Tag Archives: Mobile

Android web traffic share up 35%: iOS still dominates

Figures from Netapplications released today show that Android’s share of Web Traffic is up 35% year on year. Android devices now accounts for 26% of all mobile web traffic. Despite a 6.6% decrease in overall share, Apple’s iOS still accounts for 59% of mobile web usage. The figures are interesting because they don’t reflect the market share of these…

FedEx iOS app gets ‘Delivery Manager’ feature

The FedEx iOS app has received a new update today which brings a brand new Delivery Manager feature. Version 4.2 allows users to customize all of the options involved in package delivery. Users who have signed up for Delivery Manager will be able to schedule deliveries through the app, and also provide instructions for delivery drivers regarding…

EE to double UK 4G speeds in 10 cities

Everything Everywhere has announced plans to double the speed of its 4G network in 10 UK cities this summer. The move comes as part of the UK’s 4G rollout, which is still ongoing. Around 1 third of EE’s customers currently enjoy 4G speeds. EE has decided to really crank up speeds in the 10 biggest cities in the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff,…

iPhone users watch more web videos than Android users

According to a recent report, released by Ooyala, a majority of web videos watched by smartphones are watched on an iPhone. The study shows that iPhone users account for 67% of all smartphones watching web videos, and Android phones accounted for just 33%. The report also compared these numbers to the worldwide marketshare for the devices, and it is…

Gmail web app gets new interface to match its mobile counterpart

Gmail, at least in the web app form, as just received a make over. But this make over looked vaguely familiar…where from? The mobile app, that’s where. Gmail’s mobile application interface reworking that was introduced a short while ago has now found its way to the web application. For those of you that have decided against jumping on the native…

30% of mobile web traffic could be from tablets in 2013

It’s no lie, people love their tablets. It has become the easiest way for people to just relax, say, on their couch perhaps, and surf the web, so it’s no surprise that tablet web traffic has been increasing. A new report, however, is claiming that tablet web traffic could be 30% of the total mobile web traffic by the end of this year. Know what? That…

TweetDeck for mobile devices will disappear in May

If you are a fan of TweetDeck, you may want to start looking for a new Twitter app soon. The company, which was acquired by Twitter for $40 million back in 2011, announced today that the app will be removed from Apple’s App Store and Google Play in May of this year. While it seems like all bad news, there is an upside. TweetDeck will keep its PC and Mac…