US Mobile tablet traffic rises when US consumers take a break
Month: August 2012
Analysis, News
Android to be 70% of handset market in 2H2012
Digitimes Research estimates Android will takes 70% of the worldwide handset market in the second half of 2012
Apps, iPad, iPhone, News
Chrome for iOS gets a social update
Chrome browser for iPad and iPhone gets Twitter, Facebook and Goggle+ update
Analysis, News
100+ million tablets to ship in 2012
ABI Research predict tablet sales will reach more than 100 million in 2012, the figures are based on a very successful first quarter, where 25 million tablets were sold with Apple gaining the lions share of the market. Figures from ABI show the April to June quarter of 2012 set a new record for media…
Analysis, News
One in five phones to have facial recognition by end of 2012
A new report from ABI Research “Facial Recognition for Mobile Devices” estimates almost 20% of annual smartphone shipments will include facial recognition capabilities by the end of 2012 with over 665 million devices featuring facial recognition shipping annually by 2017. Facial recognition has been on the technology radar for some time. It was developed in…