More than half of the TV sets shipped worldwide in 1Q’16 were smart TVs, according to new smart TV shipments data from IHS Technology. That includes North America, where smart TVs accounted for 56 percent of 1Q’s total, IHS said…
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TV Everywhere Trends Report: 100% Growth in One Year
TV Everywhere (TVE) viewing doubled in the past year, according to a TV Everywhere trends report from Adobe Digital Index (ADI). Authenticated TVE viewing increased 58 percent quarter-to-quarter in 1Q´16, according to ADI. Sports and television premieres were the primary…
IDC Forecasts Declining Smartphone Growth Rate
A revised forecast from IDC calls for a declining smartphone growth rate. Global smartphone shipments will increase only 3.1% year-over-year (YoY) in 2016, markedly slower than the 10.5% rate originally forecast, according to IDC. Global smartphone shipments will total 1.48…
NPD Finds Strong Interest in Smart Home Voice Control
U.S. Internet users are increasingly turning to smartphones and voice command applications in order to control and otherwise make use of smart home devices and apps, according to the latest market research from The NPD Group Connected Intelligence ¨Connected Home…
comScore: U.S. Smartphone Penetration Nears 80 Percent
Nearly 200 million people across the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in January, a 79.1% U.S. smartphone penetration rate, according to comScore’s latest MobiLens and Mobile Metrix. Apple’s smartphones continued to be the leading brand, while Google’s…
Flurry: Phablet Market Share Grows to 27% of New Activations
Larger screen phablets have proved popular among consumers despite initial skepticism among industry pundits. To wit: phablets accounted for nearly 3 in 10 mobile device activations (27 percent) in the week prior to Christmas, according to the latest holiday season…
TDS Launches Cloud-Based Storage Backup
TDS® Backup Online — It’s back A cloud-based service, TDS Backup Online is accessible from anywhere and includes 200GB of storage. Madison, Wisconsin — Dec. 15, 2015 — Just in time for all those holiday photos, TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) is…
Frontier Secure Enhances Computer & Mobile Security Offerings
December 15, 2015 — NORWALK, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Secure, a service of Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR), today announced an enhancement to its computer and mobile security products. The new Multi-Device Security combines computer and mobile protection to provide comprehensive, award-winning security…
RealNetworks Teams Up With Verizon
Seattle, Washingon — November 5, 2015 — RealNetworks® (NASDAQ: RNWK), the leader in video, announced today that it is collaborating with Verizon (NASDAQ: VZ) to allow the mobile carrier to offer its customers the ability to easily share, transfer and…
Apple App Store Sales Forecast to Hit Nearly $30B by 2021
By 2021, Apple will rake in nearly $30 billion in revenue from iOS App Store sales, according to Strategy Analytics. Furthermore, between 2008 and 2021 Apple will have paid iOS mobile app developers more than $440 billion. At present nearly…
J.D. Power: Smartphone Satisfaction Rises with Screen Size
Mobile subscribers’ satisfaction with large-screen (5¨-plus) smartphones has improved as they have bought more of them, according to highlights from the second installment of the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study. Overall satisfaction with large-screen smartphones, moreover, is…
Comcast Increases Internet Speeds for No Additional Cost for Majority of Customers in the West
Denver, Colorado — October 8, 2015 –Comcast today announced it is increasing Internet speeds with the introduction of a new Performance Pro speed tier of 75 Mbps and Blast! Pro speed tier of 150 Mbps. Customers who subscribe to many popular…
