
Android Tablets: 62 Pct. Of Sales But Only 23 Pct. Of Traffic
Gartner released new estimates of 2013 tablet sales on a global basis. The firm said that Android saw its market share go from 46 percent...

Apple Formally Introduces In-Car iOS Integration: CarPlay
formally announced “CarPlay.” The service was previewed last year and is being rolled out in vehicles from Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and...

1 Billion Smartphones: Samsung On Top But China Rising
Propelled by lower-cost handsets in emerging markets, global smartphone shipments hit or exceeded a billion units according to Strategy...

Apple Sees Record $57.6 Billion Revs, 51M iPhone Sales
beat consensus earnings estimates though some will regard it as a “mixed” quarter. Revenues were $57.6 billion — a new record. That’s up...

Opera: Android Has Reach But iPhones Drive More Revenue
Fourth quarter 2013 data from Opera Mediaworks (and its AdMarvel unit) show that Android handsets have greater reach than the iPhone on a...

How Many iPhones Did Apple Sell Last Quarter: 50 Million Or More?
release its fiscal Q1 and full-year results. We’ll find out the answer to a question and game that pundits and financial analysts play...

Nielsen: All Top Brands Lost Web Users To Mobile In 2013
According to data released last week by Nielsen, all the major web brands lost uniques on a year-over-year basis in 2013. The period...

What 2014 Holds For Mobile Marketing: 5 Predictions
It’s that time again. That’s right, I’m talking about 2014 mobile marketing prediction time. A few weeks ago, I asked some of my smart...

Apple: People Spent $10 Billion On Apps In 2013
press release stating that app store users spent more than $10 billion on apps and digital content for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad in...

Mobile Market: Windows Phone Flat, Pandora Now #2 App After Facebook
ComScore released US November smartphone metrics today. The company says smartphone penetration in the US is 63.8 percent. By comparison...

Report: Apple Gains Smartphone Share But The iPad Slips
analysis of smartphone and tablet traffic. Based on “tens of millions of smartphone and tablet online ad impressions from the Chitika...

Apple’s iOS Trumps Google’s Android On Christmas With 5X More Sales Driven Through iOS D
reports that IBM released numbers over Christmas showing how iOS drove five-times more mobile commerce sales than Android. In addition,...

Top Apps Vary From Apple To Google To Amazon’s App Store
published its list of top paid and free apps for 2013. Yesterday Nielsen reported its top US smartphone apps list (Android + iPhone). Now...

Apple: Games, Social And Video Dominate Top Apps Lists
The lists are a mix of “incumbents” and “insurgents.” Pandora remains in the top 10 (12 on the iPad list) and YouTube was number two on...

Apple Building Mobile Exchange, Shifting Focus To Radio
article in AdWeek, Apple is quietly building an RTB exchange to manage in-app ad buying. This is apparently at the direction of...

Study: iOS Remains Less Fragmented Than Android
Google and Chitika show that, despite improvements, the Android ecosystem is still more fragmented than iOS. Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and...

Facebook No. 1 Mobile App Of 2013 But Google Has 5 Of Top 10
Nielsen published a range of year-end data today. Among other things the measurement firm said that 65 percent of American cell phone...

Mobile/Location-Based Marketing Predictions For 2014 From 10 Experts
While I plan to do another “trends” post in early January (see what I had to say for 2013), in this post, I’ve asked several of my...

Apple Driving Indoor Location Revolution With iBeacons In All Its 254 Stores
In March the company bought WiFiSlam, and indoor location was suddenly on the map — so to speak. Since that time there’s been growing...
























