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IDC: Apple’s iPad fell to 32.5% tablet share in Q1 2014, Samsung took second with 22.3%, Asus third with 5%

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by on May 1, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Google, Insider, Mobile

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The tablet market is still growing, but at a much slower rate. Q1 2014 saw 50.4 million units ship worldwide, up from 48.6 million the same quarter last year. Apple’s iPad once again took first place, although it dropped to 32.5 percent market share, while Samsung maintained second place by growing its share to 22.3 percent. Asus held steady in third place at 5 percent share, followed by Lenovo seeing big gains to 4.1 percent and Amazon falling to 1.9 percent. The latest estimates come from IDC, which says the tablet market grew just 3.9 percent year-over-year. In short, the…

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IDC: Apple’s iPad fell to 32.5% tablet share in Q1 2014, Samsung took second with 22.3%, Asus third with 5%

May01
by on May 1, 2014 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Google, Insider, Mobile

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The tablet market is still growing, but at a much slower rate. Q1 2014 saw 50.4 million units ship worldwide, up from 48.6 million the same quarter last year. Apple’s iPad once again took first place, although it dropped to 32.5 percent market share, while Samsung maintained second place by growing its share to 22.3 percent. Asus held steady in third place at 5 percent share, followed by Lenovo seeing big gains to 4.1 percent and Amazon falling to 1.9 percent. The latest estimates come from IDC, which says the tablet market grew just 3.9 percent year-over-year. In short, the…

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Hootsuite launches visualisation tool uberVU Boards for tracking social data

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by on May 1, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Back in January when Hootsuite announced that it had bought uberVU for an undisclosed sum it wasn’t clear what plans it had for the social analytics company. Today, that plan has become evident with the launch of a new data visualisation tools called uberVU Boards within the platform. The company says the new tool allows users to quickly identify key business analytics and data points for sharing. “Unlike traditional data visualisation technologies, Boards has been designed so that any user can easily identify a metric, pin it to a dashboard and generate a report with just one click,” Hootsuite said. So,…

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Windows 8.1 finally passes 5% market share, while unsupported Windows XP is still over 26%

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by on May 1, 2014 at 12:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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April was the sixth full month of availability for Microsoft’s latest operating system version: Windows 8.1 continues to steadily grow while Windows 8 remains largely flat, allowing the duo together to crack 12 percent market share. Meanwhile, despite support for Windows XP finally ending last month, the ancient OS still has more than 26 percent of the pie. The latest market share data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have gained a combined 0.94 percentage points (from 11.30 percent to 12.24 percent). More specifically, Windows 8 slipped 0.05 percentage points (from 6.41 percent to 6.36 percent),…

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12 of the best new Android apps launched in April

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by on May 1, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, BestAndroidApps, Insider, Roundups

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From whisky-drinking to Family Guy fun-and-games, we covered a lot of ground with new Android apps in April. Here’s our pick of the bunch for the month. Frontback More than eight months after it first launched on iOS, Frontback finally brought its quirky photo-sharing app to Android.     The core raison d’être of Frontback is simple – it lets you snap a picture with both the front- and rear-facing cameras, and then stick them together in a single image. You can also add short messages, mention friends you’re with and include hashtags, then share across all the usual social outlets….

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