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  • Mobile App Market to reach $27B This Year, Predicts Analyst

    Mobile App Market to reach $27B This Year, Predicts Analyst

    As early players such as Zynga begin to be overtaken by newcomers such as King, the mobile app market is continuing to grow at an astounding rate. Through Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Play Store, mobile apps are quickly becoming a business worth billions.

    Analyst firm ABI Research this week predicted that the mobile app market will reach a value of $27 billion this year. The firm pointed out that apps are a major factor in consumer choices over mobile operating systems, and that BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 have a long way to go to catch iOS and Android.

    “iOS continues to lead the way, and the OS is projected to generate over two-thirds of the revenues for smartphone and tablet apps in 2013,” said Josh Flood senior analyst with ABI. “Although Google’s Android OS recently surpassed Apple in terms of total app numbers, iOS users continue to prove they’re more willing to depart with their cash. The revenue gap between the two leading OSes looks unlikely to close over the next 18 months.”

    ABI has also predicted that app revenues from tablet apps with begin to catch up with revenues from smartphones, which are still far higher. The analyst firm predicts that tablet app revenue will overtake smartphone app revenue by 2017, largely due to higher prices being charged for tablet apps.

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  • Hit and Run Driver Was Downloading App When He Struck a Pedestrian

    Texting while driving is a well known danger. Communities across American have introduced laws that prevent people from doing so. But, with the increasing popularity of apps for smartphones, they may want to consider amending laws to include other cell phone activity as well.

    Police in Plaistow, New Hampshire are reporting that a man responsible for a hit and run was downloading an app on his phone at the time of an incident.

    John Sheehan was driving his van down a residential street when he hit a pedestrian, witnesses say he didn’t slow down. Police found a white van in Sheehan’s driveway that had damage consistent with the accident.

    When police came for Sheehan, he immediately asked “what did I hit?” indicating that he didn’t see what happened. He later claimed that he thought it was tree. Authorities are not buying the story, saying there is no way he would not have known. What they do know, is that Sheehan was distracted by an app he was downloading when the accident occurred.

    The victim’s father isn’t buying the story either. His son is 6’3″ and weights 300 lbs, and would have been impossible to miss.

    The victim (John Stearns) was helicoptered to Boston hospital where he is currently being treated, having undergone multiple surgeries to repair a fractured pelvis and internal bleeding.

    Sheehan is being held on felony charges with a bond set at $10,000.

    [source: CBS Boston]