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If retailers haven’t already gotten the hint that a mobile app presence is important and potentially profitable, a survey from Apigee, an API company, is another kick in the right direction. Among the findings in the survey is that nearly 3 in 5 mobile app users say they’d consider purchasing holiday gifts this year on…

The rate of adoption of iOS and Android devices surpasses anything we’ve seen from any computer technology ever, according to new data from Flurry. The mobile analytics company estimates that there were more than 640 million such mobile devices in use during July. “Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster…

Google Is More Popular on Opera Than on Chrome According to Chitika, Google is the most popular search engine across all browsers, which comes to no one’s surprise. What’s more interesting is the finding that Google is used by 95.3 percent of Opera users, 90.5 percent of Chrome users, 85.5 percent of Safari users, 78.5…

A report from Experian takes a look at how email is affected by social networks. While Facebook and Twitter are displayed or promoted in the most emails, Pinterest is the social network that boosts engagement with emails the most. According to the report, titled “Better Together; Email and Social,” Facebook is displayed or promoted in…

Solving the conundrum of world peace is an easier task than remembering all of your passwords, according to nearly 4 in 10 respondents to a survey from Janrain, a social login, social sharing, social profile storage and single-sign-on-solutions company. This may lend some weight to the argument that websites should strongly consider using social logins…

Facebook Acquires Threadsy Facebook has acquired Threadsy, the company behind social analytics tool Swaylo. This acquisition could signal that Facebook is readying itself to offer something akin to what Swaylo is

10% of Facebook Users Would Pay at Least $10 Per Year to Get Rid of Ads According to a survey of 1,059 U.S. adults, 89.7 percent of respondents said they would pay nothing to remove ads from their Facebook accounts, noting that they don’t mind the ads. Meanwhile, 4.5 percent said they would be willing…

After a decade of publishing, and more than 500 editions of the Digital Moses email newsletter, it was time for a website overhaul. The new DM Confidential site and accompanying eletter have a completely new look and, more importantly, new products. With an emphasis on customer acquisition news and ideas, DM Confidential will continue to…

A new report from the Online Publishers Association (OPA), conducted in partnership with Frank N. Magid Associates Inc., dives deep into profiling smartphone users in the U.S. Among the findings in the report is that 57 percent of the U.S. Internet population is expected to own smartphones by 2013. According to the report, “A Portrait…