Monday, January 7, 2013

Angry Birds, YouTube among top apps of 2012

Angry Birds, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook continued to be among the most downloaded apps of 2012, but rising stars also earned coveted spots on smartphones and tablets.

This past year, consumers spent on average two hours a day using mobile applications, an increase of 35 percent over last year, according to analytics firm Flurry. The number is expected to continue growing in 2013.

"Twenty-twelve was a transformative tipping point in the way consumers use apps,'' said Craig Palli, a vice president at mobile marketing company Fiksu, adding that the biggest shift was in consumers' eagerness to turn to apps for a broad range of day-to-day tasks.

Categories such as social networking, media and entertainment, photo editing, and games, continued to...

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Smart phone technology is expanding rapidly and new applications are appearing just as quickly. It will be interesting to see where imagination and creativity will take us.

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