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CHART OF THE DAY: Here's The Most Popular Apps On Android, iPhone, And BlackBerryCHART OF THE DAY: Here’s The Most Popular Apps On Android, iPhone, And BlackBerry

Here’s an interesting set of charts from Nielsen analyzing the most popular apps on each smartphone platform.

As you can see, app usage is pretty uniform across the board. Smartphone users love Facebook, Maps, Pandora and the Weather Channel.

There’s only one really glaring exception across the platforms. Apple’s iPod and iTunes are huge

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June 20th, 2010 | Category: Social Media, Technology | Leave a comment

CHART OF THE DAY: iPad Browser Share Already Beating Android, BlackBerryCHART OF THE DAY: iPad Browser Share Already Beating Android, BlackBerry

There’s only 2 million iPads in the market, but the iPad’s share of the global browser market is already bigger than Android, BlackBerry, and the iPod touch, according to this chart cited in a recent Morgan Stanley research report.

Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty says iPad usage is closer to a PC than a

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June 20th, 2010 | Category: Social Media, Technology | Leave a comment

Chart Of The Day: Hey Google, Better Figure Out Another Business (Other Than Search)Chart Of The Day: Hey Google, Better Figure Out Another Business (Other Than Search)

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Google’s stock has taken a beating this year, falling more than 20% since January.

There’s a bunch of small reasons for Google’s stock to be dinged, including the failure of the Nexus One, pulling out of China, and the weaker Euro posing some problems.

The big picture for Google is that it

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June 20th, 2010 | Category: Social Media, Technology | Leave a comment

Chart Of The Day: Mobile Search Is Exploding, But Ad Revenue Is TinyChart Of The Day: Mobile Search Is Exploding, But Ad Revenue Is Tiny

I was looking over the Chart of the Day site since I haven’t been there in a while and found a few I thought were interesting.

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We’ve got some good news and some bad news for Google, courtesy of RBC Capital Markets.

The

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June 20th, 2010 | Category: Social Media, Technology | Leave a comment

Twitterville QuoteTwitterville Quote

I’ve been reading Twitterville by Shel Israel (@shelisrael) and thought I would share a quote from the beginning of the book. Page 7 to be exact.

I could argue that Twitter is ideally suited for tough times. At a time when economic constraints are causing most businesses to make painful cuts, they still must

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June 19th, 2010 | Category: Twitter | Leave a comment
 
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