Auto Trader launches image-driven iPad app
Auto Trader has released a dedicated app for iPad, designed as an image-driven way to browse the popular motoring site.
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One year on: The Times paywall reaches 100,000 digital subscribers
The number of digital subscribers to The Times and The Sunday Times has exceeded 100,000, one year after News International imposed a paywall on the two news sites.
iPad ‘now the sixth most popular mobile device in Europe’
Apple is now the largest mobile handset maker in Europe in terms of ad impressions, with the iPad tablet now the sixth most used device, according to new research.
World’s data ‘more than doubling every two years’
The world’s data is doubling every two years. The amount of data created in 2011 alone would be enough to fill 57.5 billion 32GB Apple iPads, which lined up would be the length of the Great Wall of China and twice its height, according to a new study.
Top 13 countries for tablet and mobile internet use
Canada is the top country for iPad use, Japan has most iPhone users and the US prefer Android phones, according to new data from comScore.
Top 20 UK apps: Google maps tops list
Google owns three out of the five top ranked apps, with mapping, the weather and Facebook proving the most popular mobile tools for Brits on the go, according to new research from comScore and GSMA. The study also showed that Apple’s iOS accounted for 65% of apps being used, more than double its closest rival … [Read more…]
Right to reply: iPhone Owners Ready For Mobile Wallet, Will Apple Deliver?
Despite the fact that Google was out in front of the pack with a mobile wallet announcement, a recent Pulse study from Retrevo, a shopping and review site specializing in consumer electronics, found that not only are iPhone owners more enthusiastic about a mobile wallet, but they want Apple to provide it. Andrew Eisner, Director … [Read more…]
Blackberry mobile use set to fall – Revenues and profits tumbling
It’s been a miserable year at Blackberry. Revenues are down, profits are down, and now RIM (the corporate operating company behind the brand) is planning job cuts to plug the gap. This isn’t a short term problem; failure to continue device innovation gives Blackberry a massive gap to fill vs Android, iPhone and newly energised … [Read more…]
Internet radio pioneer Pandora’s shares soar on stock float
Pandora Media saw its shares soar above expectations, as the US-based online radio firm floated on the New York Stock Exchange this week.
Nokia wins Apple iPhone patent case
Nokia has won a landmark case against Apple for using technologies patented by the Finnish phone giant in its iPhone.