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comScore Reports November 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostJanuary 6, 2011Technologyamerican, android, apple, Comscore, comscore mobilens, Google, Microsoft, mobile phone, motorola, nokia, operating system, os, rim, smartphone

*Google Android Reaches #2 Spot among Smartphone Platforms*

RESTON, VA, January 6, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending November 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The November report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.5 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 33.5 percent market share. (more…)

Newspapers and Magazines Coming to Amazon’s Buy Once, Read Everywhere Kindle Apps – Starting with Kindle for Android

By Guest PostDecember 17, 2010TechnologyAmazon, android, android-powered devices, Google, iPhone, kindle app, kindle books, kindle for android, kindle newspapers, magazine, new kindle, newsweek, russ grandinetti, the atlantic, the new york times

*All of the features customers love about Kindle newspapers and magazines coming to Kindle for Android, including convenience of automatic overnight delivery of subscriptions, buy once and read across multiple devices and platforms, full text search and instant Wikipedia and dictionary lookup*

SEATTLE, Dec 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon today announced that Kindle for Android is the first Kindle app to receive an update that enables users to buy, read, and sync over 100 Kindle newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and many more. Kindle for Android users can now buy a single issue or subscribe to the most popular newspapers and magazines, have them automatically delivered to their Android-powered device, and enjoy a full color reading experience optimized for the touch interface of Android-powered devices. Additional new features include the ability to seamlessly buy and download Kindle books and periodicals within the Kindle for Android app, share reading progress via social networks, and zoom closer to images and other graphics. Kindle for Android is the first major e-book app to offer periodicals on the Android platform. The new Kindle for Android app is available from Android Market. Customers who have already downloaded Kindle for Android will receive the update automatically. Learn more about Kindle for Android at www.amazon.com/kindleforandroid. (more…)

comScore Reports October 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostDecember 3, 2010Technologyamericans, android, apple, Comscore, comscore mobilens, digital world, google android, Microsoft, mobile subscribers, motorola, nokia, oems, original equipment manufacturers, os, rim, Samsung, smartphone, smartphone operating system, Social networking sites, u.s. mobile phone industry

*Smartphones Now Used by 1 in 4 U.S. Mobile Subscribers*

RESTON, VA, December 3, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending October 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The October report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent market share. (more…)

IBM Survey: IT Professionals Predict Mobile and Cloud Technologies Will Dominate Enterprise Computing By 2015

By Guest PostOctober 8, 20101 commentTechnologyandroid, cloud computing, development, html5, iaas, ibm, ibm lotus connections, information technology professional, infrastructure as a service, ipad, iPhone, it, jim corgel, mobile, paas, platform as a service, playbook, software application, survey

ARMONK, N.Y. – 08 Oct 2010: Information technology professionals predict that mobile and cloud computing will emerge as the most in-demand platforms for software application development and IT delivery over the next five years, according to a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) survey released today. (more…)

Yahoo! Makes Searching More Relevant, Productive and Fun

By Guest PostOctober 7, 2010Technologyandroid, Facebook, flickr, iPhone, lady gaga, money never sleeps, rich content, search, shashi seth, Technology, Wall Street, Yahoo, Yahoo! Search

*New Features Help People Explore Their Interests and Do More*

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today introduced new Search enhancements that will help millions of people be entertained, productive, and informed anywhere they are across Yahoo!. Leveraging Yahoo!’s rich content and robust technology platforms, these new Yahoo! Search features will help people get to the entertainment and news content they care about on all connected devices — and do more with the things they find. (more…)

New Update Makes Kindle for Android Even Better

By Guest PostSeptember 23, 2010TechnologyAmazon, android, android-powered devices, dorothy nicholls, kindle, kindle apps, kindle for android, kindle library, shelfari, Wikipedia

*With new update, Amazon’s free Kindle app for Android adds new features including full text search, the ability to add notes and highlights and have them synchronized with other devices, voice search, Wikipedia lookup, and more*

SEATTLE, Sep 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Kindle for Android, the free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their Android-powered devices, now includes a number of new features that make it even better.

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European Smartphone Market Grows 41 Percent in Past Year

By Guest PostSeptember 14, 2010Technologyandroid, apple os, Comscore, digital world, eu5, european smartphone market, Google, jeremy copp, nokia, ovi store, smartphone, symbian 3, symbian platform, western european

*Nokia Continues to Lead Smartphone Market But Apple and Android Devices are Gaining Fast*

LONDON, U.K., September 14, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of smartphone use showing that the Symbian platform holds 54.4 percent of the Western European market. Despite Symbian’s continued growth in number of smartphone subscribers, its market share has fallen as growth in the Apple OS and Android (Google) platforms has surged in the past year.

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comScore Reports May 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostJuly 10, 20101 commentTechnologyandroid, apple, Comscore, digital world, Google, iphone 4, oem, operating system, original equipment manufacturers, os, smartphone

*Google’s Android Platform Continues to Snatch Smartphone Market Share*

RESTON, VA. – comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, released data (8th July) from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending May 2010 compared to the preceding three-month average.

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