Industry News Summary- The evolution of Olympic coverage, a new research on how LTE has increased data usage on smartphones and tablets and Apple’s new OS.
And the Olympic medalist is… The 2012 Olympic games could be dubbed The Twitter Olympics as twitter users flock to the social network in order to get the latest results from London. But this is just another stage in the evolution of Olympic coverage which began with carrier pigeons. Acme Packet, a network solution company, recently compiled an infographic report on the evolution of Olympic coverage. Take a look.
Informa Telecom & Media and Mobidia Technology, Inc. offer new insight into use of smartphone and tablets on LTE networks: Earlier today, Informa and Mobidia released the second part of their whitepaper “Understanding Today’s Smartphone Users”. The research offers insight into consumer’s data usage via smartphones and tablets on various networks, including LTE. The results demonstrate that LTE networks and devices have indeed increased data usage. In addition, Wi-Fi is quickly becoming a primary mean of connectivity for all smartphone users. Learn more here.
4 days, 3 millions copies: Apple’s new OS “Mountain Lion”, that brings features from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac, and includes tight integration with Apple’s iCloud, as well as a “Notification Center”, sold 3 million copies in just four days. Read more.
