This chart from internet infrastructure firm Akamai’s latest State of the Internet Report caught our eye: While global cellphone voice traffic has grown steadily over the years, data traffic has simply exploded.
Time spent in smartphone apps continues to grow, according to comScore’s latest US mobile app report. Americans spent almost 70 hours in smartphone apps, on average, in June (excluding the web browser). Younger users, aged 18- 24, spent more than 90 hours. More apps are also reaching larger audiences: 60 apps had more than 10 million unique visitors in June, up from 44 a year ago, according to comScore.
Reviews are emerging for Apple’s new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, which go on sale Sept. 25 in 11 countries. One common thread: The new phones are fast. In fact, they’re apparently as fast—or faster—than Apple’s newly designed MacBook laptop, which launched earlier this year.
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In the eight years since the first iPhone launched, no company has done more than Apple to change the dynamic and balance of power in the mobile industry.
When Steve Jobs introduced a major revision of the Apple TV streaming media device in 2010, he started by talking about what the company had learned about video from its customers since launching the first Apple TV three years earlier.
Apple, as expected, unveiled its latest iPhone models today, the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.
Apple will likely reveal new iPhones—and a new Apple TV living-room device—today at an event in San Francisco.
Apple is holding one of its trademark product keynote events today (Sept. 9) in San Francisco.
On Sept. 9, Apple is expected to unveil a new version of its Apple TV streaming media box. It’s the latest twist in a story that goes back more than 20 years, when Apple started trying to build mainstream television products on top of its capable-but-then-struggling Mac computer platform.
The Internal Revenue Service just issued a major setback to Yahoo as it prepares to spin off its stake in Alibaba: Yahoo just revealed via a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that its spinoff might not be so tax-free, after all.
Amazon is pushing the price on its entry-level tablet even lower this year: The company is set to offer a 6-inch tablet for $50, the Wall Street Journal reports (paywall), which is half the price of the retailer’s current 6-inch device.
Much of the interest in Apple this year has focused around the Apple Watch, which has proven itself an interesting gizmo, but not an overwhelming hit. Things could change next week, when Apple unveils what sounds like a powerful and interesting update to its Apple TV streaming media device.
America’s executive branch continues to build out its digital organization. Today, former Facebook product manager Josh Miller announced that he is joining the White House as its first director of product.
Apple could be going to Hollywood.
One of Apple’s top music executives, who joined in last year’s Beats Music acquisition, is already leaving.
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A look at the top 25 most popular mobile apps in the US, as measured by comScore, leads to several observations.
When Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus introduced significantly larger screens last year, it seemed an admission that Google Android handset makers—not Apple’s revered industrial design team—had figured out the ideal smartphone size. The decision seems to have paid off for Apple, particularly in its home US market, where it continues to gain market share—recently at Android’s expense.
A funny thing happened to Vine, Twitter’s short-form video app, after its initial buzz wore off: It kept going.
It seemed like a fitting time to make a change: If Jon Stewart was going to retire from The Daily Show after more than 16 years, we were going to cancel our cable television subscription.
Apple has announced its first Apple Music subscriber numbers, via an article in USA Today: After a month, 11 million people have signed up for trial memberships, with 2 million of those choosing Apple’s more expensive family plan for multiple users.
LinkedIn has grown to almost 400 million members by providing a free place to post your résumé. But for many, that’s hardly the most useful or interesting representation of their work experience.
