Today most mobile applications for smartphones are downloaded from “app stores.” According to ABI Research (http://www.abiresearch.com), last year consumers downloaded some 2.4 billion applications from such stores, and the download rate will accelerate over the next few years until in 2013 smartphone downloads are expected to peak at just below seven billion.
Read MoreBundleecious (http://www.bundleecious) is a new US$9.99 bundle of apps for Mac OS X. The bundle will be available for seven days.
It includes Ecoute (a standalone player that works without having to launch iTunes), Daisy Disk (which scans your disks and presents their contents as interactive maps), Overflow (an app launcher), Sofa Control (which lets you use your Apple Remote to control apps), Img2Icns Pro (an icon creation app) and Headline (a RSS reader).
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Forget passwords and fingerprint technology. Apple is eyeing ways in which its devices can identity users by their heart beat. An Apple patent (number 20100113950) for a seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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Five Apple patents that only the most tech savvy could love (though I’m sure they’re great patents) have appeared at the US Patent and Trademark Office. Here’s a summary of each.
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Apple ranked fourth out of all the top 100 online retail sites, behind Netflix, Amazon, and Avon in ForeSee Results’ annual Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index (http://www.foreseeresults.com).
Satisfaction with Top 100 e-retailers rebounded from a dive this time last year, to an all-time high score of 78 points out of 100, a five point year-over-year increase. According to ForeSee Results, consumers are more satisfied with their online experiences than ever before. Nearly every individual retailer registered a score that matched or exceeded previous satisfaction levels.
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