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Apple Officially Launches 128GB iPad
Just 24hrs after rumors surfaced about a “new 128Gb iPad” Apple has delivered. While all dimensions and physical features remain the same it has a whopping 64GB more than the previous highest end iPad. Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing ,Phil Schiller said, “With twice the storage capacity and an unparalleled selection of over 300,000 native iPad apps, enterprises, educators and artists have even more reasons to use iPad for all their business and personal needs,” Regarding price, the Wi-Fi-only model will starts at $799, and the Wi-Fi + LTE model costs $929, this makes it one of the most expensive tablets around. It will become available starting...
Kindle Fire Drives US Android Tablet Market.
Really? Really. The Kindle FIre of all tablets is leading the way in the US. With 59% of all android tablets seen by apps with Localytics integrated are based in the US, and over half of those are Kindle Fires or Kindle Fire HD’s. Interestingly, outside of the United States, the Kindle Fire is practically non-existent. 89% of Amazon’s family of tablets live in America. A notable remark regarding the remarkable success of the Kindle Fire by Daniel Ruby over at Localytics, “…any Android developer with a focus on tablets should be distributing their apps in the Amazon App Store. The degree to which Amazon has dominated their most serious geographical...
The Japanese Mobile Landscape according to App Annie
This is a summation of a report released earlier today by App Analytics firm App Annie. For the first time in history of the app industry, the United States is not the leading revenue generating country on Google Play. As of last October is was surpassed by Japan. A country whose gone through tremendous change in their ‘app economy’ and looks to be continue growing as a global app powerhouse. Once dominated by feature phones, Japan’s mobile culture is shifting towards smartphones. At the end of 2011, only 23% of handsets being used in Japan were smartphones. Today, Japan’s mobile environment is rapidly evolving. Industry experts believe that feature phones will be extinct...
The Death of TurnTable.FM?
Things haven’t been looking good for the Social Music Discovery site that had an astounding 360,000 new users in their first 3 months. They even peaked at 419,000+ MAU (Monthly Active Users) back in July of 2011. Their valuation a that time was around $37 Million. Now, Soundrop which had its minor debut around October last year announced this morning that it has launched ‘listening rooms on facebook’. Turntable.fm is essentially listening rooms not on facebook. Much like TurnTable.fm.. “artists and fans will be able to create social music spaces where they can listen to music together, chat, and vote on what they want to hear next.” ...
iOS 6.1 rolling out today on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
This is apple’s newest version of the mobile OS for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. The update is a 107mb and can be updated over the air or by connecting to iTunes. A contact at Apple had this to say on the subject, “iOS 6 is the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, and with nearly 300 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices on iOS 6 in just five months, it may be the most popular new version of an OS in history,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iOS 6.1 brings LTE support to more markets around the world, so even more...
Mobspire acquired by Aarki to Improve Rich Media Ad Creation
While the financial terms of the acquisition have yet to be disclosed, Mobspire in an entirely self-funded startup which was recently acquired by Aarki (who raised a Series A round led by Walden Venture Capital last year). It is apparent when visiting Aarki’s website that Mobspires platform has already been implemented onto the site and being offered to users. Aarki CEO Sid Bhatt said, “Aarki has already run hundreds of ad units built on the Mobspire platform, with users spending an average of 64 seconds engaging with the ads.” While most of the Mobspire team “decided to continue on another adventures” Mobspire founder Nitish Aitharaju has since joined...
Android and Apple iOS take 92% market share in Q4 of 2012
Strategy Analytics released a report today showing a 38% year-over-year growth rate which put shipments a 217 million in Q4 of 2012. The more interesting news it likely that of how Android and Apple iOS account for 92.1% of the operating system market share. 70.1% being Android, and 22% being Apple. A full report including all the facts and figures can be found here....
What can be learned from Samsung’s “Fast Follow” marketing methods?
It wasn’t too long ago when the iPhone 5 made it’s debut here in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. Nor was it much longer (2 hours) after that debut when Samsung’s CMO Todd Pendleton crafted their first Ad Campaign mocking the iPhone line sitters. Maybe you remember this? Or maybe a better example is this. Right after the Australian Police advised their citizens NOT to use Apple Maps for risk of putting their lives in danger. Evidently some people were being led hundreds of miles in the wrong direction into a ‘desert-like’ environment with no available water. At the time, Apple was under A LOT of criticism from everyone under...
Global Mobile Ad Revenues to growing at 400% from 2011-2016
Not to mention they’re expected to hit 11.4 Billion this year. According to Gartner, ad revs were $9.6 billion in 2012 and are set to reach 11.4 billion this year before exploding to 24.5 billion in 2016. Where we stand, the growth is at about 400% from 2011 up until 2016. Research Director at Gartner Stephanie Baghdassarian said, “The mobile advertising market took off even faster than we expected due to an increased uptake in smartphones and tablets, as well as the merger of consumer behaviors on computers and mobile devices. “Growth in mobile advertising comes in part at the expense of print formats, especially local newspapers, which currently face much...