See that chart above? Take a moment to analyze the chart. Keep in mind, “other smart” means Android, as per Benedict Evans’ website that put this together. What do you notice about the dark magenta and the yellow-orange lines? They both are fairly straight, dipping at some points and growing at others but in a way that is very minimal and flat almost….
Despite Androids much larger share of the smartphone market, it has emerged today that Apple’s iOS platform is drawing in more advertising spending than its Ice Cream Sandwich flavoured rival. Mobile advertising spending is up compared to last years holiday quarter, and advertisers are favouring iOS over Android when it comes to spending. The…
Pocket is celebrating its official anniversary, meaning it has been one year since the company changed its name from Read It Later to its current moniker, Pocket. To celebrate this landmark, the company has added a new feature to its popular apps, which are currently on Android, iOS, Mac, Safari, and Chrome. The big new feature is called Send to Friend,…
The “platform wars” that is iOS vs Android can be looked at in many ways. One of them being “Who makes more money?” and another being “Who has more marketshare?” Well, depending on which side you look at will determine what answer you get. Look at it from the marketshare point of view, or as some (including myself) will say, Android’s over-saturation of the…
Facebook released its new “Home” app on Android last week, aas well as debuting a new HTC First device on which Facebook Home will be featured. The app essentially overtakes the home screen on Android and centers the entire user interface around the user’s Facebook account. Those who felt left out using Apple’s iOS may not be left out for long. It is…
In the smartphone world over the past few years, a weird fanatic mentality has grown at a steady pace. Although the term “fanboy” was always applied mostly to Apple appreciators who were snobbish about using anything other than their beloved Cupertino-designed gadgets, it can now be used more broadly to define anyone who has a preference towards one…
Ever since the iPhone 4, the flagship Apple smartphone has always had one of the better cameras on the market. Sony, in days gone by, used the CyberShot brand to include some great snappers in its own devices, and the 13.1MP camera in its latest Xperia phone promised a lot. And then there’s the big talking point of the current day: HTC’s “UltraPixel”…
The latest figures from Canalys shows that in Q1 of 2013, 13.4 billion apps were downloaded across the four major smartphone operating systems. Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry combined to produce a massive app revenue of $2.2 billion, coming from sales, purchases and subscriptions. With the biggest market share Android saw the most…
Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein research has suggested two reasons why Android tablets are not beating the iPad, despite the fact that Android is dominant in the smartphone market. The two reasons? Price and distribution. Sacconaghi highlights the fact that the iPhone is distributed by just 240 carriers, significantly less than Samsung and Nokia, who…
Facebook has finally released its new software, “Home”. Facebook Home is a set of apps and a home screen replacement setup for android phones, which immerses the user in a Facebook experience embedded in Android like never before. The idea of “Home” is to move away from the experience of using apps, and instead design a user experience based around…
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