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Zippo app hits 10 million downloads
The US developer of the virtual Zippo iPhone lighter app Skyrockit , recently announced that its app has passed the 10 million downloads milestone on the Apple iTunes app Store. The app was launched back in September 2008, and lets users flick on a virtual lighter flame, with branding from lighter firm Zippo. The app…
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Mobile users view most between 7pm and midnight
Measurement firm Ground Truth’s first study of mobile media usage in the United States by time of day, found that in the month of April, 32 percent of daily page views occurred between 7pm and midnight, with the highest volume occurring at 9pm, local time. The figures from Ground Truth’s April census of 4.24 million…
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Mobile app revenues to exceed $30 billion by 2015
Analysts Juniper Research www.juniperresearch.com forecast that, the combined revenues from apps funded by pay-per-download (PPD), value-added services (VAS, including “freemium” and subscription) and advertising, including apps on portals and dedicated app services like iTunes etc is expected to rise from just under $10 billion (£6.9 billion) in 2009 to $32 billion (£20.7 billion) in 2015.…
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Getjar hits a billion downloaded apps
Less than 24 hours after Apple announced that their 100 million iPhone and iPod Touch “IOS” devices had collectively downloaded 5 billion apps, and created $1 billion dollars of revenue, app store GetJar announces their own set of records. GetJar (www.getjar.com), is now calling itself the world’s second largest app store, and has announced that…
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UK iPad launch surpasses US launch
Web watchers, Quantcast, have published early figures for iPad use in the UK, and they show that the UK is taking to the iPad like a duck to water, people to tablets etc. As we can see, the response so far looks very strong. According to Quantcast if you compare the US response to the…
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iPhone 4 goes to O2
O2 are to announce an upgrade deal for iPhone users who want to get hold of the latest iPhone 4.0. Just moments after Steve Jobs completed the announcement of the device we’ve all been calling “the device that the guy left in the bar”, and that we’ve all seen for the last month on Gizmodo…
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Britain says no to paying for online news
Media lawyers Wiggin’s annual look at how we use digital media in the UK shows that we hate paying for news content online, we like online magazines, we’re obsessed with social media particularly Facebook, and we’re all dying to make Steve Jobs the happiest man on Earth. According to the survey while TV watching still…
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Three gets iPad pricing right
Three, are the latest network to enter in to the iPad data plan market, ready for the UK launch on Friday, and their pricing is keen to say the least. They also have a network that unlike some of their competitors is actually very fast, although in our experience it’s also a little patchy in…
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iPad to be on sale in Dixons/Currys/PC World
If you want an iPad on Friday your best bet is to start camping outside one of the 139 Dixons Group stores, as you’ll have no luck at an Apple store, and you’re way out of luck if you’ve ordered online. According to the Times and confirmed on the Register the iPad will go on…
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Dell Streaks to O2
O2 have the drop on the rest of the networks with today’s announcement that they’re getting the exclusive on the Dell Streak. The launch date is described by both Dell and O2 as “early next month” with the Streak being sold in O2 stores, online at O2 and Carphone Warehouse. “The Dell Streak is a…
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iPhone gadget of the week
You’re out and about and your iPhone is about to die and you’ve left the charging cable at home. What do you do? Simple get out your ScoSche flipSYNC cable out and you can plug your iPhone in to any USB port. It’s so small that it fits in to it’s own handy key chain.…
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AdMob now in the Google fold
Google confirmed on its official blog that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved Google’s acquisition of mobile advertising platform AdMob with the Commission vote on closing the investigation standing at a unanimous 5-0. Interestingly, while Google report it as a straight approval, the actual wording from the FTC is not quite so straightforward.…
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MEX celebrates good mobile design
The winners of the 2010 MEX User Experience Awards http://www.mobileuserexperience.com were announced this week, and anyone looking for some good examples of mobile design, and mobile user experience are recommended to take a look at the entries. Innovator of the Year MX series by Movirtu with frog design Judges’ quote: “We chose MX Series because…
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e-commerce bounces back – the Internet recession is over
E-commerce is back up to double digit year-on-year increases for the first time in six quarters, and while this is not strictly a mobile story, it will undoubtedly have an influence on the mobile sector. comScore’s Q1 2010 US retail e-commerce sales estimates, showed that online retail spending neared (£23.5 billion) $34 billion for the…
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BlackBerry users have a life, reveals Bango
According to statistics released by analytics and payment network Bango, BlackBerry users in the US now browse the internet more outside of main business hours. The stats show that, 6am to 8am and 6pm to 8pm are the busiest times for mobile web access. Contrary to the traditional view that BlackBerry owners use the device…
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Apple beware, Android and Ovi are getting big
A couple of new snippets of info on the apps market released this week show that you’d be silly – nay stupid – just to concentrate all your efforts on building apps for the Apple platforms. There was plenty of big news for Android developers released at this week’s Google I/O jamboree in San Francisco’s…
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UK iPad sales predicted at 585k in 2010 and 8.1 million worldwide
The iPad is such a hot property that, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky sales of the tablet are likely to hit over 8 million worldwide with of 585K units in the UK. “Checks indicate that US iPad sales remain strong post-launch, driven by rising consumer visibility to iPad’s user experience, sustained PR/word-of-mouth…
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iPad users 350% hungrier than iPhone users
The iPad may not have yet officially been launched in the UK, but that isn’t stopping the device from performing better for retailers than the iPhone, in fact 350% better. Despite having not being released in the UK yet, an initial like-for-like comparison of conversion rates of visitors to buyers on UK takeaway website Just…
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Music to my mobile ears – Not
According to a release from ComScore 54m mobile users in the five biggest markets in Europe are listening to music on their mobiles, but only 4.3m of them are downloading. The ComScore stats for five key European countries: the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Italy reveal that 23.8% of mobile users across those markets are…