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Mobile video viewing increased 719% between 2011 and 2013: Ooyala

April 2, 2014

Mobile viewership will double by end of 2015.

TV isn’t just a box in the living room anymore, it also includes smartphones and tablets. A new report from video services company Ooyala provides more evidence of that trend. By analyzing viewing data from 200 million people, the Global Video Index report found mobile and tablet viewing increased 719% from 2011 to 2013. In 2013 alone, the share of videos watched on mobile phones increased by 10 times.

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GameCase turns your iPhone and iPad into a game controller

September 28, 2013

GameCase

People are more likely to play smartphone and tablet games these days than buy a separate console to satisfy their inner gaming geek. Yet even casual gamers might want more control over their little addiction. That’s where the GameCase controller steps in.

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E-book sales are starting to fizzle out

August 9, 2013

E-books are more akin to audio books — a compliment to print, not a replacement.

An Association of American Publishers report says sales of e-books rose just 5 percent in the year ending in the first quarter of 2013, a big drop from the year earlier when sales grew 28 percent, and an enormous drop from two years ago, when sales jumped a crazy 252 percent.

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A third of smartphone owners go BYOD without IT department’s knowledge

June 6, 2013

The majority of staff who own a smartphone or tablet used them at work.

Employees continue to use their own smartphones and tablets at work without the approval of the company’s IT department. Just over half (56.8%) of 4,371 employees worldwide were using personal devices at work, according to a survey by analyst house Ovum.

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The PC industry is dying

April 9, 2013

The PC industry is dying, so let’s move on.

The market-research firm, Gartner, has finally come out and said it: The PC market is dying. Except it hasn’t said that, quite. But it is, and saying so is really important.

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How mobile devices have changed daily news consumption

April 9, 2013

Not all mobile devices are equal when it comes to access.

Smartphones and tablets have revolutionized how consumers access media content. But move away from the big picture and there are essential details to consider, such as when consumers access your content.

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Americans spend an average of 2 hours and 38 minutes per day on smartphones and tablets

April 5, 2013

Flurry Analytics began measuring mobile usage and helping developers sell ads when the iPhone was barely a year old and Apple had not yet launched the App Store.

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Moms lead trend in mobile shopping

March 13, 2013

Moms tend to lead shopping and mobile trends.

More shoppers are becoming increasingly comfortable using the smartphone or tablet to browse retailer offerings, look for discounts and compare products. For moms especially, who tend to lead shopping and mobile trends, the use of these smart devices may have reached the tipping point: Mobile has become more than a nice accessory to augment the shopping process; it has become an essential stop in the path to purchase.

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Tablet mobile traffic surpasses smartphone traffic

March 8, 2013

These days, if you are surfing the Web from a mobile device odds are you are doing it not from a smartphone, but from some type of tablet. For the first time tablets have surpassed smartphones for percentage of website views, according to a study done by Adobe.

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Most smartphone and tablet users don’t care if they run iOS, Android, or Windows

January 8, 2013

The survey found there is no widespread loyalty among consumers about operating systems.

Google and Apple better watch out. According to a new study by Accenture, two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners don’t have strong brand loyalty to any one particular operating system.

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TV still king in media consumption: Nielsen

January 8, 2013

Here is one more 2012 year-in review report from Nielsen, which examined how Americans have been consuming content over the course of the past year. Of the 289 million U.S. TV owners, the report found that 119 million own four or more television sets, making TV still the device to beat when it comes to watching and recording programs, among other things.

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Streaming video viewed on tablets is up 90%

November 20, 2012

People are shifting from the TV screen to smaller tablet screens for streaming video.

There has been a dramatic increase over the last six months in the amount of streaming video content veiwed on tablet devices, according to a report released by Ooyala’s Q3 Global Video Index. (Infographic)

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