Nine Out Of Ten Apps On Apple's App Store Are Free
The Vast Majority Of Apps Are Free (Flurry)
And it keeps rising: 90% of Apple App Store
Nokia Sold 7.4 Million Lumias Last Quarter (The Verge)
That's more than BlackBerry sold last quarter. It's a new high for the struggling manufacturer, but it will need to see even bigger gains if it wants to put itself on stable ground. Read >
Microsoft Takes A $900 Million Surface RT-Related Hit (Business Insider)
The charge is related to inventory adjustment from its recent price change after poor initial sales. Read >
Motorola Lost $342 Million Last Quarter (The Next Web)
Revenues were up, but it lost "only" $199 million in the same quarter a year ago. Read >
Mobile Accounted For 29% Of Search Ad Clicks Last Quarter (MarketingCharts)
A new study from the Search Agency found that smartphones and tablets combined for a 29% share of search ad clicks last quarter, up from 17% a year ago. Smartphones saw a greater share increase than tablets. Read >
Survey Finds 14% Of Smartphone And Tablet Owners Watch TV On Their Devices (Bloomberg)
About 9% of TV app users access them daily or almost daily. The study by Parks Associates found that interest was higher among 18 to 34 year olds. Read >
Why Apple Still Has The Edge Over Android (Slate)
Farhad Manjoo argues that Android is a fine operating system, but most of the devices are poorly designed and executed. He sums up his argument, "This is one of the most important advantages Apple has over Android devices. When you buy an
Verizon Adds 941,000 Subscribers, Activates 3.9 Million iPhone In Second Quarter (The Verge)
It now has 100.1 million users, 64% of whom are using smartphones, up from 61% a year ago. Verizon says it activated 7.5 million smartphones last quarter, 6.4 million of which were LTE devices. Read >
Facebook Mobile Users Jumped Around 20 Percent In U.S. and UK In June (Reuters)
It's not clear what's behind the sudden surge in mobile users. Read >
New Nexus 7 Coming To Retail Outlets Next Week (Engadget)
The 32GB model will sell for $269.
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