| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.05.2019 | Our phone addiction is killing us — but apps could be the cure | By Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business School
We’re squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that’s taking a serious toll on our mental and physical wellbeing.
Perhaps ironically, software developers themselves hav... |
| 21.06.2018 | How to Limit Your Smartphone Use (Without the New iPhone’s Fancy Features) | Smartphone addiction has become a serious problem, so much so that Apple has decided to build responsible-use features into their newest operating system update. However, if you really want to cut back on your screen time, there are plenty ... |
| 16.01.2018 | Time spent in apps grew just 6% last year, down from 11% in 2016 | The app economy is continuing to grow, with the worldwide revenue from app stores expected to top $110 billion this year, according to recent estimates from App Annie. However, the time people spend using their apps is starting to stagnate,... |
| 11.01.2018 | 'Phablets' Overtake Midsized Smartphones in Mobile Market Shift | News 'Phablets' Overtake Midsized Smartphones in Mobile Market Shift By David RamelJanuary 11, 2018
The so-called "phablet" form factor is being adopted at a faster rate than medium-sized smartphones, according to mobile analytics... |
| 11.01.2018 | 'Phablets' Overtake Midsized Smartphones in Mobile Market Shift | News 'Phablets' Overtake Midsized Smartphones in Mobile Market Shift By David RamelJanuary 11, 2018
The so-called "phablet" form factor is being adopted at a faster rate than medium-sized smartphones, according to mobile analytics... |
| 31.12.2017 | Apple Tops Holiday Device Activations, Samsung Follows, Google Still Absent | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 31 December 2017, 08:12 am
Apple devices typically find their way to many holiday wish lists, and this year is no different: iPhones and iPads topped holiday device activations.
The holidays make a highly lucra... |
| 27.12.2017 | Flurry: Apple led holiday device activations, but Samsung gained ground | Apple had a very good 2017 holiday season, once again holding the top place in smartphone and tablet activations, though it remained at 44 percent of total activations in both 2016 and 2017, according to Flurry Analytics. By comparison, riv... |
| 27.12.2017 | Apple’s iPhone and iPad dominated Samsung this holiday season | Apple products were incredibly popular this holiday season, according to new data tabulated by Flurry. Specifically, the iPhone and iPad accounted for 44% of all new device activations in the week leading up to Christmas. Samsung devices, m... |
| 27.12.2017 | Flurry: Apple led holiday device activations, but Samsung gained ground | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Apple had a very good 2017 holiday season, once again holding the top place in smartphone and tablet activations, though it remained at... |
| 27.12.2017 | Apple devices again saw the most activations during the holidays | Apple devices accounted for 44 percent of smartphone and tablet activations over the holidays, with nearly a third of those coming from new devices including the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X, according to new data from Flurry Analytics out this m... |
| 29.06.2017 | The iPhone turns 10: here are 10 industries it reshaped | The smartphone has altered industries ranging from transportation to education to media
On June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released, and the world would never be the same.
It's hard to overstate how influential that little device has be... |
| 21.06.2017 | Mobile gaming sessions down 10 percent year-over-year, but revenue climbs | The U.S. is leading the world in mobile gaming, accounting for 20 percent of all sessions played. That’s the word from a new industry report on the mobile gaming landscape, released this week from Flurry. That puts the U.S. ahead of markets... |
| 03.03.2017 | U.S. consumers now spend 5 hours per day on mobile devices | The time U.S. users are spending in mobile apps is continuing to grow; according to new data released this week by analytics firm Flurry, we’re up to 5 hours per day on our mobile devices. This follows on news from January that said the tim... |
| 12.01.2017 | Social apps dominate mobile activity | Yahoo's mobile analytics arm Flurry has released its State of Mobile report for 2016, looking at mobile app activity and trends from the last year.
Over the last year, Flurry tracked more than 940,000 applications, across 2.1 billion device... |
| 12.01.2017 | The mobile app gold rush may be over | Ten years ago, Apple announced the iPhone, which soon gave birth to the App Store and the resulting broader app ecosystem. That industry has now matured, having reached critical mass, according to a new report from Flurry out this morning. ... |
| 29.12.2016 | iPhone 7 was a top holiday gift, but Apple Watch is fading | More iPhone 7 devices were unwrapped over the 2016 holidays compared with Google Pixel smartphones, according to new data released by analytics service Mixpanel. Specifically, in the first few days after Christmas, the number of unique iPho... |
| 29.12.2016 | Holiday Shoppers Place Apple On Top, Samsung Ranks Second In Device Activation: Flurry | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 29 December 2016, 07:12 am
Christmas also brings the highest number of device activations and app installs each year, and this year's stats place Apple on top.
Hanukkah also helped this year and according to th... |
| 29.12.2016 | Apple Beat Samsung In Phone Activations, But After The Holiday Shopping Rush Comes Phone Fatigue | Chris Loterina, Tech Times 29 December 2016, 06:12 am
Samsung is experiencing some post Christmas blues after Apple subjected it to a thorough drubbing in the mad scramble for smartphones during the holidays. This was revealed by a recent r... |
| 27.12.2016 | Flurry: 44% of devices activated during Christmas week were from Apple, 21% from Samsung, and 3% from Huawei | Every year, Christmas week brings in the highest number of new device activations and app installs. 2016 also had Hanukkah to help, but the main result was the same: Apple dominated the results.
Just under half of device activations (44 per... |
| 27.12.2016 | More Apple iDevices got Activated this Holiday Season than those from Samsung, even though the Gap is Narrowing
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| 27.12.2016 | Apple beat Samsung by 2-to-1 in the war for Christmas sales | Apple has won yet again the informal battle for Christmas. Apple products, and the iPhone in particular, are highly coveted Christmas gifts, and there’s new data to prove it.
Don't Miss: Amazon's epic Black Friday deals started early this y... |
| 27.12.2016 | Flurry: 44% of devices activated during Christmas week were from Apple, 21% from Samsung, and 3% from Huawei | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Every year, Christmas week brings in the highest number of new device activations and app installs. 2016 also had Hanukkah to help, but... |
| 09.11.2016 | Report shows Americans abandoned their news apps as election fatigue kicked in | A new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry out this morning shows how Americans’ overwhelming election fatigue and disinterest in continuing to follow political news stories played out during the U.S. Elections. The firm found that two ... |
| 28.10.2016 | 7 Ways to Boost Engagement as Ecommerce Shifts to Mobile | Mobile has been the main means of communication. But as time goes on, it's also become the main way people spend money, especially on ecommerce apps. Users can spend as much as 10 hours a day on screens, and mobile devices now account for 6... |
| 15.10.2016 | How mobile gaming has changed in the last 10 years | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The mobile gaming industry is booming. Smartphones have become more affordable and the mobile gaming industry has overtaken PC and cons... |
| 15.10.2016 | How mobile gaming has changed in the last 10 years | The mobile gaming industry is booming. Smartphones have become more affordable and the mobile gaming industry has overtaken PC and console as the biggest gaming category; it’s worth an estimated $36.9 billion compared to PC, which are worth... |
| 11.10.2016 | What it will take for everyone to start using chatbots | 2016 was the year of the bots. But then the hype outpaced the progress of conversational bots in the market.
Despite the hiccups, conversational bots and messaging platforms still have the promise to be a major way users access digital serv... |
| 06.09.2016 | Mobile commerce wars: Apps versus mobile web | It’s been declared “The Year of Mobile” for so many years that we’ve forgotten what it means, but it’s time to call it. The industry has revolutionized and the dust has cleared. Mobile commerce sales have tripled since 2012. That’s 30 perce... |
| 05.08.2016 | Latin America set to see major mobile growth | Until now the Latin America region has been slow to adopt mobile apps, partly because of limited availability of high-speed data connections.
But as the Rio Olympics kick off and the world focuses on the region, Yahoo's analytics arm Flurry... |
| 01.08.2016 | The drivers behind digital health apps | Dr. Vish Banthia Contributor
Vish Banthia is CEO of ZendyHealth.
There has been an explosion of digital health startups in recent years. The market is expected to reach $233.3 billion by 2020, with the primary driver coming from the mobile ... |
| 18.07.2016 | 5 Ways to Attract Customers with Your Mobile App | Before your a cup of coffee in the morning, you've likely opened between one and fifteen mobiles apps to start your day. Mobile apps has become part of the world in a big way. According to Mobile Analytics firm Flurry, mobile use grew 58% y... |
| 03.03.2016 | How mobile apps “ate” brick and mortar retail — and what needs to happen next | This sponsored post is produced by Neumob.
“If there’s an underlying take-away from (the 2015) holiday season, I think it will be remembered as the one where mobile ate brick-and-mortar” — ComScore chairman emeritus Gian Fulgoni
“On the des... |
| 06.01.2016 | The Phablet Era | Flurry, a former USV portfolio company now owned by Yahoo!, put out a mobile report yesterday and there’s some interesting data in there. Flurry has its analytics on over 2bn devices around the world so they see a lot of activity.
The most ... |
| 05.01.2016 | Messaging, productivity and shopping apps drive Flurry of mobile growth | Overall mobile app usage grew by 58 percent in 2015 according to the latest figures from Flurry, Yahoo's mobile advertising and analytics platform, which tracked over 3.2 trillion sessions over the course of the year.
With the exception of ... |
| 05.01.2016 | Mobile apps see 58% growth, driven by emojis and phablets | Growth is slowing, however, dropping from 76% in 2014 and 103% in 2013
(Updated with comment from Flurry)
Like so many people, I've become addicted to my phone over the last few years. To the point where I actually think I need to start cut... |
| 05.01.2016 | Mobile App Usage Up 58 Percent In 2015, With Emoji Keyboards Leading The Pack | The number of mobile addicts is increasing, according to a new report released this morning from Yahoo-owned mobile analytics firm Flurry, which found that 40 percent of the 58 percent total growth in mobile app sessions came from existing ... |
| 31.12.2015 | Phablets And Apple Devices Dominated Christmas Sales | James Geddes, Tech Times 31 December 2015, 08:12 pm
A new report indicates that the biggest-selling holiday gifts this year were Apple devices and also phablets from various smartphone makers. Although Samsung trailed Apple by a wide margin... |
| 30.12.2015 | iSanta: Apple Grabs Nearly 50 Percent Of All Device Activations This Holiday Season | Menchie Mendoza, Tech Times 30 December 2015, 05:12 am
Apple once again dominated the market share of newly activated devices after earning 49.1 percent of the pie.
The latest report was released by Flurry, a mobile analytics company that i... |
| 29.12.2015 | These 5 marketing tech trends will be huge in 2016 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
It’s been an exciting year for marketing tech. Th... |
| 29.12.2015 | These 5 marketing tech trends will be huge in 2016 | It’s been an exciting year for marketing tech. The space is maturing rapidly and money continues to flow in from the investment community. And if 2015 was good, 2016 will be even better as the space continues to evolve and mature.
Here are ... |
| 29.12.2015 | Apple dominated phone sales again this Christmas | More On: apple
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| 28.12.2015 | Report: Apple Devices, “Phablets” Dominate Holiday Sales | More consumers were unwrapping new “phablet” devices this holiday season, according to a report out this afternoon from Flurry. The big-screened form factor, whose name is a mashup of “phone” and “tablet,” accounted for 27 percent of a new ... |
| 28.12.2015 | Flurry: 49.1% of devices activated on Christmas were from Apple, 19.8% from Samsung, and 2% from Microsoft | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Every year, Christmas results in the highest number of new device activations and app installs. 2015 was no different, and once again A... |
| 20.11.2015 | Ad Blocking Isn’t The End Of The World | Guest author Jonathan Frangakis is CEO and cofounder of Mira.
Ad blocking isn’t the end of the world, it’s actually a new beginning—and smart app developers are poised to reap the benefits.
Developers, rightly, pour resources into creating ... |
| 29.10.2015 | Mobile video ad spending triples in 2015, and that’s just the beginning | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile video has tons of momentum. It more than doubled from 2013 ($720 million) to 2014 ($1.5 billion) and is predicted to reach $6 bi... |
| 27.10.2015 | Apple App Store To Feature E-Commerce Apps In New Shopping Category Ahead Of Black Friday | Nicole Arce, Tech Times 27 October 2015, 04:10 am
Apple is launching a new Shopping category on the Apple App Store, creating a new section specially reserved for e-commerce apps in time for the holiday shopping rush.
The new category will ... |
| 16.10.2015 | This Google Stat Has Major Implications For Your Site | In May, Google casually noted in a blog post that mobile searches have overtaken desktop searches in ten countries including the United States and Japan. It didn’t elaborate on what the other countries were.
Do you get more mobile traffic t... |
| 10.09.2015 | U.S. Consumers Now Spend More Time In Apps Than Watching TV | At yesterday’s Apple event in San Francisco, CEO Tim Cook spoke about the need to bring apps to the TV’s big screen, while introducing the new Apple TV. Today, a new report from Flurry also highlights how apps have edged their way further i... |
| 10.09.2015 | For the time ever, mobile apps have taken over television | In Q2 of 2015, there were 198 minutes spent per day inside apps compared to 168 minutes watcing TV
At the big Apple event on Wednesday, CEO Tim Cook introduced the newly revamped Apple TV, one that is focused on apps, calling it a new visio... |
| 21.08.2015 | Cynicism about mobile advertising is greatly misplaced | Every now and then, I see an article in the media that is sceptical about the future of mobile advertising – the kind of ad you see when you open an app on your smartphone and there’s either a discount coupon at the center of the screen or ... |
| 27.07.2015 | Samsung Set To Unveil New Galaxy Note Smartphone On August 13 | It looks like Samsung will unveil the latest version of its Galaxy Note phablet series — and potentially a new addition to that product family — on August 13.
That’s the date that the company is teasing for its latest “Unpacked 2015” event,... |
| 17.06.2015 | Ad dollars seek out native mobile apps to capture users where they live | Advertising dollars have always followed consumers to the platforms they spend the most time on. As users flock to mobile, where exactly will ad spend fall? Signs point to native apps rather than mobile web. But not all apps are created equ... |
| 17.06.2015 | Ad dollars seek out native mobile apps to capture users where they live | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Advertising dollars have always followed consumers to the platforms they spend the most time on. As users flock to mobile, where exactl... |
| 30.04.2015 | Phablets Are Eating Phones And Tablets | It’s been increasingly evident for years: smartphone users are digging bigger phones as they do more on screens, and spend less time talking on the phone. And there’s no sign of the appetite for super-sizing mobile handsets abating — not ac... |
| - | Apple beat Samsung by 2-to-1 in the war for Christmas sales | Apple has won yet again the informal battle for Christmas. Apple products, and the iPhone in particular, are highly coveted Christmas gifts, and there’s new data to prove it.
The folks at Flurry concluded in their most recent research note ... |
| - | Apple’s iPhone and iPad dominated Samsung this holiday season | Apple products were incredibly popular this holiday season, according to new data tabulated by Flurry. Specifically, the iPhone and iPad accounted for 44% of all new device activations in the week leading up to Christmas. Samsung devices, m... |
