"apps" articles
Parks Associates President, Stuart Sikes , will be presenting new consumer survey results on smart home systems at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, TX. Sikes will be speaking at the Connected Home Developers Garage , taking place March 8-9.
Among the research Sikes will be presenting include potential revenue sources for smart home system developers. Parks Associates finds that between 57% and 73% of likely smart home buyers are interested in purchasing upgrades or...
While the Android-based Nokia X smartphone stole the attention at MWC, everyone knows that for any Nokia smartphones to be successful, the phone maker needs to do more and fast in the app and content space. In a close-door meeting with industry analyst, Nokia’s two leaders, Bryan Biniak and Amit Patel detailed Nokia’s app ecosystem initiatives and answered our questions.
I left the meeting with an overall feeling that these two Nokia leaders know where the gaps are between...
Facebook opens its checkbook again. This time, it spends $16 billion on WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app with a staggering user base and only a couple of years ago valued at $1 billion. What is most surprising from Facebook’s press release is the stat that WhatsApp’s volume of messages is “approaching the entire global telecom SMS volume.” If the WhatsApp buy is Facebook’s own recognition of the slow traction of its Facebook messenger app, it is also a smart move to acquire a...
Parks Associates follows the digital advertising industry closely. New research indicates that smartphone and tablet owners are increasing the amount of time they spend watching TV and video apps on their devices—in fact, 44% of tablet owners and 32% of smartphone users have increased their video consumption on these mobile platforms compared to 12 months ago.
This increase in video consumption by consumers will lead to subsequent revenue increases for in-app advertising as...
Over 60% of U.S. broadband households have at least one Internet-connected CE, such as a smart TV, connected Blu-ray player, or connected game console, and households have on average close to 7 connected devices per household.
Consumer use of these devices is evolving their use cases as well. Video viewing on mobile platforms in particular has trended upward in the past few years. As a result, content providers are deploying new multiscreen services and streaming content to...
The Smart Power Strip allows its users to control their plugged-in home appliances through a smartphone app for iOS and Android. Besides turning the appliance on and off directly, the app can also function as timer and will turn an appliance on and off at a certain time, it can also send notifications appliances have been on for too long, and monitor the specific energy consumption of different electronics.
The current Smart Power Strip prototype has three U.S. power sockets, but...
Healthcare providers are using new technology to improve communication between doctors and patients and create new applications to provide efficient care remotely.
The new whitepaper from Parks Associates, “Connected Health Opportunities for Service Providers,” evaluates the opportunities for broadband service providers in the connected health products and service market. It examines how aging baby boomers, healthcare reform, and the role of technology are changing the...
Earlier this year, Digitalsmiths and zeebox worked together and launched Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery, a personalized video discovery service across all of zeebox’s supported platforms, in the United States. Now, building off its success, the two companies are bringing the service to the United Kingdom and Australia.
Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery enables zeebox users to experience the "Recommended For You" feature that delivers personalized...
