Market Analysis & Industry News
Gartner released a mobile application report estimating 41B mobile apps will be downloaded in 2012, 90% of which are free. 5% of applications use in-app purchasing, but generate 10% of total revenue. Gartner estimates Apple’s iOS platform accounts for 47% of downloads. link
Product Releases
Apple announced the new iPhone 5; 500M cumulative iOS devices shipped and 17M iPads sold in the last quarter. link Apple announced 200M iCloud users, up 33% q/q. link
Toys ‘R’ Us has released the Tabeo a $150 tablet that ships with 50 games including Angry Birds and Cut the Rope. The device runs Android 4.0. link
Valve, the makers of PC gaming distribution platform Steam, have announced a foray into virtual reality gaming goggles. link
Mark Benioff announced an enterprise cloud storage product called Chatterbox, to compete with Box.net. link
Company Announcements
Salesforce announced a partnership with Blue Jeans…
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