Onavo, which offers a number of data compression and monitoring apps for mobile devices, has announced that it’s becoming part of Facebook.
The three-year-old company also offers a market intelligence service based on mobile usage data.
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Podcast - 31st July 2013
In this week's show we look at Google's new product announcements, O2's closure of its mobile telecare service and the clearance of radio frequencies for 4G services.
We also talk about the latest collection of quarterly results from Apple, Samsung, Amazon, LG and Facebook. Who's doing well - and should anyone be worried?
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Surprises and statistics
Mark Bridge writes:
Google’s big announcement last week involved the company introducing Android v4.3 (as expected), launching a new Nexus 7 tablet (as expected) and also revealing a ‘Chromecast’ HDMI adaptor that’ll stream from most portable devices. That was more of a surprise.
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Monthly mobile users up 51% from last year
Facebook has reported results for the second quarter of its financial year. Revenue was up 53% year-on-year to $1.81 billion (£1.18 billion), while the Q2 2012 loss was now a $333 million profit.
88% of total revenue ($1.6 billion) was from advertising, with around 41% of this figure coming from mobile ads.
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Mobile-based photo sharing service Instagram has launched an option to share video clips as well.
The service, which was acquired by Facebook last year, now lets users with its Apple or Android apps share up to fifteen seconds of video.
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