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In its latest research, the GSMA is exploring the impact of privacy concerns on the adoption of mobile apps and services in Latin America. The study — which involved some 4,500 mobile users across Brazil, Colombia and Mexico — shows that a lack of trust in how personal data is collected and shared is acting…
More and more people are playing games on their smartphones and tablets, with Juniper Research forecasting that by 2017, there will be 64.1 billion games downloaded onto these devices. The figure is over 3 times that of 2012, which stood at 21 billion. According to the research company, there are three reasons for the high…
The popularity of smartphones is growing every day and even in emerging markets people are getting a low-cost smartphone instead of feature phone. In fact, there is a growing number of places where smartphones outsell feature phones. According to ABI Research, the smartphone market is divided in three price tiers – low, mid and high.…
There are so many mobile commerce apps that help us make better (wiser) purchasing decisions and apparently many of those applications are used by today’s smartphone owners. VoucherCodesPro.co.uk conducted a survey to find out just how modern mobile technology affects our buying behavior and here’s what they’ve found out: This year, mobile-driven online sales in…
Last year, the revenues for mobile learning products in North America reached $1.4 billion in 2012. The market is set for further growth at CAGR of 7.6%, with revenues climbing to $2.1 billion by 2017, according to a new Ambient Insight report. The research company says that North America has the second-largest revenues for mobile…
BlackBerry Z10 is steadily getting into the hands of users and is now accounting for 5.3% of North American BlackBerry traffic, according to Chikita Insights. That may not sound a lot but when you put in perspective that’s a promising start for the struggling Canadian company. For instance, 65 days after the launch, iPhone 5…
A new report, commissioned by Associated Press and produced by Deloitte with research by GfK, says that video is increasingly important for online news services to consider offering their readers. The findings suggest that 86% of British consumers access news online frequently, and 47% of these users watch video news clips on a regular basis.…
Smart watches are steadily gaining momentum and ABI Research predicts that this will be one of the key years for the nascent market, forecasting that 1.2 million of these devices will be shipped in 2013. The problem with previous generation of smart watches were that they were either too ugly, too bulky, had weak functionality…
Everyone and their mama are getting a tablet these days. According to the latest data from ABI Research, some 150 million tablets, worth an estimated $64 billion, will ship globally this year. That’s 38% more units shipped than last year, and 38% more in value (read: money). Apple is still a clear leader with its…
It’s a known fact that mobile location-based advertising (LBA) is booming, helping users find nearby businesses while at the same time helping brands reach new customers. According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the total global value of this market will grow from 526 million EUR in 2012 at a compound annual growth…