Android’s got a taste for data. Users of the operating system have been shown to use more data than other smartphone users according to Nielsen, and while that might have been okay in the era of unlimited data plans, it’s becoming more of an issue as mobile data usage gets capped by carriers. But help...
Android and Apple together now account for nearly 70 percent of smartphone subscribers in the U.S., according to new estimates for July put out today by comScore. Android phones command nearly 42 percent market share, while Apple’s iPhone grew slightly to capture 27 percent. Android is growing faster, up 5.4 percent from April and...
In March, we covered the launch of Zite, a free, personalized iPad magazine that gets “smarter” as you use it. While at first I was slightly skeptical, the app has taken off, and every day I hear more people tell me it’s their favorite iPad news app. The reason is that reading news on Zite...
When iTunes Match was released yesterday to developers, we discovered that it seemed to allow you to stream music from your device or another computer as long as your music was uploaded to iCloud. Now Apple has told All Things D that it iCloud does not actually stream music and instead users are able...
Anyone who has been following the travails of the publishing industry knows that the business is in the throes of widespread disruption, thanks to the rise of the web and digital publishing, and what Om has called the “democracy of distribution.” But as author and academic George Monbiot points out in a recent piece...
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News today of changes at the top for European mobile advertising company Blyk, with co-founder Pekka Ala-Pietilä out as CEO — to be replaced by his colleague Eric Kip. The five-year-old startup, which essentially serves ads through personalized text conversations, announced the shift this morning, though it’s not clear what brought the move about....
Publicly-listed DG, which provides digital media solutions and tech to the advertising and entertainment industries, has agreed to take over Limelight Networks’ video and rich media advertising unit, EyeWonder, for roughly $66 million in cash. For the record: Limelight had acquired EyeWonder in 2009 for up to $110 million (in cash and stock). Founded...
Korean electronics giant is to invest over 10 trillion won ($9.3 billion) on research and development in an attempt to enhance its global competitiveness in the electronics, semiconductor and mobile phone industries, allocating funds to developing software within the company, Yonhap News reveals. The company is said to have already invested nearly 5 trillion...