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Apple iOS Platform Outreaches Android by 59 Percent in U.S. When Accounting for Mobile Phones, Tablets and Other Connected Media Devices

By Guest PostApril 19, 2011Technologyandroid phones, apple ios, apple ipad, apple ipad users, apple user base, Comscore, comscore mobilens service, first public data, ipad, ipod touch, mark donovan, mobilens service, samsung galaxy tab, smartphone

*comScore Releases First Public Data on Apple iPad Users from MobiLens Service*

RESTON, VA, April 19, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a U.S. study of Apple iPad owners, based on data from the comScore MobiLens service. The report includes comScore’s first publicly available data showing demographics and other characteristics of users of connected media devices, such as the iPad and iPod Touch. Initial research indicates that Apple’s iOS platform, which resides on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, has a combined platform reach of 37.9 million among all mobile phones, tablets and other such connected media devices, outreaching the Android platform by 59 percent.

“comScore is excited to announce the availability of connected device data as part of the comScore MobiLens service,” said Mark Donovan, comScore senior vice president of mobile. “This new data set enables us to not only understand the comprehensive ecosystem of mobile and connected media device users, but it also allows us insight into their detailed demographic and behavioral attributes.” (more…)

Introducing Livestand from Yahoo! – A Personalized Digital Newsstand for Tablets and Mobile Phones

By Guest PostFebruary 10, 2011Technologyadvertisers, android, blake irving, company, digital media, flickr, ipad, livestand, mobile phones, publishers, scalable platform, tablets, Yahoo

*Scalable Publishing Platform Will First Come to Life with Yahoo!’s Vast Digital Content Library*

SUNNYVALE, CA – February 10, 2011 – Yahoo! Inc. today announced Livestand from Yahoo!, a digital newsstand that continually offers new content to consumers, based on their interests. Launching first for tablets, Livestand from Yahoo! will enable publishers and advertisers to seamlessly distribute content across tablets and mobile phones in an experience that is elegant and personalized to the individual.

Designed to initially power Yahoo!’s vast digital content library – which includes Sports, News, Finance, Flickr, omg!, and the Yahoo! Contributor Network – Livestand from Yahoo! leverages Yahoo!’s strengths in content and personalization and re-imagines them into a new kind of experience for the rapidly growing tablet and mobile phone categories. (more…)

Amazon’s Kindle Digital Text Platform Extends 70 Percent Royalty Option to Books Sold to Canadian Customers

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2011TechnologyAmazon, android, book, canadian customers, dtp, ipad, iPhone, ipod, kindle 3g, kindle digital text platform, kindle direct publishing, kindle dx, royalty, russ grandinetti, windows phones, worldwide

*Authors and publishers can now earn more money on every book sold to Canadian customers Kindle Digital Text Platform changes name to Kindle Direct Publishing*

SEATTLE, Jan 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that the popular Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is extending the 70 percent royalty option to include books sold to Canadian customers. This royalty option is available for books sold to Canadian customers from the Kindle Store for Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, or one of the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, Windows Phones and Android-based devices. Kindle Digital Text Platform is also changing its name to Kindle Direct Publishing. (more…)

Amazon to Introduce Free Kindle Apps Tailored for Android and Windows LCD Tablet Computers

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2011TechnologyAmazon, dorothy nicholls, ipad, kindle, kindle apps, kindle books, kindle store, lcd tablet computer, pearl e ink display, whispersync technology

*New tablet computers coming in 2011 will have access to Amazon’s free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” apps that let readers choose from over 775,000 Kindle books and read them across the most popular devices and platforms*

SEATTLE, Jan 04, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — For over two years, Amazon has been building and introducing a wide selection of free “Buy Once, Read Everywhere” Kindle apps to enable customers to read their Kindle books on the most popular devices and platforms. Last year, Amazon tailored a Kindle app specifically for the size, look and feel of the iPad and it has become a top ten free app for iPad. Today, Amazon announced that Kindle apps will also be tailored specifically for Android and Windows based tablets to enable customers to access the Kindle Store, and with it the largest selection of the books people want to read. Like all Kindle apps, the new Kindle apps built for Android and Windows tablet computers will let customers “Buy Once, Read Everywhere”–on Kindle, Kindle 3G, Kindle DX, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, PC, BlackBerry, and Android-based devices. For more information about the free Kindle apps, go to www.amazon.com/kindleapps. (more…)

Oprah’s New Book Club Selections “A Tale of Two Cities” and “Great Expectations” Are Free on Kindle

By Guest PostDecember 7, 2010Culture, Technology65th oprah book club, a tale of two cities, Amazon, android-based devices, charles dickens, classic dickens books, classic novels, e-ink, free kindle books, great expectations, ipad, iPhone, ipod touch, kindle, penguin edition, russ grandinetti, victorian world

*The works of Charles Dickens and millions of other out-of-copyright works are available on Kindle for free*

SEATTLE, Dec 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The 65^th Oprah Book Club pick is a Charles Dickens double-header. The selections are “A Tale of Two Cities” and “Great Expectations,” and Amazon.com today announced that both are available on Kindle for free, along with millions of other out-of-copyright works. These free Kindle books can be read on the bestselling $139 Kindle (www.amazon.com/kindle) with new, high-contrast Pearl e-ink or on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, BlackBerry, Android-based devices, PC, and Mac using free Kindle reading apps (www.amazon.com/kindleapps). (more…)

Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 39% to $7.56 Billion

By Guest PostOctober 21, 2010Technology2010, Amazon, blackberry playbook tablet, customers care, ec2, elastic compute cloud, elastic load balancer, electronic-ink screen, financial results, founder, ipad, jeff bezos, kindle, kindle 3g, kindle dx, net sales, operating cash flow, oracle, rds, relational database service, third quarter, Wi-Fi

SEATTLE, Oct 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Operating cash flow increased 16% to $2.62 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $2.25billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2009. Free cash flow decreased 5% to $1.83 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $1.92 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2009. (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…)

Amazon Announces 70 Percent Royalty Option for Kindle Digital Text Platform in the UK

By Guest PostOctober 6, 2010Technology70 percent royalty, aAndroid-based devices, Amazon, authors, dtp, greg greeley, ipad, iPhone, ipod touch, kindle 3g, kindle digital text platform, kindle dx, kindle store, mac, pc, popular books, publishers, uk

*Starting today, authors and publishers worldwide can earn more royalties from every Kindle book sold in the UK*

LUXEMBOURG, Oct 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that the 70 percent royalty option for the Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) is now available in the UK. For each book sold from the Amazon.co.uk Kindle Store, authors and publishers can choose this option immediately and start earning a 70 percent royalty, net of delivery costs. The Kindle Digital Text Platform (https://dtp.amazon.co.uk) is a fast and easy tool which allows publishers and authors around the world to add their books and start selling in the UK Kindle Store (and Amazon’s global Kindle Store on www.amazon.com) in minutes. (more…)

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