May 15, 2013 –ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DISH, a leading pay-TV provider, today announced it is offering new subscribers the choice of an iPad 2 instead of first year programming discounts for customers who sign up for the Hopper with Sling® Whole-Home…
Recent market data indicate a decided shift on the part of tablet buyers towards smaller formats: while sales of 9.7″ tablets collapsed from 7.4 million to 1.3 million in January, sales of devices measuring between 7″ and 9″ rose from…
Just how many tablets were sold this holiday season is still to be determined, but Chitika Insights, the market research arm of online ad network Chitika, believes it will prove to be the biggest season ever for tablet sales — and…
Maintaining a holiday tradition, users activated more “smart,” connected Android and iOS devices on Christmas Day 2012 than any other day of the year, reports Flurry.com’s Peter Farrago in a Dec. 27 blog post. Moreover, this Christmas Day was a…
U.S. consumers living in broadband households plan on spending more on consumer electronics (CE) devices this holiday season than they have since 2008, according to survey results from Parks Associates. New Consumer Analytics research from Parks says that U.S. consumers…
Tablet shipments totaled 27.8 million worldwide in 3Q 2012, 49.5% higher than the year-ago period and 6.7% higher than that for 2Q 2012, according to preliminary data from the IDC Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Android tablet shipments surged, with Amazon and…
Introducing the eagerly awaited iPad mini at a launch event today, Apple executives were not shy about slamming the rival Android tablet platform. The iPad mini has a 7.9-inch diagonal screen which, according to Apple, is 35% larger than Android…
Lake Saint Louis, MO., October 15, 2012 — National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) has released iVUE®AppSuite, a mobile app designed to give iVUE users access to timely operational information over an Apple iPad. Currently, the iVUE AppSuite harnesses operations in…
Amazon’s new line of Kindle Fire tablets cost considerably less than similar products from other manufacturers, including Apple, triggering speculation that Amazon is simply breaking even or even losing money on the sale of the devices. The news came at…
There are notable demographic differences amongst iPad, Android and Kindle Fire audiences, according to the inaugural report from comScore’s new TabLens market research service. Compared to competing media tablet users, Apple iPad owners are more likely to be male (52.9%),…
On a YouTube webcast today, Google offered details about the services it will deliver over its long-awaited gigabit network, including plans to offer a free service delivering 5 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream, as well as a symmetrical gigabit…
Growing at an explosive clip, tablet market growth isn’t going to level off any time soon. The installed base of tablet computers will continue to grow rapidly in coming years, exceeding 780 million units in 2016, according to a new…
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