21

May

2013

Apple remains the world's most valuable brand, according to Brandz 2013 survey

Author: The Fonecast

The eighth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top 100 ranking of the most valuable global brands still has Apple at the top, despite a slight drop in the total value of technology brands.

Apple’s brand value was calculated at $185 billion, just 1% up from 2012. Google retained second place but closed the gap slightly.

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16

May

2013

50 billion apps downloaded from the Apple App Store

Author: The Fonecast

Customers have downloaded more than 50 billion apps from the Apple App Store since the service launched in July 2008, according to a new announcement from the company.

Current download rates have reached 2 billion mobile apps per month… or more than 800 apps every second.

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8

May

2013

From airports to airtime... and from mobile ads to mobile apps

Podcast - 8th May 2013

Author: The Fonecast

We start today's programme with the promise of a faster roll-out for the UK's mobile broadband services.

Next on the agenda is tablet sales... followed by mobile security, mobile boarding passes, quarterly results, acquisitions, advertising and management succession.

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6

May

2013

Apple leads tablet sales for first quarter of 2013

Author: The Fonecast

Worldwide shipments of tablet devices grew by 142.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation.

49.2 million devices were shipped during the first three months of the year; more than total tablet sales in the first half of 2012.

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2

May

2013

Mobile boarding passes being trialled by easyJet in the UK

Author: The Fonecast

UK airline easyJet is trialling mobile boarding passes for flights from Stansted, Southend, Manchester, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Nice airports.

Passengers can download their boarding pass to the easyJet app on iPhones or Android devices, with a mobile web app due to be added later this year.

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