News / 2011 / Analytics

Apple set a new record just yesterday.The App Store now has over a half million applications for iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. This was released in a press release announced by Apple.

Apple is the top smartphone manufacturer in the U.S. with 28.6 percent of the smartphone market, and Android is the most favored operating system by manufacturers, with the largest share of the smartphone market at 44 percent.

Lowering the credit rating of the U.S. has had a profound impact on world markets - stock indexes fell significantly, though, they have played in the fall for a couple of days. Such volatility has led to the pretty interesting event: during trading on NASDAQ on Tuesday, apple at some point managed to become the largest and the most expensive company in the world..

Mobile phones continue to be much-discussed as we head into the holiday season—with iPhone leading the pack.

A recent Nielsen survey shows kids’ holiday gaming and electronics appetites are whet by a number of top-selling Apple devices – with the iPad leading the pack.

The company Skyline analyzed 24 million of photos uploaded into Twitter by its users last week. The result was is that 39% of all photos were sent from iOS devices.

Passengers, who chose Australian budget airlines Jetstar Airways, will have an opportunity to use an iPad during their flight. A new service will start working on more than 2-hour long flights already today, on 9 November. Each person will be able to rent a first generation iPad for $10. The price will be $12-15 for long flights.

TV is a universal and the most significant platform for watching videos.

In the US 40% of mobile consumers over 18 have smartphones. Android is the most popular operating system, iOS takes the second place.