1）据insidemobileapps报道，Eric Schmidt日前宣布Android设备每日激活量已达130万部，至今共有4.8亿部Android设备被激活。

Android device growth over time(from insidemobileapps)

iOS device growth over time(from insidemobileapps)

苹果首席财务官Peter Oppenheimer曾在7月份称iOS设备目前销量超过4.1亿部，因此目前尚难以判断Android设备究竟比iOS占据多少优势。而值得注意的是，在9个月以前，Android设备激活量远远落后于iOS，在今年1月份的财季电话会议中，谷歌宣布Android设备总激活量已达2.5亿部，四天后苹果宣布iOS设备在假期季销量超过6780万部，该设备总销量超过3.15亿部。

Android vs iOS sales over time(from insidemobileapps)

insidemobileapps据此绘制了两种设备总体激活量走势图，从中可以看同Android在过去一年中发展速度明显，而iOS平台的发展却趋于减缓。

2）亚马逊日前宣布将推出新版Kindle Fire平板电脑，该设备分为7英寸和8.9英寸HD两种型号。

据该公司所称，新设备采用了比原版产品更快速的处理器，性能比后者提升了40%左右；其RAM是原设备的两倍，并且拥有更长的电池续航时间。7英寸新设备将于9月14日发售，零售价为159美元，低于谷歌Nexus 7平板电脑售价（其8GB型号设备售价为199美元）。

kindle-fire-HD(from toolsandtoys.net)

8.9英寸的Kindle Fire HD设备采用1920 * 1200屏幕，厚度是8.8mm，重量为20盎司。它采用的处理器是TI OMAP 4470，据每秒处理性能比标准的Kindle所采用的Tegra 3芯片要高50%。此外还添加了立体扬声器，双频Wi-Fi天线。这一设备仅推出16 GB型号，售价为299美元，而支持4G LTE技术的设备售价则是499美元。这一设备将于9月20日开始发售。

3）据mobile-ent报道，谷歌Android操作系统Ice Cream Sandwich（以下简称ICS）于去年11月份发布，但面世三个月后在所有Android设备中仍然仅占比1%，但目前所占比例已达20.8%，几乎是7月份时的两倍（游戏邦注：7月份时占比10.7%）。

Android OS Chart(from mobile-ent)

而Jelly Bean占比最小，仅为1.2%，不过其增长速度远超过ICS；Gingerbread占比高达57.2%，但由于ICS的增长，其份额已下滑7个百分点。

4）据insidemobileapps报道，Zynga日前宣布面向全球市场发布《Gems With Friends》这款iOS免费益智游戏。

这是Zynga“With Friends”系列的第六款游戏，支持玩家在三个两分钟回合时迅速拖拽标有数字的宝石，连线消除宝石以赢得积分。据Zynga所称，With Friends游戏目前用户将近5300万，他们平均每天约发送600万条聊天信息。

Gems with Friends(from games)

Zynga前一款该系列游戏是《Matching with Friends》（发布于6月份），据AppData数据显示，其iOS版本目前位居应用营收榜单第59名，付费iOS版本位居第31名，而Facebook版本目前MAU则是140万。《Words With Friends》目前在Facebook平台的MAU则高达1410万，iOS游戏《Scramble With Friends》在应用营收榜单居于第28名。

由此可见，With Friends系列游戏确实表现不俗，但《Gems With Friends》未来情况如何仍然有待观望。

5）Pew Research最近调查数据显示，已有88%美国成人是手机用户，其中有43%用户会下载手机应用。

但有54%用户会拒绝下载要求他们分享一些个人信息的应用，还有30%用户发现应用访问自己的相关数据后，就会卸载该应用。 有57%用户会同时采用这两种做法以防泄露个人信息。

6）移动安全服务供应商NQ Mobile最近发布信息图表显示，仅52%智能手机用户会为自己的移动设备设置密码，但却有87%用户在手机中保存了一些自己不想公开的私密信息。

52%在手机保存家人照片，40%保存工作文件。

有35%却保存了自己想隐瞒的调情短信，26%保存了一些关于自己及他人的“不雅照”或视频内容。

Hidden_infographic(from NQMobile)

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1）Android surges as iOS slows — comparing the growth of Android to iOS

Kathleen De Vere

On September 5, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt revealed the Android operating system is now seeing 1.3 million activations a day and that there have been more than 480 million total Android device activations. Impressive numbers, but what does it mean for the growth of the Android platform relative to iOS?

Although the latest figure puts Android firmly ahead of iOS in terms of total numbers of devices activated, our readers will remember that Apple’s last official update came in July when CFO Peter Oppenheimer reported that more than 410 million iOS devices had been sold to date.

So while it’s hard to judge just how far ahead Android is, the numbers are still  interesting given the fact that just nine months ago, Android was lagging quite far behind iOS in terms of the total number of activated devices. During its January Q4 earnings call, Google reported it had seen 250 million Android devices activated, and four days later Apple reported it had sold over 67.8 million iOS devices during its holiday quarter, bringing the total number of devices sold to more than 315 million.

Based on the period updates Apple and Google have provided, Inside Mobile Apps has plotted the growth of both operating systems in terms of the total number of devices sold/activated.

As you can see, Android’s growth has been particularly explosive over the past year, while iOS’ platform growth has begun to level out. Of course, total devices sold doesn’t tell us much about the actual usage or market share for either platform, but it does provide some context to both companies’ updates — something that is particularly relevant given the fact that Apple is likely to announce how many iOS devices it has sold to date during next week’s iPhone 5 launch event. We’ll be watching the event closely to see if iOS sales are keeping pace with Android or if they’re falling further behind.（source:insidemobileapps）

2）Amazon revamps Kindle with cheaper 7” version, $299 9” HD Model

Kathleen De Vere

As widely anticipated, Amazon has refreshed its popular Kindle Fire tablet, revealing a revamped 7 inch model and a new, more powerful 8.9 inch HD model.

Unveiled today at Amazon’s Los Angeles press event, the updated Kindle Fire keeps the original’s 7 inch display and boasts a new, faster processor which will boost performance by 40 percent according to Amazon, twice the RAM of the original model and a longer battery life. The new Kindle Fire will retail for $159 when it ships on September 14, strategically undercutting the price of Google’s fast-selling Nexus 7 Android tablet, which costs $199 for the 8 GB model.

Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HD is 8.9 inches with a 1920 x 1200 display. Physically, the new tablet is 8.8 mm thick and weighs in at 20 ounces. The processor is a TI OMAP 4470, which Amazon claims can process 50 percent more operations per second than the standard Kindle’s Tegra 3 chip. Amazon has also added stereo speakers and dual band Wi-Fi antennas. The Kindle Fire HD only comes in a 16 GB model. It will cost $299 and a 4G LTE model will also be available for $499. Data plans will cost $49.99 per year and will cap at 250MB of data per month. The Kindle Fire HD will ship on November 20.（source:insidemobileapps）

3）Ice Cream Sandwich lives on 20.9 per cent of Android devices

by Zen Terrelonge

Adoption up by almost double in two months.

Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich OS rolled out in November last year, and three months down the line it had only reached one per cent of Android devices.

But seven months later and ICS has penetrated 20.9 per cent of the little green robot’s tech, almost double the 10.7 per cent in July.

Meanwhile, Jelly Bean has a minor adoption with just 1.2 per cent, though it’s garnered a faster rate than ICS to reach it in just two months.

Of course, Jelly Bean’s share will increase once Google allows native installs, a feature currently saved for its Google Nexus 7 tablet.

Gingerbread is still the mightiest update on the market  with 57.2 per cent and looks to retain its dominance for sometime, but the ICS growth means it’s fallen by around seven per cent.（source:mobile-ent）

4）Zynga announces Gems With Friends

Emanuel Maiberg

Zynga today announced the global launch of Gems With Friends, a free puzzle game for iOS and the sixth addition to Zynga’s “With Friends” franchise.

In the game players have three two-minute rounds to drag and drop numbered gems as fast as they can to match three in order to score points. Players are also given one free Power Gem for each game which they can use as a wild card to combine with any two similar gems. Additionally, the game includes features players will recognize from Zynga’s previous With Friends titles like in-game chat and a Scrabble-like layout.

Zynga’s press release states that approximately 53 million With friends games are being played at any given time, with approximately six million chat messages sent per day.

Zynga’s latest With Friends title, Matching with Friends (our review) was released in June. According to AppData, the free iOS version of the game is currently the No. 59 top grossing app, the paid iOS version is the No. 31 top grossing app and the Facebook Matching With Friends app currently has 1.4 million monthly active users. For comparison, Words With Friends currently has 14.1 MAU on Facebook, and on iOS Scramble With Friends — released before Matching — is the No. 28 top grossing app.

Obviously the With Friends titles perform well for Zynga, but they are getting further away from the success of Words with each following release. It’ll be interesting to see if Gems With Friends will be able to buck the trend. Look for our review on Friday.（source:insidemobileapps）

5）57 per cent of app users avoid some offerings due to privacy fears

by Zen Terrelonge

Some refuse to download the app at all, while other uninstall iffy designs.

New data from Pew Research says 88 per cent of US adults now own a mobile phone, with 43 per cent downloading apps to their devices.

Of course, apps are big draw for many, but users are reluctant to use some with rife reports of spam, malware, UDID, personal data tracking doing the rounds. The FBI was even forced to intervene in a pirate Android racket.

54 per cent of app users decide against downloading an app when they see the amount of personal data they need to share to gain access.

Meanwhile, 30 per cent of app users have uninstalled apps after noticing the data it had access to.

That’s equivalent to 57 per cent opting for both methods of app evasion.（source:mobile-ent）

6）87 per cent of mobile users are HIDING SOMETHING on their device…

by Zen Terrelonge

Infographic shows content includes private contacts, flirty texts, and sexy photos – what’s lurking on yours?!

Security provider NQ Mobile found that more than half of consumers think celebrities lie about hacking scandals to generate publicity.

Given that, the firm asked the sceptics about their content stored on their own devices and found that just 53 per cent of smartphone owners use a passcode, despite the fact 87 per cent of them have content they want to hide.

Some things were perfectly innocent, 52 per cent cited family photos and 40 per cent claimed work documents.

However, 35 per cent want to keep flirty texts a secret, while 26 per cent have sexy photos and videos to hide – a mixture of themselves and of other people.

Conrad Edwards, CEO, NQ Mobile, said: “When only half of smartphone users actually lock their phones, it’s unclear whether these celebrities’ devices are being hacked or simply being left open for people to snoop.

“What is clear, is that you don’t need to be a celebrity to have things on your phone you’d rather others not see.”

The firm cautions people to protect their data by locking it, sharing personal info on social media wisely, research the intentions of apps, and use anti-virus software.（source:mobile-ent）