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Posted May 8, 2013, 7:30 AM by Wendy Boswell | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware With Video
There are wildly differing viewpoints on whether or not the tablet is on its way out, as you might guess. One perspective is that of the smartphone taking over what the tablet does; which is basically content consumption and creation, albeit the latter on a more limited scale than, say, a standard desktop or convertible Ultrabook.
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Posted January 16, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
This latest batch of rumors indicate Apple's next iPad Mini will feature a high-PPI "Retina" display, similar to its pricier (and bigger) brother. Meanwhile, the next iteration of the iPhone -- iPhone 5S, if history repeats itself -- could be released…
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Posted January 14, 2013, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
It appears sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet may have only performed half as well as analysts expected during Q4 2012. Industry researcher Brent Thill of UBS said that Microsoft only sold about one million units -- that's one million…
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Posted January 11, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News With Video
A quarterly report from industry analyst IDC indicates that PC shipments have been unusually soft. According to the group, PC sales dipped 6.4 percent in Q4 2012 when compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Q4 led to a 4.5…
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Posted December 19, 2012, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple
According to data furnished by MoPub and mulled over by TechCrunch, the number of iPhone users running iOS 6 jumped by 29 percent between December 11 and December 15. MoPub tracks over one billion ad impressions daily across many carriers and apps.
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Posted November 21, 2012, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
North American sales of tablets are poised to surpass laptop sales for the first time, claims industry analyst NPD DisplaySearch. The firm points out that sinking tablet prices (e.g. Nexus 7 @ $199, Amazon Kindle Fire @ $159) and ever-increasing…
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Posted November 9, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Apple
For the third year running, management consulting firm Booz & Co. has named Apple the world's most innovative company in its annual report, Global Innovation 1000 Study: Making Ideas Work. Booz & Co. bases its rankings on an analysis of the…
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Posted November 7, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
According to Sandvine, American monthly data use over fixed-line infrastructure has more than doubled this year. U.S. households averaged 23GB per month in 2011, but saw that number increase to 51GB in 2012. That's an increase of more than 120…
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Posted October 10, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
We've been hearing about a supposed post-PC era for some time now while tech pundits have continued to bandy about once unfathomable ideas like the death of PCs. And although PC manufacturers have struggled, the real-world results of hundreds of…
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Posted September 17, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Research firm Gartner reports that corporate spending on positive social media ratings and reviews will continue to swell by 2014. The expected result is a 10 to 15 percent increase in paid-for ratings and reviews, making the web an increasingly…
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Posted August 7, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
Analytics firm comScore has released the results of a three-month TabLens survey which aimed to discover more insight about tablet owners and what they like. The firm draws a number of conclusions from its results, but most notably it finds…
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Posted April 27, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
MoPub, a mobile ad company, claims that Apple's policy of rejecting ads which utilize unique device identifiers (UDID) is resulting in an ad revenue loss of 24 percent for iOS developers. MoPub arrived at this finding after analyzing three months worth…
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Posted April 26, 2012, 9:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
Thanks in part to industry efforts to make tablets both magical (video) and affordable, Forrester Research predicts that tablets will become the preferred computing device for millions of people by 2016. Global tablet sales have been steadily climbing and there's no doubt…
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Posted April 23, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Gaming
According to the NPD Group, for every five gamers in the U.S. who play freemium games, two of those individuals will purchase in-game content. Freemium, which also falls into the category of F2P or free-to-play, is a sales model where…
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Posted April 19, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Software With Video
A person's e-mail account can offer insight to that particular person. For example, do you promptly reply to other e-mails or do let them stew for a while? Are your replies paragons of brevity or do your replies blossom into…
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Posted January 5, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
According to DisplaySearch, an arm of the analytics firm NPD, netbooks will fade away while tablets and laptops shall continue to gain mobile PC market share until 2017. Tablets, in particular, are expected to continue their rapid growth. The firm's analysis of the "mobile PC" market...
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