Google is in negotiations with music publishers to develop a Spotify-esque subscription streaming music service for its Android operating system, reports The Wall Street Journal. Currently, Google has a scan-and-match music service like iTunes Match, as well as an Android-focused music download store. Google Inc.’s Android unit has been negotiating with music companies to start a paid...
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BBC News reports that Apple has officially lost a trademark ruling in Brazil over the “iPhone” name, with officials declaring that a company now selling Android phones under the name is the rightful owner of the term based on its trademark application from 2000. The impact on Apple appears to be limited for the time being, however, as Apple is reportedly pursuing an appeal and can...
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Mobile video viewing experienced significant gains last year, growing from just 2% of online videos watched in 2011 to 12% in 2012 – and the majority of it is on iOS devices. 60% of all mobile video viewing is done on iOS devices, according to a study by video monetization company Freewheel (via TechCrunch). Android devices accounted for most of the rest, at 32%. The iPhone alone...
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Gartner’s quarterly Market Share Analysis: Mobile Phones, Worldwide report shows that Samsung and Apple continue to dominate the smartphone market, with more than 52% of the market between them, but that Android’s market share grew dramatically year-on-year while iOS saw a decline. Samsung’s Q4 2012 smartphone sales totalled 64.5 million handsets, up 85.3% on the previous...
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Information workers in the enterprise sector would like a Microsoft tablet but an Apple phone, according to Forrester Research’s annual Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends survey of 10,000 enterprise staff (via AppleInsider). For tablets, preferences were 36% Microsoft Surface, 26% iPad and 12% Android tablet. For phones, the figures were 33% iPhone, 22% Android and just 10% Windows Phone....
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