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| Today's Top Stories Do you launch mobile apps more than 60 times a day? Then you are a mobile addict, according to mobile analytics firm Flurry. Don't worry. You have plenty of company. There were 176 million mobile addicts as of March, up from 79 million at the same time last year, a 123 percent jump. While accounting for only 48 percent of mobile users, women accounted for 52 percent of mobile addicts. For female addicts, the most popular app categories are moms, parenting and education, gaming and sports, in that order. For male addicts, the most popular app categories are auto enthusiast, parenting and education, gaming and catalog shopping. Unfortunately, there is no 12-step program to help with your addiction. The average mobile user launches apps 10 times a day, according to data collected by Flurry from 500,000 apps across 1.3 billion devices. Not surprisingly, teens and college students were among the most mobile-addicted population segments. Perhaps more surprising, middle-aged consumers were also among the most addicted, representing 28 percent of the mobile addicts but only 20 percent of mobile users. Flurry explains the high number of mobile addicts for middle aged consumers as being parents who share their devices with their children. "The picture we formed is a family of four, with two phones, one tablet, and all three devices shared by the family for education, entertainment and more utilitarian functions as well," writes Simon Khalaf, president and CEO of Flurry, in a blog post. Not everyone is thrilled by the addiction of users to the mobile device. In South Korea, the average smartphone user spends more than four hours per day on the device. In response, the government is considering introducing a curfew on smartphone uses, the GlobalPost reports. In his blog, Khalaf observes that the behavior of mobile addicts should provide a "sneak preview" into the types of apps wearables users will want. "To date, many applications for wearables have focused on fitness and health, but thinking about what's next, developers should think about the other experiences that will delight the people who need to be connected all the time. This includes teens, college students and middle-aged parents who are interested gaming, autos, sports and shopping, and who may have a constant need to entertain or educate their children," Khalaf concludes.
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- read Khalaf's blog
- check out the GlobalPost report
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The market for wireless communication semiconductors increased 13.1 percent year-over-year in 2013, according to the latest stats from IHS Technology. This strong showing in wireless communications contributed to 5 percent year-over-year growth in the worldwide semiconductor market, which reached $318 billion in 2013. This was in marked contrast to 2012, when semiconductor revenue totaled $303 billion, a 2.4 percent drop from 2011, according to IHS. The top 25 chip makers posted revenue amounting to $225.3 billion, or 71 percent of total industry revenue, up from 69 percent in 2012. Heading the list of chip makers was Intel with $47 billion, or 15 percent of the market. In addition to wireless, strong growth in memory chips also contributed to the semiconductor revenue turnaround. Dynamic random access memory showed the strongest expansion in the memory chip segment, posting revenue growth of 32.5 percent. NAND flash posted 24.2 percent growth in 2013, spurred by demand for smartphone and tablet memory. Also, small-signal field-effect transistors revenue increased 21.3 percent, logic application-specific standard products (ASSPs) for wireless communications grew 15.3 percent and analog ASSPs for wireless rose 13.5 percent. Automotive logic ASSPs increased 14 percent, while automotive analog application specific ICs increased 8.1 percent. Microcontrollers for smart cards and IC cards also posted strong growth, up 12.5 percent on the year.
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Last week saw a number of major developments in the ongoing patent wars among the major smartphone players. On Friday, a federal appeals court cleared Apple and Google's Motorola Mobility to pursue patent infringement claims against each other, overturning lower court rulings, Reuters reports. The appeals court ruled that Apple could pursue a patent infringement case against Motorola Mobility involving three of its mobile device patents and could seek a sales ban against Motorola's smartphones. The court also ruled that Motorola Mobility could pursue patent litigation of its own involving three of its patents that it claims Apple violated, but it could not seek a sales ban against Apple's devices. To complicate matters, Google has agreed to sell Motorola Mobility to Chinese firm Lenovo for $2.5 billion, although Google is retaining Motorola's patent portfolio. In another development last week, Google attorney James Maccoun admitted that Google agreed to pay Samsung, the largest maker of Android smartphones, compensation in Samsung's patent war with Apple, CNET reports. In a patent trial between Apple and Samsung, Maccoun authenticated emails between Google and Samsung that indicated Google would "defend and indemnify" Samsung in its patent litigation with Apple as part of a mobile application distribution agreement. Apple is seeking $2.2 billion in damages from Samsung in this round of the two firms' patent wars, after winning a $1 billion judgment against Samsung in 2012.
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- see the CNET report
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>> Apple regains smartphone momentum, while Windows struggles Apple regained smartphone sales momentum in the first quarter, helped by rebounds in the European, Japanese and Australian market, according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. "Apple regained ground in the first quarter of 2014, primarily due to the strong performance of the iPhone 5S, By contrast, Windows had a tough start to the year as a result of its entry-level Nokia models facing fierce competition from low-end Motorola, LG and Samsung Android smartphones," says Dominic Sunnebo, strategic insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Read more [More on smartphones: New Malware targets jailbroken iOS devices | Mobile manufacturers, carriers to provide kill switches] >> Comixology ends in-app purchases of comic books on iOS devices Following its acquisition by Amazon, Comixology has announced it is ending in-app purchases of comic books on Apple's iPhones and iPads, Re/code reports. Prior to the acquisition by Amazon, Comixology offered iOS in-app purchases of comic books directly from publishers, which made those sales subject to Apple's 30 percent surcharge on in-app purchases. But now Comixology's new iOS app is a reader with no in-app purchase capabilities. Read more [Read more on in-app purchases: Apple to refund $32.5M to consumers | NPD: Teens spending seven hours per week on mobile gaming] >> LG used failed mobile OS for successful smart TV LG used an orphaned mobile operating system, webOS, and turned it into a successful smart TV platform, according to a report by Digital Trends. LG decided to buy webOS from HP's Palm, which had failed to make it a successful for mobile devices, and use it to power its 55-inch smart TV. "We wanted to make TV simple again. It's a very simple battle cry, and that was the goal of what we did for webOS," Itai Vonshak, vice president of design and product management for webOS at LG, tells Digital Trends. Read more [More on LG: Android fragmentation challenges enterprises, app developers and manufacturers | Tablet LCD panel shipments are expected to slow after vigorous December, says IHS] >> Angry Birds maker Rovio is not happy about falling profits Angry Birds maker Rovio is not happy about slowing revenues and falling profits, notes TechCrunch. The firm reported $215.9 million in revenue last year, compared with $210.6 million in 2012. But net profits fell by more than half to $37.3 million in 2013, compared to $76.8 million in 2012, due in part to the addition of 300 more employees. Read more [More on Angry Birds: Most BYOD firms are clueless about common mobile security threats | Rovio's ToonsTV channel tops 1B views, 'Angry Birds Toons' Season 2 on tap] >> Apple preps for $17B bond sale to fund share buyback Apple is planning a $17 billion bond sale in order to fund its share buyback program, which could total as much as $90 billion, AppleInsider reports, citing a Financial Times story. While it has $130 billion in cash overseas, Apple said it does not plan to repatriate the cash to fund the buyback because of the high U.S. tax rates. Read more [More on Apple: iPhone subsidies drag down profits at China Mobile | Will Apple become 'irrelevant' without an iWatch soon?] T-Mobile selectively shutting off MetroPCS
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