Apple continued to top the ranks of the world’s smartphone manufacturers and Google’s Android continued as the #1 smartphone platform during the three month period ending March, according to the latest from the comScore MobiLens market research service. Apple smartphones accounted for 39% of OEM...Learn More

For the first time, more smartphones than feature phones were shipped worldwide in 1Q 2013 as the global market for mobile phones grew 4% year over year, according to the latest data from IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 418.6 million mobile phones in 1Q13...Learn More

Apple topped the ranks of U.S. smartphone manufacturers and Google the ranks of smartphone platform providers in the three-month period through the end of February, according to comScore’s latest MobiLens smartphone research service. There were 133.7 million smartphone owners in the U.S. as of the...Learn More

Data caps and issues with connectivity are limiting the potential boost to worker productivity afforded by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon, according to the latest Mobile Workforce Report from iPass, a provider of mobility services for enterprises and telecom service providers. More than...Learn More

Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices rose 29.1% year-over-year (y-o-y) in 2012, exceeding the 1 billion-unit mark and valued at $576.9 billion. Surging tablet shipments was the primary driver, rising 78.4% y-o-y to surpass 128 million, according to the latest report from the International Data...Learn More

The young, emerging market for personal cloud storage is a fiercely competitive one, with niche providers, data center specialists, Internet e-tail industry heavyweights, content distributors and telecompetitors all vying to store consumers’ data in the cloud. According to Strategy Analytics‘ “Cloud Media Services” survey, Apple...Learn More

Some 129.4 million Americans owned smartphones during the three-month period ending this January, up 7% since October for a market penetration of 55%, according to comScore’s latest MobiLens report. Apple topped the ranks of smartphone OEMs as its U.S. market share increased 3.5% to 37.8%...Learn More

Vendors shipped 367.7 million “Smart Connected Devices” – desktop and portable PCs, tablets and smartphones – in 4Q 2012, a 28.3% year-to-year rise. Higher tablet and smartphone shipments fueled the gain, more than making up for declines in desktop and portable PC shipments, according to...Learn More

Retail sales of consumer electronics (CE) technology fell for the second year running in 2012, declining 2% to nearly $143 billion following a drop of less than 1% in 2011, according to The NPD Group. Sales of consumer tech for the industry sector as a...Learn More

Both Apple and Samsung surpassed Nokia as the most popular mobile vendors in terms of worldwide Internet usage for the first time, according to new research results from StatCounter, an independent provider of website analytics. Apple took over the #1 slot in January for the...Learn More

Having skyrocketed as Apple released a string of innovative and pioneering portable and wireless devices over the past decade, Apple’s share price has – uncharacteristically – been a laggard recently, even as broad stock market indices reached new five-year highs. A new report from ABI...Learn More

In keeping with its low cost heritage, Walmart is introducing a somewhat compelling offer for prepaid wireless service. Their latest offer, through their Straight Talk Wireless unit, provides unlimited talk, text, and data services on either an Apple iPhone 4 or 5 for $45 per...Learn More