How we use our phones is changing in a big way, here’s the data that proves it

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by Sindy Cator on August 26, 2015 at 2:57 pm

Yahoo shared statistics from its mobile analytics company Flurry today at its mobile developer conference in New York City. The numbers give us interesting insight into how the way we’re using our phones is changing rapidly, particularly surrounding content consumption online. According to Yahoo’s data, the use of the browser on smartphones is quickly declining. From 2013 to 2015, the company saw the usage time of the mobile browser drop by over 50 percent as they moved to native apps instead. As browser usage has dropped, native app usage has skyrocketed. Another slide, pictured above, shows that both Chrome and Safari are used…