"apps" articles

Brett Sappington , Director of Research, Parks Associates presented "Who is Watching TV Everywhere" during the Imagine Park's "TV on the Device You Like" on Tuesday, June 11 from 12:45 PM to 1:30 PM in Washington D.C.. Click here to see the entire presentation. The Cable Show puts you at the nexus of what's happening in entertainment, information and communications. You'll see it all: the infrastructure, services, people and strategies that are coming...

CenturyLink has announced its acquisition of the company AppFog , a cloud platform for web applications.  The acquisition shortly follows CenturyLink's decision to extend its network to connect two independent, third party data centers.  However, this marks CenturyLink's first stake in the profitable platform-as-a-service (PaaS) market.   CenturyLink will absorb AppFog into the telecom's subsidiary, Savvis , which provides hosted IT and cloud infrastructure...

According to John Chambers, CEO at Cisco , the Internet of Things (IoT) will create $14 trillion in profits over the next 10 years by putting objects like cars, door locks, appliances, and smart meters on the Internet. Cisco believes that by 2017, there will be about 2.8 billion machines on the Internet, which is about 30% of the devices connected to the internet worldwide, up from 960 million devices and 17% in 2012. These devices will lead to the creation of new apps,...

By the end of 2012, 60% of U.S. broadband households owned at least one app-enabled CE device. Of the primary devices used to access apps, smartphones have the highest penetration rates, but newer app platforms, i.e., tablets and smart TVs, have experienced significant growth. As connected device penetration rises, so does consumer usage of content outside of traditional channels. Parks Associates estimates smartphone and tablet app downloads in North America will reach nearly 7...

By Brett L. Sappington, Director of Research On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal published an article reporting rumors that Apple was in discussions with pay-TV providers about the possibility of an Apple-branded set-top box (STB) that would carry live and on-demand content. According to the article, Apple proposed to provide the hardware and have pay-TV providers deliver the linear and on-demand content. For Apple, which has made a strong business by leveraging content to...

Written by: Jennifer Kent, Research Analyst, Parks Associates I had the pleasure of attending the 4 th Annual mHealth World Congress in Boston last week, and spoke on a panel of analysts concerning consumer uptake of mHealth applications and solutions. With the Supreme Court giving the Affordable Care Act the all-clear, companies in this area are forging ahead with new initiatives to increase the quality of care while cutting costs; many of these initiatives leverage mobile...

Google 's online app market for Android apps, movies, music, and books is coming to Google TV, the company announced. Later this summer, Google will make video content that can be purchased or rented through Google Play available on Google TV. The company will be adding TV content to the lineup of content it now offers via Google Play. People will be able to purchase episodes of TV shows or buy the entire season and play it on a variety of Android devices, including...

Join us at APPNATION NYC + APPNATION TV 3.0 SUMMIT - the place where the app and connected device ecosystem meets, combined with social TV apps. The signs are everywhere. Mobile technology is taking over the world of interconnected computing, spurring development of an apps universe that is the rightful Internet successor to the World Wide Web. APPNATION is the first conference to focus entirely on the business of apps and their transformative impact on consumers and enterprise...