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Tag: Apple
AT&T Call Protect Offers Free Fraud Blocking
Carriers may be motivated to shift mobile voice traffic to their LTE networks primarily to save costs, but as news today about a new AT&T capability called Call Protect illustrates, that move also can enable…
IDC: Smartphone Shipment Growth to Slow Sharply, Total 1.45 Billion in 2016
Global smartphone shipment growth will be just 0.6% year-over-year (YoY) in 2016 to total 1.45 billion units, according to the latest from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. That’s down sharply from 10.4% YoY growth…
Digital Media Player Survey: 58% Watch Regular TV As Well
A shift in factors motivating viewers to buy digital media players is under way, according to a new digital media player survey from GfK. Rather than considering them as the means to ¨cut the cord¨…
Global OTT Content Revenues to Reach $53.2 Billion by Year-End
Global OTT content revenues will increase from $47.7 billion in 2015 to $53.2 billion by year-end 2016, according to a new market research report from Future Market Insights. The roster of market leaders is chock…
Report: U.S. Connected TV Penetration to Reach 60% by Year-End, 202 Million Users in 2020
The connected TV market will surge higher out to 2020, when U.S. connected TV penetration will represent 71.2 percent of U.S. Internet users and 60.4 percent of the national population in 2016, according to new…
Parks Sees Apple Watch Market Share Gains Ahead Amidst Greater Device Engagement
New market research from Parks Associates reveals Apple Watch owners are more engaged with their connected wearable devices than other brands. Three in 10 Apple Watch owners (31%) use voice commands to search for information…
J.D. Power: Smartphone Satisfaction Higher Among Full-Service Subscribers
Smartphone satisfaction is higher for owners who contract with full-service wireless carriers than it is for those who purchase wireless service on a non-contract basis, according to Vol. 2 of the J.D. Power 2016 Full-Service…
Google Pixel Smartphone, Google Home, Google WiFi Avoid “Me Too”-ism
Google has avoided a “me too” approach with a range of new products announced yesterday – including the Google Pixel smartphone, a voice assistant for home control known as Google Home, a WiFi system that…
M2M Traffic Forecast: Cars to Generate 95% Through 2021
Growing demand for mobile data from new, in-vehicle entertainment services such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will generate lots of new cellular M2M data traffic, according to a new M2M traffic forecast from Juniper…
iPhone 7 Audio and Camera Capabilities Are Its Chief Innovations
The Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, announced today and available this month, have a range of new capabilities. But the most impressive capabilities are not related to the products’ role as communications devices…
MSI Finds Increased Interest in iPhone Among Samsung Users
Smartphone buyers are presenting Apple with an opportunity to gain market share at the expense of arch rival Samsung, according to Market Strategies International. Responses to an MSI survey conducted for the research firm’s ¨iPhone…
Wearable Device Shipments: A Tale of Two Markets – IDC
Wearable device shipments rose and reached 22.5 million units in 2Q’16 despite a drop in shipments for one of the market’s largest vendors, according to the latest market data from IDC. Overall, 2Q’16 wearable device…