Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Video – Mobile Year in Review 2010

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Below is a nifty video, Mobile Year in Review 2010, that highlights some of the changes we saw last year related to mobile phones and computing. My favorite statistic is this one:

Mobile phone apps downloaded
2009: 300 million
2010: 5 billion!

Happy viewing!

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