Nielsen’s quarterly mobile market numbers are out. For Q1, 2012 Nielsen reports that smartphones are the weapon of choice for 50.4% of the total U.S mobile subscribers. Women edging out men on smartphone ownership (50.9 : 50.1 percentage respectively). Android continued its dominance by powering nearly 48.5% of U.S smartphones.

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The red hot photo sharing mobile app, Instagram, was recently bought by facebook to the tune of $1 Billion. Online Colleges has compiled a nifty visual collating key data points that depicts the rise and rise of Instagram, with a focus on how college students use the app. The app is touted to hit 100 million users soon. Check out the visual here.

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Aatma Studio is at it again. In this clever and funny video, they showcase Siri taking an extreme step to self-destruct after 3 incorrect passcodes, so your data remains safe and only with you, as it should be. The video is on the concept iPhone 5, which turned out be Aatma’s blockbuster last year. Watch both the videos below.

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Facebook has acquired the hugely popular photo sharing app Instagram today. Facebook coughed up $1 Billion in both cash and stock to buy the app. The sale would be completed by end of the quarter where all nine Instagram employees would join Facebook.

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Mobile app analytics firm, Flurry, released new data which finds that app store revenues of iOS and Amazon is way ahead of Android marketplace’s base Google Play. Flurry examined a basket of similar apps that have presence in all these platforms to conduct this analysis.

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Nielsen’s new mobile numbers are out. Smartphone penetration in the U.S is 49.7%. More than 2 out of 3 new phones bought in the U.S are now smartphone. Android continues to dominate both the market share as well as new smartphones bought, with 48% each. iOS comes in second with a 32% market share.

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IDC projects shipment of smart connected devices to jump from the current near 1 Billion to 2 Billion by 2016. PCs, Media Tablets and Smartphones are considered smart connected devices. Android is expected to lead the market share (31.1%) amongst smart connected devices, beating out iOS & Windows PCs.

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In an acqu-hire deal, Angry Birds maker Rovio has snapped up a game studio of Futuremark. This deal would enable both the Finnish companies to leverage on Futuremark’s 3d hardware and gaming competencies and take the already popular gaming titles of Rovio’s to the next level.

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Zoho, a leading web-based productivity provider, has unveiled new apps for productive users on the go. Today at their Zoholics User Conference, Zoho added to their existing suite with CRM, Docs and Project related apps for both the iOS and Android platforms. With this announcement, Zoho has firmed up their mobile strategy and is a key focus area for the company this year.

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