Posts Tagged ‘ mobile ’

Android Remains Top Mobile Platform in the U.S. (NewsFactor)

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NewsFactor - Web metrics firm comScore reports that 234 million Americans above the age of 13 were using mobile devices during the three months prior to Thanksgiving. The Web metrics firm's new survey of more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers also demonstrates that Google's Android remained ahead in the mobile OS platform race with...

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The Top 20 iPhone And iPad Apps of 2011

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The Top 20 iPhone And iPad Apps of 2011

Editor’s note : Contributor Brad Spirrison is the managing editor of mobile app discovery services Appolicious , AndroidApps.com and AppVee . With this post, he continues an annual tradition of picking the best iOS apps of the year. It’s telling that Apple chose an app that debuted more than 14 months ago, Instagram,...

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If Freemium Is In, Then Why Do Paid Apps Still Reign Supreme?

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If Freemium Is In, Then Why Do Paid Apps Still Reign Supreme?

Earlier today, we posted on some data from Pando Networks that shows that free-to-play online games, often overlooked in the hype around social and casual games, are growing just as fast and as furiously around the globe as their counterparts. Obviously, much of this has to do with the industry’s transition from paid...

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Ski Lift Ticket Retailer Liftopia Goes Live On iPhone

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Ski Lift Ticket Retailer Liftopia Goes Live On iPhone

San Francisco-based  Liftopia , an online retailer of lift tickets and mountain resort activities, is launching its iPhone app today. The app’s title is quite the mouthful: “ Liftopia Ski Reports, Snow Conditions and Ultimate Lift Ticket Deal Engine App .” Whoa! So there’s the news, I guess – it’s all in the app’s...

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Life360′s Family Safety App Grabs $3.5 Million Series A

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Life360′s Family Safety App Grabs $3.5 Million Series A

Family safety startup Life360 , which makes a freemium mobile security app by the same name, is today announcing it has secured $3.5 million in Series A funding. The round included investment from Fontinalis Partners, Kapor Capital, 500 Startups, Bessemer Venture Partners, Venture51, Bullpen Capital, Social Leverage and Eghosa Omoigui’s EchoVC Partners, as well...

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