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BlackBerry app developers get free Webtrends analytics

Webtrends official blog has announced that they’ve officially launched their free analytics service to BlackBerry app developers. Webtrends, Director of Mobile Analytics, Eric Rickson announced on the Webtrends official blog “We are excited to announce that BlackBerry Analytics powered by Webtrends is now available to the general public in open Beta”. According to Rickson the…

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More than half of Americans on Facebook

New study shows more than half of Americans are now registered with Facebook According to the upcoming report from Arbitron and Edison Research, The Infinite Dial 2011: Navigating Digital Platforms, more than half of all Americans ages 12 and older are on Facebook. The study, fielded in January of 2011, indicates that 51% of all…

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Mobile ad sales held back by short-sighted ad agencies

A new report reveals why mobile advertising is not advancing as fast as mobile handset sales Following on from the disappointing figures for mobile advertising revenue in 2010 that we reported yesterday we get a new white paper that explains some of the reasons behind the disappointing figures. New research by mobile research agency mobileSQUARED…

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Amazon launches Android Appstore in US

Amazon has launched its own Android Appstore in the US to compete with Google’s Android Market store, and offers an innovative “Test Drive” try-before-you-buy service. Amazon has finally launched its Amazon Appstore for Android, offering consumers in the US the choice of either downloading applications for Android smartphones and tablets on their site or on…

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UK mobile advertising grew by 116% in 2010

Mobile advertising spend grew by 116% over the last year to hit £83m According to research carried out by the IAB and accountancy firm PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC) advertising spend increased by over 100%, and although a 116% increase is a lot, it’s not what we expected considering the growth in smartphone handsets. Search commanded the largest…

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iPad apps outnumber Ovi, BlackBerry and Windows combined

Apple now has over 300,000 iPhone apps in the US, more than twice the nearest competitor according to February’s Distimo figures The latest Distimo report for Feb 2011 looks in depth at the Mac app store and has some interesting things to say about Mac desktop app users versus Apple mobile app users. Distimo reports…

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Shipments of smartphones to exceed 1 billion per year by 2015

Shipments of smartphones grew 74% in 2010, and are set to hit the billion mark by 2015. According to a new research report by Berg Insight, global shipments of smartphones increased 74% in 2010 to 295 million units. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.4%, shipments are forecasted to reach 1,200 million…

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Vodafone pre-registration for iPad 2 opens

We’re just a few weeks away from the launch of the Apple iPad 2 and the networks are starting to come out of the woodwork. The first is Vodafone. Vodafone have opened up their web registration for the iPad 2 launch – it’s the 25th March just in case you have forgotten or live on…

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Google launches AdMob toolkit for Windows Phone 7

Google have launched an AdMob beta SDK for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) so Windows app developers can get access to revenue and advertisers can exploit the new OS. The new Beta WP7 developers allows developers to integrate advertising into their applications, control where the ads appear, and what types of ads are shown in their…

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