“Entanglement” is one of the proverbial holy grails to which businesses aspire in their customer interactions. Essentially it is simply a snappy way of describing a deeply integrated relationship that makes it difficult for customers of a given business to leave for a competitor. In the business-to-consumer world tens of billions of dollars are spent annually to attract customers and the trick then becomes retaining them. Continue reading
Watch the Apple iPhone event – live! || “Apple iPhone 4S / 5 event live blog LIVE” http://ow.ly/6NdKH
In a two-hour event this morning at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters many people had expected the tech giant to unveil a completely new version of its adored iPhone. The company spent the first 55 minutes recapping their overwhelming success over the past several months and years, as well as unveiling several new features that will be in the new version of their mobile operating system (iOS). Critics and fans alike halfheartedly clapped their way through these announcements as most of them had been unveiled at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. When the moment had finally arrived to unveil the new iPhone it was not the iPhone 5 but rather a 4S that was revealed. Continue reading
Earlier today I was reviewing the usage statistics for this blog and was struck by some of the word patterns that emerged. Obviously when Steve Jobs announced his departure from an active management role at Apple, there were a number of posts in that vein as one would expect. However, there were quite a few other trends so I pulled all of the posts from the past quarter and dropped the titles into Wordle to see what else would emerge. Continue reading
HP and RIM do Apple a favor and deliver a blow to Android || “iPad, PlayBook Squeezed Android Tablets: IDC” http://ow.ly/6vhti
I’ll keep it short and sweet. Tablet shipments grew by 89% in Q2 2011 to a total of 13.6 million units and the (insanely) popular iPad 2 accounted for 9.3 million or 68% of the market. Android had enjoyed some pretty impressive growth over prior quarters (34% in Q1) but came in with a modest 26.8% this time around. Continue reading
The march of war between Android and iOS continues || “Android share balloons to 61% in July, iOS usage declines” http://ow.ly/6byaG
Google’s mobile operating system hits an all-time high || “Android captures nearly 50% of global smartphone market” http://ow.ly/5U7OI
According to research firm Canalys, Google’s Android mobile operating system has captured 48% of the world-wide smartphone market in Q2 2011 – a significant increase over the 32.9% figure held by the search engine giant in Q4 2010. The year-over-year figures were even more impressive as Android smartphone shipments were up 379% with 51.9 million units shipped.Over 50% of all mobile media consumption comes from Android users || “Android keeps lead over Apple on mobile network” http://ow.ly/5Hhky
Sadly health and education apps trail the pack || “Play Before Work: Games Most Popular Mobile App Category in US” http://ow.ly/5yhVl
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#iCloud is great for service providers – “Apple’s iCloud and what it means for wireless data service” http://ow.ly/5cpBu
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Android data use far outstrips all other platforms, is this a good thing? – “Android users download the most data” http://ow.ly/57GWc
