Last week Apple held its WWDC and unveiled iOS 6. But what else happened in mobile news? Read it all in our Mobile News Weekly Roundup.
News and Insights
- Mashable – Apple unveiled iOS 6 at WWDC last week. Here’s a complete run-down of the new features and updates
- GigaOm – The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (Android) has displaced the iPhone 4S as the top-selling smartphone at Verizon stores
- GigaOm - Microsoft is holding an event in L.A. this Monday (June 18th), where it is expected to unveil its own tablet device.
- PFSK – Ford released a “KeyFree Login” app, which uses users’ smartphones and Bluetooth tech to unlock internet passwords
- TabTimes – Responding to varying usage patterns, ABC News has created 3 different iPad app editionsdepending on time of day
- CNET – iPhone 4 won’t get turn-by-turn features in iOS 6, just like it didn’t get Siri. Is Apple fragmenting the iPhone?
- CNET – In one reporter’s opinion, the notifications are Android’s one killer feature that trumps the iPhone
- Mobile Marketer – Mobile drives impulse purchases, influencing customer behavior at the moment of purchase
- New York Times- Desktop computers are beginning to look more and more like smartphones
- InformationWeek - 4 elite CIOs share lessons on mobile, IT careers, and the cloud
- Insurance & Technology – Four Mobile Development Myths Busted
- VisionMobile – Infographic: Beyond Siri: the next frontier in User Interfaces
- FastCompany – Siri is coming to Mercedes, GM, BMW, and others, but the connectivity described is a far cry from an iCar
- New York Times - The App as Health Aide
Research
- Gartner – Enterprises worldwide are facing and supporting BYOD, 32% provide technical support for personal smartphones, 37% for personal tablets
- Asymco – 49.5 million iOS apps are downloaded every day from Apple’s app store
- ABI Research - Samsung and Apple take 90% of smartphone profits in Q1 2012
- eMarketer – More than half of US tablet owners shop on their tablets at least once per week, and 12% shopped daily
- Mashable – Infographic: The Top Five Industries to Go Mobile
- Forrester - 53% of employees use their own devices for work, a 5% increase from last year
- Juniper Research - Global mobile entertainment revenue will grow about 80 percent, to $65 billion by 2016
- IDG - 64% of iPad owners use their device for work on a daily basis, this rate drops to 58% for Android tablet owners
- MobiHealthNews - Medical app revenues to steadily grow 25 percent annually
