Posted by ksteineman on Feb 21, 2013 in Mobile |
A new report from analyst Forrester predicts that tablet ownership in Western Europe will quadruple by 2017. Forrester went on to say, “”With double-digit growth in tablet uptake across Western Europe in 2012 and further double-digit growth expected, tablets can no longer be considered a fad,”” They also expect the consumer-owned install base of tablets to reach more than 147 million in Western Europe in 2017, jumping 33 Million from 2012. Other noteworthy findings, a quarter of online adults in the 18- to 24-year-old category owned a tablet in 2012. When it comes to tablet usage, Forrester found that tablets are unsurprisingly most used in the home — specifically...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 20, 2013 in Mobile |
With everyone under the sun talking about “how cool the Google Glass will be to wear” I thought it was worth mentioning that the device is still not due till next year, and with that a $1,500 entry price. Google however, has graced us with a new video that shows off their UI. More refined, undoubtedly – users are shown what it would be like to take part in various activities, taking images, video, and using Google Now-style notifications and cards. The phrase “OK Glass” appears to act as a keyword for Glass to listen to the user and follow commands, similar to how Kinect users the term “Xbox”,...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 20, 2013 in Apple |
According to a new report by NPD, and given the expected performance of consumer interest in their smartphones (The iPhone – 3GS,4,4S, and 5) and tablets (the iPad, and iPad Mini) perform so well, that they apparently account 19.9% of all US consumer tech sales based on revenue. These results, needless to say, far outpace any other company even Apple’s arch-rival Samsung which did, (for the record) saw similar gains, but remained at about 10%. It’s also worth mentioning that the rise in revenue of these two giants came at the expense of several others, including: HP,Dell and Sony, which saw a combined drop in revenue of $9.5...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 19, 2013 in Android News, iOS Updates, Mobile |
Well, that certainly didn’t take long. I thought I just wrote an Article a couple month ago talking about this type of thing. Probably did. Not sure where it is. Let’s continue. Just days into the Chinese New Year’s (Year of the Snake) China has officially passed the U.S. to become the world’s top country for active Android and iOS Smartphones & Tablets. This historic milestone has taken place within only 12months of Flurry reporting China as the the world’s fastest growing smart device market. In Flurry’s report they have used their entire data set of 2.4 billion anonymous, aggregated applications sessions per day across 275,000 applications around...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 19, 2013 in Mobile |
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Posted by ksteineman on Feb 19, 2013 in Apple, Mobile |
Apple has confirmed a report from Reuters claiming that, “Apple was attacked by hackers who infected a “small number” of its Mac computers. Apple allegedly believes that the same unidentified group are the one’s behind the attack on Facebook last week. In their own words, “Apple Inc computers were attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook Inc, but no data appeared to have been stolen, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented admission of a widespread cyber-security breach.” Furthermore, in a statement Apple provided to AllThingsD on the matter: “Apple has identified malware which infected a limited number of Mac systems through a vulnerability in the Java plug-in for browsers,” the...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 19, 2013 in Apple, iOS Updates, Mobile |
With the departure of Apple’s iOS Chief Designer Scott Forstall many expect some big changes on what could be on the way with iOS 7. This is due largely in part because Jonathan Ive has taken over design responsibilities related to iOS. At the same time, the criticism for Apple’s aging core iOS apps and highly requested features is going nowhere but up. Below you’ll find a ‘best of’ possible iOS 7 features we could see in the near future. The one below featured by YouTube User Almanimation shows a ‘Lock Screen Drawer’ feature that gives users easier access to settings. Another on how a potentially new contact...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 17, 2013 in Apps, Mobile |
According to the TomiAhonen Almanac 2013 there are 7.1 Billion people on earth. Of those, 4.3 billion have mobile phones, and 1.3 billion have smartphones. Additonally, there are an estimated 1.2 billion mobile gamers. The real exciting stuff though is the growth of iPhones, iPads, and their Android counterparts. Since 2007, the Apps Industry has already created over 500,000 jobs in the US. According to 148Apps.biz there are 792,398 active apps (and counting), of these – 132,963 are games. In terms of overall revenue, in 2012 it was edging towards $10 Billion with games taking over 80% of the pie, as reported by Flurry. When it comes to app...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 17, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile |
It seems like every-single-day someone comes along with “5 more tips” on how to get your app to stand out. Fact of the matter is, there are countless things you can do to make your app stand out amongst the competition. Today we’re going to focus on some new ideas that haven’t been covered in the past, some that will hopefully get you to think about your over-all strategy before your app hits the store. Let’s get into it. 1) Be different Sure there’s a ton of games that are basically clones of other games, but you know the really, really, really successful ones like Minecraft, CSR...
Posted by ksteineman on Feb 16, 2013 in Marketing |
As a marketing strategist that’s a question I think about on behalf of my clients almost on an on-going basis. As a small businesses, or enterprise social media marketer it’s something you should probably be thinking about as well. With 90% of small businesses on facebook you’d be surprised to learn that only 1/3rd only make a post a couple times a week. Another 3rd want to spend even less time on social media. With Facebook’s new ‘graph search’ on its way, that’s something that’s going to need to change. Assuming you want your local business to grow. If you haven’t been filled in on what ‘Graph...
