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"News and magazine apps are a segment where the momentum is likely to shift towards the Web within the next two to three years," noted senior analyst Aapo Markkanen. "Since news and media content already account for a large share of smartphone usage and are likely to play an even bigger role in later adopters' usage, changes in this segment alone will make subscribers on average download fewer native apps." The next wave of smartphone owners in mature markets like the U.S., Western Europe and Asia will download fewer apps than the first one-third of mobile consumers who bought smartphones, according to the report on mobile app storefronts. At the same time, ABI expects that in the games and utilities categories, the mobile Web will probably never catch up with native apps, due to the difficulty in matching the user experience. ABI's outlook on the future of apps appears at odds with a separate report released Tuesday by Strategy Analytics, which maintains that the emergence of HTML5 won't put much of a dent in the app economy. Instead, it predicts the Web programming language will lead to the spread of hybrid apps that combine HTML5 with native APIs (application programming interface) to harness the best of native and open standards.

Jerry's next ride.

The Tamagotchi is a virtual pet that many of us are familiar with. It was wildly popular in the late 90's, and is still doing well in sales. What some of us may not be so familiar with is the tardigrade, a microscopic animal with eight legs that can stand extreme weather conditions and is the only animal known to have the ability to survive in the hard vacuum of space. Combine the two and you have a Tardigotchi- a sphere that houses a tardigrade that is fed via syringe. The Tardigotchi also features a virtual pet that displays emotion. Communicate with the Tardigotchi via e-mail or Facebook, and a lamp will engage to warm the little "water bear," as tardigrades are called. daily 7.30

Lexus did a projection mapping event in Hollywood to promote the CT 200h hybrid

Bjork's new app approach to music - game, score, visual graphics, etc

"The experience reskins an actual location in the fantasy environment of Berk, the island in DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon 2 animated movie. You can explore fantasy-style landscapes - layered on a map of San Francisco - while flying around on the back of a creature like Toothless, the Night Fury dragon from the film. This kind of app is a hybrid of exploration and actual gameplay, and it is an interesting experiment that blends different mobile technologies as well as movies, games, and the real world. "

Another example of digitizing the real world.