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Windows Phone Beats Blackberry As The Third Most Popular Phone

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A report by IDC as of May, 2013 shows that Windows Phone has surpassed BlackBerry as the third most popular mobile OS with volume shipments reaching 7 million units compared to BlackBerry’s 6.3 million at end of 1st quarter 2013. Android phones continue to dominate the market with close to 200 million units followed by iOS at 37.4 million units.

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The Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker also gives a total shipment volume for the quarter at 216.2 million units, which is a 41.6% year over year change. It’s a two-spot jump for Redmond from last quarter after capturing 3.2% market share compared to 2.9% for BlackBerry. The combined share of both Android and iOS is 92.3% which is still high, but Windows Phone’s big leap indicates a new direction taken by Microsoft even as BlackBerry struggles to keep the momentum with its transition to BlackBerry 10 (BB10) with a bulk of its handset portfolio still running the older OS.

As far as the dated BlackBerry OS is concerned, IDC thought that it has affected BlackBerry’s sales and smartphone ranking. Microsoft’s latest offer is Windows Phone 8 and pairing with BlackBerry 10 in market share seems to be impossible for now. However and the reality is, Redmond is doing everything it can to dislodge rival OS other than Android and iOS.

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iPhone 5 Beats Samsung S3 and S4 in Torture Test

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That whole plastic case thing isn’t working out for Samsung lately, as it took another hit today, as insurance company SquareTrade says it finds the company’s new flagship handset doesn’t prove to be as durable as Apple’s iPhone 5.

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SquareTrade put the Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S3, and Apple’s iPhone 5 through a torture test of sorts, reproducing the perils that smartphones face in the hands of everyday consumers. The handsets were dropped to test case strength, skidded across tables to see how far they would slide, and dunked underwater to see how well they fared with submersion. 

All three handset scored as a “medium risk” in the evaluations, but the Galaxy S4 got a worse numerical score than both the iPhone 5 and its even the previous Samsung flagship, the Galaxy S3. Scaling it from 1 to 10, with the 10 being worst, the iPhone 5 scored a 5, the Galaxy S3 got a 6.5, and the Galaxy S4 received a 7.

The plastic casings on the S3 and S4 had trouble absorbing the impact of a 40-foot fall, with the screens on both handsets showing some cracking. The plastic cases also apparently offer significantly less friction, as the two Samsung devices slid farther than the aluminum unibody iPhone 5.  The Galaxy S4 slid 3.1 feet, the Galaxy S3 skidded 2.8 feet, and the iPhone 5 skittered 2.3 feet.

Both the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S4 proved to be somewhat resistant to water damage, as both survived the submersion test with their functions intact, still playing video and audio even while underwater. The S3 didn’t fare quite as well, as it’s video kept playing, but its speakers gave out.

Under the assumption that a device that’s easier to grip will be easier to hold onto, SquareTrade also graded the devices on ergonomics. The S3 and S4 scored poorly on the grip-ability test, as the iPhone 5 fared better, netting a positive score. All three phones scored as neutral in the weight test, but all three scored badly on overall size.

SquareTrade said it estimates that one in five Americans will buy a Samsung Galaxy S4, with one in eight consumers breaking their S4 within six months. In case you didn’t know, SquareTrade sells breakage insurance for phones and other devices.

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Opera: iOS Top Mobile Ad Platform, iPhone Beats Android For Ad Traffic Generation

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It’s time for Opera’s State of Mobile Advertising report for Q1 2013, and it looks like the iPhone is back on top when it comes to generating traffic to mobile ads, regaining its throne from Android. iOS also is king of the hill when it comes to monetization among the mobile platforms.

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Opera draws its data from its mobile advertising platform business, which consists of AdMarvel, Mobile Theory, 4th Screen Advertising and Opera Mediaworks Performance. The platform serves 50+ billion ad impressions per month via 12,000 mobile sites and apps.

Mobile ad campaigns running on Apple devices account for nearly half of all revenue (49.23%) delivered to mobile publishers.

Opera’s data also shows the iPhone edging out Android handsets in ad impression volume in Q1. (iOS temporarily lost the crown in the last quarter of 2012.) When ad impressions and clicks on the iPad and iPod touch are included, iOS has a clear lead over Android, with 44.53% of the ad traffic and 49.23% of the revenue vs 31.26% of the ad traffic and 26.72% of the revenue.

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Pirate Bay Beats MediaFire As World’s Biggest File-Sharing Site

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After ranking 6th two years ago, The Pirate Bay (TPB) now tops the rank as the most popular file-sharing site on the Web. Though this may be attributed to the fact that new visitors have been going to the site during the past few months, its popularity is largely caused by the web traffic decline of its competitors.

The traffic decline can be best explained under what you call ‘the domino effect.’ At the aftermath of the Megaupload shutdown, a huge shift in the web’s traffic patterns has dramatically followed. We must take note that several cyberlockers have resorted to various measures to prevent the pirates from docking such as removing affiliations and disabling public file sharing.

Ranking next to TPB is Mediafire which used to occupy the 4th spot two years ago. Likewise, 4shared replaces Mediafire as it lands on the 4th spot which is a far cry from the top spot it had occupied during that same period.

The other sites that made it to the top ten list are newcomers which only shows how the file-sharing trend has been drastically changed. Public trackers such as Kickass Torrents, Torrentz.eu, isoHunt, and ExtraTorrent, ranked 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 9th respectively. On the other hand, cyberlockers such as Uploaded, Putlocker, and Rapidgator ranked 5th, 8th, and 10th respectively.

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LG Optimus G2 Beats Nexus 4, T-Mobile Release Incoming

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A lot of people have been keeping their eyes peeled for the LG Optimus G2 ever since rumours came out that the handset would put other smartphones to shame.

A smartphone that recently went through the GLBenchmark site has started tongues wagging and techies saying that this was the newest handset from the Korean powerhouse. The handset, which was under the model number LG-D801, showed the device packing the Adreno 330 GPU and running on the 1.7GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor. These specs alone already put the device heads and shoulders above the HTC One and Samsung’s Galaxy S4. Add to that other rumoured features like a 5-inch full HD display screen, a 13mp camera, the 4.2 Jelly Bean, 2GB RAM, an internal storage of 32GB and a 3,000mAh battery, and you’ll understand why some are heralding the Optimus G2 as a super phone.

LG’s flagship Optimus G’s release was only limited to Asia but consumers are very hopeful that the Optimus G2 will be released in more countries, especially now that it’s been reported that the Optimus G2 will be working on T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network. There’s no word yet from LG or T-Mobile about their plans for the Optimus G2, but some analysts are saying that it’s likely the smartphone will be released later this year.

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