Thursday, July 14, 2011

Cool Infographic Creation Tool = WORDLE

I discovered a cool site today called www.Wordle.net

You can quickly and easily create a creative keyword infographic to embed or link to - for free!

Enjoy :-)

Wordle: Digital Strategist

Thursday, July 07, 2011

STAT-Of-The-Day:

"A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media predicted that the worldwide sales of Internet-connected TVs this year would outstrip game consoles for the first time.  Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are slated to sell 37 million game consoles this year, but consumers will buy 52 million connected TVs from companies such as Samsung, Sony and LG Click here!." Folks, this is a major shift in consumer behavior and will require lots of useful apps - free and paid!  Smart TV's are a new touchpoint to bring content, services and messaging to consumers with minimal development and no investment in hardware...


Wednesday, July 06, 2011

33% of Americans Using Smartphones (COMSCORE)

Smartphone Platform Market Share

"76.8 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in May 2011, up 11 percent from the preceding three month period. Google Android ranked as the top operating system with 38.1 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers, up 5.1 percentage points. Apple strengthened its #2 position with 26.6 percent of the smartphone market, up 1.4 percentage points. RIM ranked third with 24.7 percent share, followed by Microsoft (5.8 percent) and Palm (2.4 percent)."  (COMSCORE)

Top Smartphone Platforms

3 Month Avg. Ending May 2011 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Feb. 2011

Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+

Source: comScore MobiLens

Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
Feb-11 May-11 Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A
Google 33.0% 38.1% 5.1
Apple 25.2% 26.6% 1.4
RIM 28.9% 24.7% -4.2
Microsoft 7.7% 5.8% -1.9
Palm 2.8% 2.4% -0.4