• Smartwatches getting popular

    02 October 2014
    Smartwatches are getting popular at a rapid pace in the Netherlands. According to research by Multiscope, about 40% of all Dutch are interested in smartwatches. One in five even expects to buy a smartwatch within one year. Multiscope predicts that about 3.5 million smartwatches will be in use in the Netherlands by 2016.
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  • Apple launches smartwatch and mobile payments

    09 September 2014
    Wish we could say more. That’s how Apple announced the special keynote event for Tuesday September 9. Traditionally it is the moment on which the company gives an insight into the future and introduces new products. This time the iPhone 6, Apple Pay and Apple Watch were introduced. Of course we followed the presentation live. These are the most important facts.
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  • Pebble smartwatch test

    03 April 2014
    Smart glasses, watches and even rings are on the verge of a breakthrough. 2014 will be the year consumers discover wearables. I have been playing around with Google Glass and Estimote Beacons and now it is time to give the smartwatch a test drive.
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  • Apple iOS app transfer made easy

    18 June 2013
    Good news for app owners. The transfer of an Apple iOS app will become a lot easier. Apple has announced this at their WWDC conference last week. Developers have been informed by e-mail about this new and easy procedure.
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  • Liveblog: Apple WWDC keynote 2013

    10 June 2013
    The keynote of the Apple CEO at the World Wide Developer Conference is traditionally the moment at which some new hardware and software is announced. Apple has more than once changed the landscape of mobile, that’s why Shareforce will report on the WWDC keynote with a live blog.
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  • iOS6 on 79% iPhones

    18 April 2013
    Apple does not supply developers with a lot of data about the software versions on users smartphones. Google Android does a better job for that kind of information. That’s why we commissioned a study to Multiscope to learn which software version iPhone users have on their phone. In March, six months after the introduction of iOS6, 79% uses iOS 6.0 version or above.
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  • New criteria iOS apps

    02 April 2013
    Apple has introduced a new set of future rules for iPhone and iPad apps. The new rules will be set from May 1 2013 and consist of new demands for compatibility with the new iPhone 5 screen and a limit of the use of the UDID.
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  • App revenue grows fast

    04 March 2013
    Nearly five years after Apple launched the first appstore, the worldwide revenue for apps is expected to grow with 62% to 25 billion dollars this year. Both the Apple appstore and Google Play now offer more than 700,000 apps each. In early 2010, the Apple appstore offered around 140,000 apps. The Wall Street journal has a nice background article about apps in which it quotes from a Gartner research and some other sources.
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