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Surprise? Online Sentiment Favors Samsung over iPhone [with charts]
Apple fanbois have a new target for proselytizing. Social media research specialist DigitalMR reports that iPhone ranks in fourth place when it comes to online discussion, after Android models from Samsung, HTC and Motorola.
AppTap Raises $4 Million for Monetization Platform
AppTap, the Reston, Va.-based developer of a contextual app recommendations platform and ad network, said on Thursday it has raised $4 million in a new round of funding, led by Syncom Venture Partners.
Verivo, Previously Pyxis Mobile, Secures $17 Million
Pyxis Mobile, a Waltham-based provider of technology that helps businesses build and manage mobile apps, has raised $17 million in a round of venture capital, and changed its name to Verivo Software.
Code Factory's Mobile Accessibility Free to Sprint Customers [with demo video]
Sprint is offering Code Factory’s $99 Mobile Accessibility suite free of charge to customers who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise cannot read smartphone screens.
App Development Costs Exceed Earnings [with chart]
According to mobile research and consultancy firm research2guidance, 2011 saw application download revenues of $ 6.8 billion. Meanwhile, the market for mobile app development services reached $20.5 billion during the same period.
Can You Afford to Ignore a $25.1 Billion Industry?
No company involved with entertainment can afford to ignore gaming. Besides the obvious developers, publishers and hardware manufacturers, anyone who controls any kind of intellectual property or who wants to reach today’s consumers needs to look at the opportunities games offer. The first dedicated Games Summit at CES zeroes in on what’s important.
Research: How QR Codes Could Improve [with charts]
New research from Chadwick Martin Bailey found that half of appropriately capable smartphone owners had scanned a QR code, and a fifth of those had gone on to make a purchase. It also pinpointed ways to improve those numbers.
Burnett and Downey Partner on 'Bible' Companion App [with demo video]
Transmedia entertainment producer Mark Burnett and actor Roma Downey have partnered with Immersion Digital and Zondervan on Bible360, a free app that melds the religious text together with multimedia, interactivity and social media.It stands alone and also will serve as a companion to a 2013 History Channel series.
Ten Predictions for Wireless in 2012
Juniper Research has gathered together a list of its top ten predictions for the coming year, led by its forecasts for the effect of financial conditions and the impact of the 2012 Olympics in London.
Free Official App Brings Times Square to You Live [with video]
Times Square’s famous New Year’s Eve Ball has its own app, courtesy of the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, along with Toshiba and Livestream. Users of the free app can watch more than six hours of live commercial-free streamed entertainment, plus other exclusive video content, social media integration, and information including the event's history, news, weather, photos, relevant maps and live show schedule.
