A lot of iPhone and iPad users never bother to venture beyond Apple's top 25 lists for apps. That's why it's so important to developers that they crack this list, even just temporarily, if they want to make it big.
But getting there requires some success to have already been established. The question of just how much, though, has never been perfectly clear.
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Netbook and laptop shipments increased by 12% in the first quarter of 2012, according to the NPD Group.
Meanwhile, tablet shipments skyrocketed 124%—more than 10 times the growth of laptop shipments.
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IT departments hate it. Everyone else loves it. And in this case, majority rules.
We're talking about the Bring Your Own Device trend, of course. It's booming, and it's here to stay.
Cisco, an early adopter of a company-wide policy of 100% BYOD, has released a report that not surprisingly shines a favourable light on the phenomenon.
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In the first quarter of 2012, Canadian buyout and private equity market activity maintained a "steady course," with "moderate" year-over-year growth in deal-making. But Canadian venture capital investment began the year at a much slower pace, according to a new report by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
read moreSo there are startups everywhere these days, all over the world, ranging from solo endeavours to rapidly growing teams of dozens of people. But when most people think of a job, or even a career, they imagine climbing a corporate ladder in a medium to large business. So who are the people behind these tiny little budding companies?
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How well do Canadians know their bosses?
A new CareerBuilder.ca survey of full-time workers in Canada suggests that most employees have met their CEO and know what he or she looks like. The survey, conducted online by by Harris Interactive, reveals that 61% of workers says they've met their CEO while 39% have not. More female workers (64%) have met their CEO compared to 58% of males.
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The tablet has nearly surprassed the smartphone in web traffic. According to Adobe's latest findings, revealed in its Digital Index report, the tablet is growing web traffic much faster than smartphones, and will generate more visits than smartphones within a year.
Web traffic from tablets more than tripled in 2011 according to Adobe. And tablet web browsing is growing at a staggering 10 times faster than on smartphones, the report found.
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Nearly four in 10 Canadians value the internet as much as electricity and water. 38% of us want smart appliances. 54% of us watch movies and TV shows on computers. And most of us with tablets and smartphones have at least a second screen running while watching our actual television.
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What a difference one year makes.
US smartphone ownership is up from 38% in 2011 to 50% today, according to Nielsen, while Canadian smartphone ownership is up to 54% from 36%, according to J.D. Power.
88% of mobile device owners who have downloaded an app in the past month are Android or iOS users. And we now average 41 apps on our smartphones, up from 32 last year.
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