Canalys study shows 11 percent growth in apps downloads
The biggest apps stores made $2.2 billion in revenue on apps in Q1 2013. There were 13.4 billion downloaded apps overall, more android downloads, but larger revenue by Apple. The four leading apps...
View ArticleFoxconn Profits Dive – Apple Surely To Blame
Foxconn, famed for its output of Apple iPhones and iPads, suffered a marked fall in sales in Q1, new figures reveal. Media agency Reuters, perused a company report for the three-month period to March...
View ArticleNokia Lumia Firmware Update Arrives
If you’ve recently been lapping up the Lumia loveliness then you might be pleased to learn that the resurgent Finnish company has released a firmware/driver update for the Windows Phone 8 devices,...
View ArticleApple Q2 stats show first year-over-year profit drop in last 10 years
Apple had released its fiscal second quarter earnings yesterday. Despite the fact, that no new igadgets were introduced this quarter, Apple managed to pull a great profit, albeit with lower margins,...
View ArticleMorphees, on-command shape-changing smartphones
Prototype of shape-shifting smartphones are believed to be the future of mobile communications. Researchers at Department of Computer Science of University of Bristol introduced a prototype of an...
View ArticleDevelop apps for women, and make more $!
Women buy 17 percent more apps than men spending 87 percent more money on apps. Women are more fascinated by information, like news and social media, while men dominate business apps and games. New...
View ArticleBlackberry devices and Samsung Android Knox good for Pentagon. iOS still...
BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 smartphones, and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets have received a green light from US Department of Defense. Also cleared was Samsung Android Knox....
View ArticleGoogle I/O – What’s new?
Google I/O conference in San Francisco kicked off on Wednesday morning. The three hour packed presentation of Google’s keynote speakers revolved around Android and Chrome as two main platforms as well...
View ArticleLenovo record-breaking revenue
Lenovo has the best quarter and best year ever. For the last quarter Lenovo reported $7.8 billion in revenue. Lenovo also beats its own annual record in revenue with $34 billion. The net income on...
View ArticleSamsung reports $23.63 billion in smartphone revenue in Q1 2013
Beating Apple to the punch, Samsung takes reign in smartphones sales in the first quarter of 2013. Taking the crown as the biggest smartphone seller, Samsung declares revenue made in sales of...
View ArticleSamsung acquired Boxee
Israeli based set-top company Boxee has been purchased by South Korean Samsung for $30 million. All staff of 45 will remain onboard of this streaming media firm including Avner Ronen, the president....
View ArticleRuntastic Reached 30 Million App Downloads
In a wake of 30 million downloads reached, Research2guidance spoke with founder of Runtastic, Florian Gschwandtner. Mr talked about apps, download stats and trends, and of course the future of apps...
View ArticleSamsung sells 2X as many smartphones as Apple in Q2
Newest numbers from IDC indicate that Samsung, the biggest smartphone maker, outsold Apple by 41.2 million units last quarter. Samsung sold 72.4 million smartphones in Q2 2013, while Apple shipped just...
View ArticleMobile web browsing vs desktop web browsing
There are 2.6 billion internet users today, but by next year there will be 41 percent household using internet. Next billion of internet users should be added within just 3 years. How do we use...
View ArticleSamsung shows another record-earning quarter
Samsung reports on another record-breaking quarter, while HTC records its first ever loss. Samsung reported third quarter’s earnings raising its operating profit of $9.4 billion (10.1 trillion South...
View ArticleApple event on Oct 22nd to unveil new iPads, OS X, and new Mac Pro
Apple’s fall event will likely, in less than two weeks, unveil new generation of iPads, new OS X and perhaps even a new Mac Pro tower. Apple event to bring us thinner, lighter and faster iPads, new Mac...
View ArticleBlackBerry takes $1 billion investment
Blackberry had a plan to go private by being bought off for $4.7 billion and it seemed that new owners were to take the Hamilton’c company over. BlackBerry announced yesterday that the buyout will not...
View ArticleMotorola Moto G launching tomorrow
Google has released their Moto X phone in August. The touch-less and always listening smartphone is not a tier-one kind, but it does have solid hardware, 24 hour battery, android 4.3 software with nice...
View ArticleXbox One Release date pegged for Friday Nov 22nd
Xbox One will be released at midnight of Friday November 22nd. A Day One update needs to be installed before first game is played. GameStop will be the first store to take your money. After 8 years of...
View ArticleAndroid 4.4 KitKat Coming Soon On Select Samsung Devices
The latest version of Android OS called KitKat 4.4 maybe on its way to Samsung devices very soon as Google hopes to bring a better Android experience to its Android users using the low to midrange...
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