2012-05-17

New Google Data Shows Smartphone Adoption and Business Insight

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Our Mobile Planet by Google offers important insight into the use of search, video, social and email behavior, as well as mobile research and purchase intentions. Businesses can use the data on the site to gain a deeper understanding of the mobile consumer and make data-driven decisions on how to use mobile to help grow their business faster.

Top App: Dictionary.com Word Dynamo for iPad

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Word Dynamo for iPad is a game-based word learning tool that offers a customizable and engaging experience, enhancing students’ language command and general academic performance.

comScore Mobile Metrix 2.0 Measures Social Media Mobile Usage

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comScore Mobile Metrix 2.0 provides actionable Insights into consumers’ mobile behaviors. Learn which sites and apps attract the largest mobile audiences and account for the greatest share of time spent; and which sites and apps enable you to reach your desired target audience with mobile advertisements faster and more effectively.

Smartphone Junkies Shop More

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A new Harris Interactive poll shows that Americans are eagerly adopting the mobile phone for all aspects of shopping, from product research to purchase via the device.

KODAK Gallery Strategy: Monetizing Mobile Photo Sharing

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KODAK Gallery iPhone print to store app already ranks in the top 20 free photo apps in the Apple App Store and in the top five in the Amazon Appstore.

Instagram Reaches 40 Million Users

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Instagram, the free photo sharing program launched in 2010, reached 40 million users, with 10 million new downloads in the first 10 days after the program became available on Android too.

GetResponse for Android: More Control for Your Email Campaigns

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GetResponse offers a new Android App that gives email marketers control of their campaigns, marketing lists and email reports straight from their phones.

FotoPunch: Mobile Time and Attendance Solution

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With patent-pending Facial Recognition Technology, and patent-pending GPS technology, FotoPunch is a new development in employee management and time tracking.

Apple to Refund iPad Buyers in Australia

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Apple Australia will refund iPad users because the device doesn’t work in 4G networks as advertised. Apple sells the new iPad in two variants: Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 4G, but it seems that only some of the networks offering 4G services in the world are compatible with the device. The new iPad is compatible with [...]

5 Million Galaxy Notes Shipped in Just 5 Months

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Samsung Galaxy Note reached the 5 million sales milestone in ’global cumulative sales’ of its supply chain in only five months from the launch. Samsung says that China, Spain and France contributed the largest share of purchases in its overseas markets, but Korea remains the top sales market with 67% of all shipments made.