Apple dominates device activations over the holidays

According to data from mobile analytics firm Flurry, Apple’s still quite a popular as a gift to others or for yourself. Mobile device activation of Apple devices accounted for over half of all new activations. It was 51.3 percent, to be exact. Flurry reached this conclusion by tracking data of over 600,000 applications over the week leading up to Christmas including Christmas day.

Samsung took a distant second place at 18 percent, Nokia at six percent, Sony at fourth with 1.6 percent, and LG at fifth with 1.4 percent. Brands like HTC, Huawei, and Xiaomi, came in under one percent but these brands focus more on the Asian market where holiday gift giving isn’t as popular.

Source: Ubergizmo

Yahoo is buying Flurry

Yahoo's shopping spree continues as it is just got into  a definitive agreement to acquire Flurry. See the announcement below.

“Flurry’s success is the result of years of committed investment by a passionate team to create an indispensable platform for mobile developers. We want to harness our collective innovative spirit and bolster the mobile ecosystem by providing developers the analytics and monetization solutions to drive their success.”

Yahoo is on a mission to re-imagine users’ daily habits, and mobile is at the center of everything we do. Our agreement to acquire Flurry is a meaningful step for the company and reinforces Yahoo’s commitment to building and supporting useful, inspiring and beautiful mobile applications and monetization solutions.

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