No, we don't really need another smartphone OS |
| No, we don't really need another smartphone OS Posted: 02 Jan 2013 03:11 PM PST  Commentary Would you ever consider buying a smartphone running Ubuntu, Tizen, or Firefox as its operating system? For most of you, the answer is and will probably remain: no. Why would you? Android and iOS fight for worldwide domination, with no signs of slowing down. Both have extremely well-developed ecosystems that make sharing information across services and even across individual handsets a fairly simple, unified process. App development is strong, and OS updates are regular enough to give phone owners new party tricks to show off. In the meantime, Microsoft is still reaching deep into its pockets to secure double-digit market share, and RIM hopes its upcoming Blackberry OS 10 hail Mary will win back its former fan stronghold. Related stories |
| Record iOS, Android app downloads tallied in last week of 2012 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 09:18 AM PST  The last week of 2012 saw a significant surge in the number of apps downloaded by iOS and Android users, according to new data from research firm Flurry Analytics. From December 25 through December 31, 1.76 billion applications were downloaded by iOS and Android users, up 65 percent compared with the weekly average of 1.07 billion between December 4 and December 17. On Christmas Day alone, 328 million applications were downloaded across iOS and Android. Flurry's data was taken from analysis it performed on more than 260,000 applications available on iOS and Android. The company claims to be able to detect 90 percent of all new devices activated each day, and its analytics service for developers is running on more than one-quarter of the programs downloaded daily on Apple's App Store and the Google Play marketplace. All of that data is then compared to publicly available figures released by Apple and Google to maximize reliability. Related stories |
| You are subscribed to email updates from The Download Blog - CNET To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
0 comments:
Post a Comment