Of all American mobile gamers, 19 million play on an iPhone, which is 28% of all smartphone gamers, according to new data from NewZoo (http://www.newzoo.com), an international market research firm focused purely on the games industry.
An additional 18 million plays games on an iPod touch. In the tablet gaming space, the iPad is dominant with a share of 60%, or 12.7 million Americans.
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Apple plans to take on carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless by becoming a direct mobile service provider, according to eteran wireless industry strategist Whitey Bluestein,
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The Flashback malware that’s infected hundreds of thousands of Macs may be generating more than US$10,000 a day for the hackers who made the Trojan horse, according to the security specialist company, Symantec. The malware steals clicks from ads that Google’s search engine displays alongside search results.
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Apple has been granted a patent (number 8171432) for a touch screen device, method and graphical user interface (UI) for displaying and selecting application options. embodiments relate generally to computing devices with touch screen displays, and more particularly, to selecting application options on computing devices with touch screen displays. Based on the graphics, it make you wonder if Apple is planning bigger iPads.
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Global tablet shipments are expected to grow 47.5% on year to 21.58 million units in the second quarter of 2012; however, compared to the first quarter, shipments will drop 8.2%, according to Digitimes Research (http://www.digitimes.com) senior analyst James Wong, who added that Taiwan’s shipments will account for 88% of global shipments and reach 18.9 million units, down 2.74 million units from the first quarter.
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