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research2guidance is launching a series of reports on several key countries within the global mobile apps market. Their first target is the UK, which is described as the biggest app market in Europe, outnumbering other European countries in terms of revenue generated by app downloads, in-app advertisement, as well as the sheer number of downloads…
It’s always interesting when stories pop up pitting Apple’s flagship iPhone 5 against Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III device. This time it’s web traffic volume between the two devices. The iPhone 5 has been out for a little under a month now, and in fact Apple announced it one month ago from today, but in…
The International Telecommunications Union published new figures about the state of mobile usage worldwide. The big milestone here is that the entire world population has now purchased 6 billion cell phone subscriptions, two billion alone of which are from China and India. With the global population estimated to be at a little over 7 billion,…
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Mobile Working Group released findings from a survey that calls out the specific security concerns enterprise executives say are the real and looming threats as it relates to mobile device security in the enterprise environment. The report, titled “Top Mobile Threats,” is a result of a survey of more than…
In its latest report, Juniper Research is looking at roaming, forecasting that operator revenues from mobile roaming will surpass $80 billion by 2017, compared to over $46 billion this year. According to the research company, the growth will largely be driven by increasing data usage and a reduction in roaming charges. Roaming regulations and legislation…
All major app stores operate in multiple countries, supporting different languages. However, it’s up to a developer to decide which languages are supported by their applications. In its latest report, Distimo looks at the localization of applications by languages, offering insights about the most popular languages in August 2012, the distribution of languages per country,…
Mojiva’s Mobile Advertising Portal (MAP) prepared a snapshot report based on its internal data from January through June 2012. It highlights North American data with a heavy focus on the US, in addition to select global trends. The major findings are: Rich media campaign impressions increased 30% on the Mojiva ad network from February –…
Well, more bad news for Research In Motion. The BlackBerry maker is losing ground to Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system, according to Kantar Worldpanel report. The report is based on latest smartphone sales data, which showed a mixed performance for the upstart OS. Windows Phone numbers dipped in the United States, but gained market…
The increasing number of apps and games comes with a risk. Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach and aggressive advertising are some of the few threats facing vulnerable devices. According to ABI Research, between Q1 2011 and Q2 2012, unique malware variants grew by 2180% reaching 17,439. All this presents a fertile ground for…
TechThoughts prepared an excellent analysis predicting the number of iPhone 5 units Apple will sell in the next year. Here are the highlights… Based on the Q4 sales estimate of 22 million units and the QoQ shipment growth trends, Apple could sell 60-70 million units in the Americas over the next four quarters. In Europe,…