by Pivot
Tag: Smartphone
Ooyala Measures Mobile Video Viewing Growth at 616% Since 2012
Having increased 616 percent since 3Q 2012, mobile video views now account for 45 percent of all video views globally, Ooyala highlights in its ¨Global Video Index 3Q 2015.¨ Year-over-year, mobile video’s share of 3Q’s…
Smartphone Habits Survey: 17% Check Phone Upon Waking
Americans have become a nation obsessed with mobile phones and multi-tasking, according to Deloitte’s fifth annual 2015 Global Mobile Consumer Survey. Americans in aggregate look at their smartphones 8 billion times a day. Furthermore, they’re…
LRG: Household Broadband Penetration Tops 80%
Just over 8 in 10 U.S. households (81 percent) have broadband Internet service at home, a rise of 26 percent since 2005, according to new market data from LRG (Leichtman Research Group). Broadband service penetration,…
Cyber Monday Smartphone Shopping Stats: Over One Quarter of Purchases Now by Mobile
More people made Cyber Monday purchases via smartphones and tablets than ever before, according to market data from Branding Brand. Online purchases via smartphones and tablets accounted for 27 percent of the Cyber Monday total,…
Ericsson: Average Monthly Smartphone Data Consumption Will Reach 22 GBs
Ubiquitous, continuous access to mobile broadband networks is quickly becoming a fact of life in developed markets such as North America’s, as well as a prerequisite for participating in just about any kind of business…
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…
Pew: Adult Smartphone Ownership Hits 68%, Exceeds PC Ownership in Young Adults
More Americans are using smartphones and tablets, but usage of some other types of connected devices has dropped, according to the latest research report from Pew Research Center. Nearly 7 in 10 U.S. adults (68…
IDC: 3Q Global Smartphone Shipments Second-Highest Ever
Global smartphone shipments totaled 355.2 million in 3Q 2015, the second highest quarterly total recorded, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. That’s up 6.8 percent from 332.6 million in 3Q’14. That said,…
Report: Microsoft Mobile Satisfaction Sees Big Jump
Apple, Samsung and Google continue to dominate markets for consumer connected devices, but Microsoft’s focus on improving the overall user experience is paying off, according to Argus Insights. Microsoft’s ¨Delight Index¨ – Argus Insights’ proprietary…
Best Stadium Wireless: RootMetrics Finds Verizon Tops in MLB
Mobile connectivity has become a common feature at baseball stadiums across the U.S., as team and stadium owners look to keep up with social media trends and sell tickets. Using off-the-shelf smartphones to assess mobile…
Accenture: Mobile Payment Awareness Up, Usage Flat
More than half of consumers in North America have some mobile payment awareness, yet less than 1 in 5 (18 percent) use their mobile phones or other devices at least once a week to pay…
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…