Video Played on Mobile Devices, Tablets and Connected TVs Nearly Doubled in Q4 Ooyala, a provider of online video, recently published a report that documents the accelerating use of online video due…
Apple Now the World’s Largest Smartphone Maker
Gartner recently released a report naming Apple the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. The iPhone made up 23.8 percent of all smartphone sales in Q4 of 2011, selling 35.5 million phones. It was…
Cisco: Mobile Internet Devices to Outnumber People by End of Year
The number of mobile Internet devices will outnumber people by the end of the year, Cisco reported in its Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update. “By the end of 2012, the number…
Mobile Billing: The New Frontier of Mobile Marketing
By Erdolo Eromo*, MBA The mobile industry is growing rapidly both domestically and internationally. Many aggregators such as Mobile Messenger (MM) are concentrating on this industry as a new and thriving market.…
Mosoro, the Bluetooth Accessory Startup, Raises $1.5 M
Mosoro, a Bluetooth accessory startup that utilizes internal sensors to do everything from judge your golf swing to streaming media directly to a device, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding.…
IDC: Apple Now Third Largest Phone Manufacturer
Now the largest smartphone in the world, Apple claimed ranks as the third largest phone manufacturer in the world, according to recent IDC research. Now available in more than 90 countries, the…
Android Smartphones Near 50% of Market Share
Google Android is the world’s most popular smartphone platform with 47.3 percent of the market, up 2.5 percentage points since September, according to recently released figures from comScore. The research company studied…
Sculpteo App Designs and Prints 3D Objects from iPhone
Sculpteo, the 3D printing service, recently unveiled an app that allows you to design 3D objects, upload the design to the cloud, and then receive a ceramic creation of the design in…
Mobile App Usage Surges as Web Usage Wanes
The Internet continues to become increasingly mobile as usage jumps from the desktop to people’s pockets, and social networks like Facebook are likely adding to that agility, according to research recently released…
Paypal’s Mobile Payments Hit $4 B in 2011, Predicts $7 B in 2012
Ebay’s Paypal hit $4 billion in mobile payments in 2011, surpassing the company’s original predictions of $1.5 billion, and a significant increase from the $750 million in mobile payments the company processed…