Tag: MARKETSHARE

Our smartphones are, to a certain extent, like our children. We keep them by our sides at all times, curse at them when they do something wrong, and, on occasion, lose them at bars. One thing we don't normally do with kids, though, is robotically trade them in for a smarter, better-looking model. And, according to a new study from Nielsen, that's exactly what most heartless BlackBerry owners are ...

We knew that Android had been growing and gaining on reigning smartphone champs RIM and Apple, but we didn't realize just how quickly it was ascending the ranks. According to market research firm NPD, the Google-built mobile OS has blown past the iPhone in terms of market share, shipping on 28-percent of all smartphones sold. That growth puts Android in second place, only behind smartphone ...

While Internet Explorer continues its rapid descent into obscurity, Chrome inched forward, passing Safari as the third most-used Web browser this past December. According to Net Applications, more users now use Chrome for everyday browsing than Safari -- 4.63 to 4.46 percent, to be exact -- an impressive development given Google launched its infant browser just 16 months ago. Chalk it up to ...

Go ahead, pick your jaw up off of the floor. We'll wait. On the real, you can't possibly be surprised to hear that high-def makes sports entirely more palatable, and a recent Nielsen study on the matter has found that HD broadcasting of sporting events has increased ratings on those very events by quite a margin. The numbers show that at least 22-percent of US households receive HDTV programming ...