which application stores have the highest percentage of free apps
Android Market was the winner here. In
Google attracts the sort of developers that enjoy giving away their works and the open nature of the application- approval process (that is, no review board middleman exists between app creation and public release)
' dissatisfaction with Google Checkout - paid Android apps are required to implement this payment method for purchase
U.S. market only
okia has the most paid (85% paid)
prices for the paid applications
RIM and Microsoft were more than twice as high
didn't necessarily have to do with the different types of applications
Android is now the second-largest application store
Windows has 693.
Apple is also the fastest growing store with a shocking 13,865 new applications added per mont
popularity of applications by category
over 1245" Windows Mobile
surprising was the popularity of games on Blackberry, the platform often used more by enterprise
9% popularity to only 18% for utilities.
absence of any form of review process has led to new forms of store flooding and other variety of spams in the form of applications that are just gateways to websites
Streaming video requires access to a streaming media server.
When a video streams, it is being sent via UDP protocol to a player on the end users compter. The user will have the ability to fast forward or rewind the video.
video isn't being downloaded to the end users computer so it is less likely that the content will be stolen
The biggest disadvantage of streaming over progressive download is if the user watches the same video over and over you will pay for the delivery of it each time. Videos are also streamed at what ever bit rate they are encoded at. Keep this in mind when creating HD quality video. 8Mbps video may sound and look great, but most homes can't sustain an 8Mbps connection. If you have really high bit rate video, consider delivering via HTTP.
Most web hosting providers or Content Delivery Networks (CDN) will have streaming media servers available to use. Historically, Flash video was more expensive to deliver than other forms. Recently prices have compressed and you will find that it costs about the same to deliver Flash or Windows Media files. In the past I would have said if your video is more than 10 minutes in length deliver it via Stream and less do progressive. Since prices
e European Commission announced plans to revise an “interpretative communication on certain aspects of the provisions on televised advertising” to incorporate new issues relating to the new legal framework. The doc, adopted in 2004 and revised in 2007, applied to the old TV Without Frontiers Directive. The communication is non binding. The revision will aim to take into account news forms of commercial communication defined by the AVMS Directive.
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the joint venture between T-Mobile UK and 3 UK formed to create and manage what will be the UK’s most extensive 3G network, has selected Arqiva as its strategic partner for the provision of cell sites.
T-Mobile UK and 3 UK entered into an infrastructure consolidation agreement in
number of devices connected to IP networks will be twice as high as the global population in 2015.
In 2010, only 3 percent of Internet traffic originated with non-PC devices, but by 2015 the non-PC share of Internet traffic will grow to 15 percent.
TVs, tablets, smartphones, and machine-to-machine (M2M) modules will have growth rates of 101 percent, 216 percent, 144 percent, and 258 percent, respectively
This table shows the millions of unit sales for the current consoles from The Big Three™ during each of the last four quarters and forms the basis for the first two graphs
Kinect has undoubtedly provided a big boost to the 360′s sales it is simply a question of whether Microsoft can show enough desirable Kinect games to continue the momentum.
Wii’s extraordinary sales during the holiday period make it the best selling home console
Furthermore there were 14 billion views of VOD content via pay-TV services worldwide in 2010, 9 billion of which were in the US alone. 600 million long-form online videos were viewed in France and 5 billion via DVR time shifting in the UK.