Apple App Store hits 40 Billion Downloads, 20 Billion in 2012 alone
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Facebook Messenger latest Voice message feature
Evidently I wasn’t the only one to notice seeing as 9to5mac just wrote an article on on Faceboks latest update to their Messenger app. What’s New in Version 2.1 – Send a quick voice message when you have more to say – Call friends for free right from Messenger* – Other improvements and bug fixes Among other things like bug fixes and what not, the main update here is their voice message feature. Creating this type of feature while certainly appealing (to me at least) also means they’re going to be competeting with other apps ike Voxer, Zello, HeyTell and more.. It will be interesting to see how this affects the Apps install rates, I would imagine it would increase seeing as currently 50-60% of people never even use the Facebook App, yet alone Facebook...
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Ubuntu – the new platform in town (coming in 2014)
iOS, Android, and the rest better watch out with Ubuntu looking to disrupt the market with it’s own OS for mobile phones in 2014. I have to say, from what I’ve seen SO FAR. I like what I see, take a look. CEO Jane Silber said, “We expect Ubuntu to be popular in the enterprise market, enabling customers to provision a single secure device for all PC, thin client and phone functions,” “Ubuntu is already the most widely used Linux enterprise desktop, with customers in a wide range of sectors focused on security, cost and manageability. “We also see an opportunity in basic smartphones that are used for the phone, SMS, web and email, where Ubuntu outperforms thanks to its native core apps and stylish presentation.” What’s their secret sauce though? Ubuntu on mobile is claiming it will allow Canonical to offer a “single operating system for client, server and cloud, and a unified family of interfaces for the phone, the PC and the TV.” “We are...
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iOS and Android lead market share with a 90% duopoly in November
comScore today has released data from their MobiLens service. This service reports on key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry what seems to be every quarter. The latest study from November 2012 surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset maker overall with 29.9% market share. Android also continued to lead the market with 53.7% share among mobile users, while app was close to 20% behind with 35%. This is what was said in regards to Mobile Content Usage: “In November, 75.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device (up 0.3 percentage points). Downloaded applications were used by 54.2 percent of subscribers (up 0.8 percentage points), while browsers were used by 52.1 percent (up 0.1 percentage points). Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased 0.9 percentage points to 39.2 percent of mobile subscribers. Game-playing was done by 33.7 percent of the mobile audience, while 28.7 percent listened to music on their phones...
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Oomf – the online app discovery platform
Oomf has officially made its debut today. The app discovery platform helps app developers make and find users for their apps. Today the company is moving forward with its next under taking: a social step-by-step guide to helping budding entrepreneurs make their mobile development dreams a reality. With 4,000 new apps launched every single day, Oomfg CEO Mikael Cho said, “Our goal is to empower the next generation of creators who are interested in building mobile apps … and help them make a sustainable mobile business.” According to VB, “Oomf provides a guide and resource kit that includes a launch website, a sign-up page, a press kit, and tools to manage your first usersand testers. The site will also put you in a cohort of developers, so you’ve got a virtual team to turn to for help and encouragement. And the site will help with the app store submission process and give you analytics for your app.” Cho referenced it as being a “personal trainer for the...
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Power Week Final Figures from Flurry 2012
Power Week. Perhaps the most important week of the year for app developers. Starting with Christmas Day, the largest single device activation day of the year, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is marked by significantly elevated device activations and app downloads. The stats to follow reveal that the last week of 2012 was the largest week for both new device activations and app downloads in iOS and Android history. As always, Flurry leverages its data-set from over 260,000 apps running on the significant majority of iOS and Android devices. With its application penetration, Flurry can detect over 90% of all new devices activated each day. Additionally, with its analytics service in more than 25% of all applications downloaded on a given day from the App Store and Google Play, Flurry can reliably estimate total iOS and Android downloads. Flurry has estimated that over 50 million iOS and Android devices were activated, and 1.76 billion applications were downloaded. The column on the right compares the number of...
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iPhone5Mod – New Magnetic Keyboard/GamePad Case Combo | Coolest invention since the last one.
Today. Technology has done it again. (no I’m not referring to the BofA mysteriously having $80,000 disappear from your account, but that is one thing..) TODAY – iPhone5Mod has unveilved a new accessory that gives the iPhone 5 a video game controller and a physical keyboard IN ONE. This super-slim magnetic package is made by iPhone5Mod a Chinese accessory retailer. Take a look at how this neat ittle accessory works in the video below. Some of the main features include: Interchangeable Keyboard / Joypad Controller Supports both portrait and landscape mode “Feather-Like” weight keyboard, lightest in the world 2mm thickness, thinnest keyboard in the world Ultra-portable, All-in-one solution for any type of users Made of sturdy durable aluminum material Bluetooth 3.0 Long lasting usage of 40hrs Standby time: 160 hours Charging time: 1 hour only Water-proof and dust-proof As stated on their website, “The Hybrid Controller is the next generation keyboard / joypad for your iPhone – and you just might find that this idea is untraditionally creative....
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