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Nielsen: 10 Android apps account for 43% of all usage

Ten Android apps account for nearly half of all usage, while most Android users spend close to an hour on apps and the web each day, according to a report by market research firm Nielsen. The top ten apps took up 43 per cent of user’s time, and the top 50 attracted 61 per cent, […]

August 19, 2011

Nielsen wants to measure iPad viewers

Nielsen has initiated tests with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems and two programmers to try to measure live TV viewing on the cable operators’ iPad applications. The effort is still in “an R&D stage,” said Matt O’Grady, Nielsen’s executive vice president of media audience measurement. Time Warner Cable has said its TWCable app for iPad […]

August 18, 2011

Galaxy ban lifted

The ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across Europe has been temporarily lifted while a court looks at whether the original ruling was appropriate. The ban was won in Germany following a patent filing by Apple which accused Samsung of “slavishly” copying the design of its iPad.But questions have been raised over […]

August 17, 2011

Google buys Motorola Mobility in $12.5bn deal

In a move which it suggests will “supercharge” its Android ecosystem, enhance competition, and offer “wonderful user experiences”, Google Inc. is to acquire Motorola Mobility – the part of the business which covers converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access […]

August 15, 2011

Boxee App for iPad

Boxee has confirmed the availability of its free app on Apple’s iPad. According to Boxee, the app consists of five major functions: Friends, Watch Later, Featured, PC to iPad and iPad to TV. Through the Friends function, Boxee delivers new videos friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr directly to the user’s iPad. The […]

August 11, 2011

Shipments of connected devices to exceed PCs in 2013

Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices will exceed those of the PC for the first time in 2013, according to IHS iSuppli. Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices, a category including a wide range of products from televisions to video game consoles, to Blu-ray players will surge to 503.6 million units in 2013, up from […]

August 10, 2011

Vudu on iPad

Vudu is making itself available on Apple’s iPad, a move that will help the streaming-video service expand distribution and keep pace with market leader Netflix. Vudu said in a joint statement with parent company and retailing powerhouse, Wal-Mart Stores, that iPad owners in the US can now access Vudu through their browsers (not through an […]

August 10, 2011

Hauppauge brings live TV to iPad

Hauppauge Digital, a developer and manufacturer of TV tuner products for personal computers, has confirmed the launch of the ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ application optimised for Apple’s iPad and available at no charge in the App Store. ‘WinTV Extend for iPad’ allows Hauppauge WinTV Extend customers to watch TV programmes live on their iPad in […]

August 5, 2011

Time Warner to debut UltraViolet cloud movies

Time Warner has confirmed that it is to introduce UltraViolet, the technology that bridges a single piece of content to a variety of devices, to its home movies the coming autumn. Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner’s chairman and chief executive, told analysts during a conference call that two movies, Horrible Bosses and Green Lantern, would be […]

August 4, 2011By Colin Mann

Mobile data bandwidth usage up 77%

Findings from the H1 2011 Allot MobileTrends Report suggests that mobile data bandwidth usage continued its steady rise, with 77 per cent growth during the first half of 2011 based on data collected from the service optimisation and revenue generation solutions specialist’s worldwide mobile operator customers. The report found that video streaming continued to show […]

July 26, 2011