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* Worldwide mobile data traffic will increase by 13x over the next four years, [http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0130015Q7DRF&full_skip=1 Cisco has forecasted]. | * Worldwide mobile data traffic will increase by 13x over the next four years, [http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0130015Q7DRF&full_skip=1 Cisco has forecasted]. | ||
* The Pew Internet and American Life project produced a [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57567745-93/study-facebook-fatigue-its-real/ report stating that "a majority of current Facebook users ... have at one time or another tired to the point of avoiding the social-networking site]. | * The Pew Internet and American Life project produced a [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57567745-93/study-facebook-fatigue-its-real/ report stating that "a majority of current Facebook users ... have at one time or another tired to the point of avoiding the social-networking site]. | ||
=== Mobile === | |||
* International calls through Skype are equivalent to one third of global international phone traffic. In 2012, growth in the 490 billion minutes market for international calls was only at 5%, compared to the growth on cross-border Skype-to-Skype traffic of 44%, reaching 167 billion minutes. | |||
* Opera acquired Skyfire, a mobile browser and mobile network optimization solution. Called Rocket Optimizer, the offering for network operators reduces network overload by caching videos and large images in the cloud and serving them compressed to the network. The company claims that video represents 2% of user requests and 50% of bandwidth used. Skyfire Horizon is a browser extension platform that network operators can add to devices as a toolbar and means to promote their offerings. | |||
* The first testing version of Ubuntu for phones, the Touch Developer Preview, will be available on the 21st of February (tomorrow) and optimized for flashing on the Galaxy Nexus by Samsung and the Nexus 4 by LG. Canonical revealed the interface for the tablet version of the Ubuntu mobile platform, that is expected to make it into version 14.04, to be released in April 2014. It supports screen sizes from 6 inches to 20 inches and resolutions from 100 to 450 pixels per inch. Large screen optimizations include support for multiple user accounts. | |||
* Samsung launched a new line of smart - light phones, the Rex series, for the emerging markets. Based on Java, they feature Samsung's TouchWiz interface (also used on Android), Google search and Google Talk, Facebook, Twitter. There are 2 browsers: Opera Mini and Access NF. | |||
* Google is rumoured to be planning to open retail stores in the US. | |||
== Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | == Marketing, Press & Public Reaction == | ||