App usage soars as smartphones take hold

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices, a study showed Tuesday.
The survey by Yahoo-owned analytics firm Flurry found app usage on mobile devices jumped 58 per cent last year, cooling slightly from 76 per cent growth in 2014.
A big factor was growth in "personalization" which allow people to customize their devices or correspondence including lockscreens and emoji keyboards, including reality star Kim Kardashian's "Kimoji." These apps saw 344 percent growth last year.

App usage soars as smartphones take hold

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices, a study showed Tuesday. The survey by Yahoo-owned analytics firm Flurry found app usage on mobile devices jumped 58 per cent last year, cooling slightly from 76 per cent growth in 2014. A big factor was growth in personalization which allow people to customize their devices or correspondence including lockscreens and emoji keyboards, including reality star Kim Kardashians Kimoji. These apps saw 344 percent growth last year.