Flurry released numbers on app download totals for the end of 2012 that demonstrate the increasing popularity of smartphones and apps. The final week of the year is perhaps the most important one for app makers, as a number of new devices are activated and new apps are downloaded. As the chart highlights, there was a substantial [...]

This infographic,  posted on Pinterest by research group McKinsey and Company, contrasts the differences between the locations where tablet and smartphone users say they conduct various activities on their devices.  A quick glance shows that smartphone user activities are conducted predominately on the go while tablet user activities are conducted mostly at home. While more [...]

On Cyber Monday we not only saw an increase in online shopping, but also an increase in mobile shopping.  On Cyber Monday the PayPal blog reported that: As of 11 a.m. PST, PayPal is already seeing 196% more mobile payment volume on Cyber Monday 2012 than Cyber Monday 2011. Further Bloomberg reported that: More than [...]