Amazon today announced the expansion of its Android Appstore in nearly 200 countries. Android device owners in the new regions — which include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, India, South Africa, and South Korea — will be able to download apps “in the coming months.” Registered developers who want international distribution will have their apps automatically [...]
Portland Maine has a new BookMobile that features wireless Internet service and a computer powered by solar panels. The 24-foot-long bookmobile cost roughly $166,000 and was paid for through a combination of private money and library funds. The compact, colorful van is capable of carrying 1,500 books. It delivers them to city neighborhoods that don’t [...]
Flipboard, the social-network aggregation software for Android and iOS, that creates a magazine-format application has introduced Version 2.0, which includes more content, faster navigation, and the ability for users to create their own magazines. Users can grab articles, photos, audio, and videos, and with a few taps of the finger, organize a digital magazine for [...]
Broadcast radio is going through dramatic changes with digital technology destroying old business models as it creates new ones. Radio’s bread and butter – drive time – with local news, traffic and weather, is fading away. It’s being replaced by satellite broadcasters like Sirius XM, personalized radio services like Pandora and Aha Radio, streaming radio [...]
Time spent in mobile apps is starting to challenge television, says mobile analytics startup Flurry. Mobile App interaction is up 35 percent, from 94 minutes a day last year. At the same time, desktop web usage actually declined slightly by 2.4 percent from 72 to 70 minutes. Flurry estimates that the average U.S. consumer watches [...]
Newspaper advertising revenues were down 5.1 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period in 2011, the Newspaper Association of America reported. The results were marginally better than those for the first two quarters of 2012, but the industry has posted advertising losses for 25 consecutive quarters, dating back to 2006. Digital advertising [...]
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