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US smartphone users now over 100 million, Android increases market share
Mar 7th, 2012
Research firm comScore has released its latest set of data looking at key trends in the US mobile market for the three-month period ending January 2012. (Source: Digital Trends) -
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - BlackBerry unveiled on Tuesday a new mid-tier smartphone device with a physical keyboard, the feature that still sets it apart from most rivals, and said its new devices had put the company back on "solid ground." The Canadian company, which hopes new smartphones powered by its BlackBerry 10 operating system w... [Full Article]
Twitter was amused earlier today by reports of a Saudi Arabian sheikh dooming Twitter users to a loss of "this world and his afterlife." What to an American observer seems like inexplicable hyperbole may actually be an escalation of attempts to crackdown on a key tool for dissent. (Source: The Atlantic Wire)... [Full Article]
By Jane Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at their own leaders. A recent segment on North Korea scored over 4 million views on micr... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some 900 million smartphones and tablets running Google Inc's Android software have been activated since the platform's inception in 2010, executives said at the company's annual developers' conference on Wednesday. Google said revenue from Android, the software used by Samsung and other mobile device m... [Full Article]
By Katharine Houreld and Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections. It was not immediately clear who killed Zara... [Full Article]
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in state-backed Lloyds Banking Group rose above the level which the government sees as its break-even price after its 20.5 billion pound rescue of the bank, raising hopes of a sale this year. Lloyds shares, the top performer in the FTSE-100 last year, rose 2.5 percent to reach 62.5 pence at 13:00 p.m. on F... [Full Article]