Google beats forecasts as mobile business begins to pay off
Google, the search engine giant, registered a 32 per cent jump in profits, beating market expectations and highlighting the success of its emerging businesses.
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Two in three publishers planning a iPad app- survey
Many UK publishers are planning to launch on a mobile platform, with the iPad, iPhone and Android being thetop three platforms top three platform picks, according to new research.
Research round-up: 15th October 2010
This weeks top digital trends: Display ads still top priority | Customer expectations online | Mobile Broadband | Online CRM | North American Apps | Online air travel check-in | Cloud Computing | Voice operated apps | Top 100 British icons
Smartphone video calls ‘will fail to reach mass market’- report
The number of smartphone users is forecast to reach 29 million by 2015 globally, but the percentage of smartphone users adopting video calling will remain below 10% by 2015 in all markets, according to a new study.
Right to reply: Windows Phone 7 – most important watershed for smartphone market since first iPhone
Microsoft is gearing up to unveil its new Windows Phone 7 operating system and a compatible range of devices. Ovum principal analyst Tony Cripps explains why its crucial that the software giant can take on the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the rapidly growing smartphone market.
Microsoft set to launch Windows 7 smartphone range
Microsoft is gearing up to unveil its new Windows Phone 7 operating system and a compatible range of devices at a New York event today, as the software giant looks to take on the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the fast growing smartphone market.
TheTrainline app lets travellers buy train tickets via mobiles
Thetrainine has launched a free app that lets users buy tickets via their mobiles to collect at the station.
Smartphones and app stores boost European betting industry
Consumer smartphone adoption has been a major driver in a resurgent European mobile gambling sector, with user numbers expected to rise by more than 60% in 2010, a new report from Juniper Research has found.
Android apps ‘secretly sharing user data’
Some of the most popular apps written for Google’s Android phones do not tell users what is done with data they gather, according to a new study.
Google buys BlindType to boost mobile touch typing
Google has acquired BlindType, a company that specialises in touch typing software for mobile devices, to boost company’s Android mobile operating system.