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Apple App Store’s biggest December ever: 2B iOS apps downloaded
Apple releases iOS app sales stats from a pretty impressive holiday sales month. Plus, the company gives a broader status update about the health...
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- t’s no surprise that more Android and iOS devices are activated on Christmas Day than on any other day of the year. Yet on Christmas Day 2012, more iPhones, iPads, Galaxies, Kindle Fires, and so on were activated than on any other day in history, 2.5 times more than on Christmas Day 2011. Read Christmas Day 2012 saw a record 17.4m Android and iOS device activations, 2.5x more than in 2011
- Top dog at RIM Thorsten Heins heavily implied that video chat would be added to BBM when BlackBerry 10 showed up, and now possible confirmation of the feature has come from what are thought to be leaked presentation slides. Read 'Leaked' BlackBerry 10 info shows video chat and screen sharing in BBM, new task manager
- Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system now has a total of 35,0000 applications in its Store, according to tracking website MetroStore Scanner. Read Adding 415 apps daily, Windows 8 blows past the 35,000 app milestone
- Non-iPad web traffic is growing, but it’s still a tiny fraction of what Apple’s iconic tablet pulls in. Read For every 100 web pageviews on an iPad, a Kindle gets 5, a Galaxy gets 3, and a Surface gets 0.22 Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/27/for-every-100-web-pageviews-on-an-ipad-kindle-gets-5-galaxy-gets-3-and-surface-gets-0-22/#bV7GdOPuAmHR5uTu.99
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Apple Wins Strategically Important Micro SIM Patent
The timing of Apple's new micro SIM connector patent couldn't have been more perfect in light of the battle between Nokia and Apple over the design...
Google and Motorola draw up plans for “X phone”
Google's hoping to one-up Apple with some sweet new tech. Read Google and Motorola draw up plans for “X phone” Even with Apple’s launch of the ...