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Chinese Smartphone Shipments Skyrocket
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-smartphone-shipments-skyrocket-2012-8
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Chinese smartphone shipments were 27 percent of global shipments in the second quarter, according to Canalys. That’s up from 16 percent of shipments during the first quarter of 2011. China surpassed the U.S. as largest smartphone market in the world last year, according to Strategy Analytics.
Android is the dominant platform in the country, accounting for 81 percent of shipments last quarter. That’s up from 68 percent at the end of last year. In addition to! cheaper price points, Android’s rise has been aided by Apple’s botched entry into the market—it initially decided to carry with only one of the country’s three major carriers.
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Jeremy Lin Is Causing Knicks Ticket Prices To Skyrocket
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-jeremy-lin-knicks-ticket-prices-skyrocket-2012-2
We have already seen what Jeremy Lin’s popularity means on a world-wide scale. But there has also been a huge impact at the local level. And one of those factors is the cost of going to see the Knicks play.
Courtesy of SeatGeek.com, is a look at how prices for last night’s game between the New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings on the secondary-market changed over the last week. In the six days leading up to the game, prices rose 245%.
So if you were hoping to see the Lincredible Circus, it is going to cost ya…
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The Popularity Of Linsanity Has Surpassed Tebowmania
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/sports-chart-linsanity-has-surpassed-tebowmania-2012-2
If you want to get a sense of how popular Jeremy Lin has become in just a few days, check out this chart that measures the popularity of search terms on the internet.
In the last few days, Lin has surpassed even Tim Tebow in terms of internet popularity. And while it is the off-season for Tebow, consider that he made all the media rounds last week at the Super Bowl. And also notice that as Lin’s popularity is growing, Tebow’s numbers also peaked momentarily. This is likely due to comparisons between the two underdog athletes…
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The problem with bad product names and what we can learn from it
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/editorial-the-problem-with-bad-product-names-and-what-we-can-le/
In the meaningless category are things like the MSI GT683DXR or ASUS XU6280, one of which I just made up. Some meaningless names can also be good in their simplicity — like the Nokia N9 or Nikon D3S — but they are still basically nothing more than differentiators. This is an acceptable option.
In the bad category are the majority of smartphones released in the past few years. Rezound. Rhyme. Vivid. Epic. Sensation. Thrill. Skyrocket. Conquer. Triumph. Enlighten. Infuse. Prevail. Arrive. Can you name the company behind each phone? And those are just a few examples from this year. The names aren’t just bad — they’re noise. Some names might fall into a fifth, slightly murkier okay category, but there are certainly more phones (and, increasingly, tablets) in the bad category than any other, and I’d argue that’s a sign of a larger problem.
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