are accessing their email while on the go. St. Louis-based digital marketing and design agency Steadyrain gathered all the data it could found and used it…
Yesterday I wrote up a post calling out Eric Schmidt for inaccurately predicting that six months from December 6, 2011, Android development would surpass iOS development. I used a few examples off the top of my head over the past six months of apps that did end up expanding to Android after gaining success on…
We have a new infographic to share, prepared by the good folks of [x]cube LABS. According to the data they gathered, an engrossing 70% of the organizations are either using or plan to use custom mobile apps for their business, indicating the “stirring effect of mobilizing an enterprise.” Moreover, enterprises are gradually implementing the concept…
Research firm IDC released its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report today. It predicts that Android market share is at its peak right now, but Windows Phone will continue to grow mostly at its expense. Seriously, that’s what it said. “The smartphone parade won’t be as lively this year as it has been in past,” said…
ChangeWave Research took a survey last month of 2,893 people asking a series of questions about their satisfaction with tablets and which manufacturer they plan on buying from in the future. I’ll give you three guesses at the name of the top-ranking tablet vendor and the first two don’t count — yep, it’s Apple. Only…
In its latest report, Distimo is looking at the cross app store publishing, showing that most successful apps are available on multiple platforms and app stores. Here are the highlights: The average daily download volume among the top 100 most popular free applications in the United States is 4 million, while the average daily volumes…
While the topic of mobile apps generates so much online and offline buzz, the truth is, there are almost no absolute rules that apply to all mobile apps. What is true for mobile games, might not be true for mobile tools… Inner-Active took a bird’s eye view on the world of mobile apps according to…
According to the recent research from price comparison website uSwitch.com, 17 million mobile phone users in the UK are wasting money by not using all of them. To put it in percentages, that’s almost half (48%) of mobile phone customers who use just 50% of their monthly minute and text allowances. Furthermore, the wastage is…