Market Research Mobile App

1. The state of mobile app
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/NielsenMobileAppsWhitepaper.pdf
  2. Universities and libraries move to mobile app http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/universities-and-libraries-move-mobile-web
  3. Which platform do our users prefer: website or mobile app? http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/pqrl/docview/921006874/13C1021926950D5BF3B/5?accountid=13552
  4. Mobile device ownership among international business students: a road to the ubiquitous library
http://www.emeraldinsight.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/journals.htm?issn=0090-7324&volume=40&issue=4&articleid=17063687&show=html
  5. Students   “Evolving” use of technology
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/09/17/it
  6. Designing low-cost Mobile websites for library http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/pqrl/docview/919192952/13C102CD7E32042AB62/13?accountid=13552
  7. Apple tops 40 billion downloads
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/01/07App-Store-Tops-40-Billion-Downloads-with-Almost-Half-in-2012.html
  8. Google Play Matches Apple’s IOS with 700,00 Apps
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Play-Android-Apple-iOS,news-16235.html
  9. Andriod Marks 4th Anniversary Since launch with 75% market share in 3rd Quarter http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23771812#.URJoah2kpQ5
  10. Google play hits 25 billion downloads
http://officialandroid.blogspot.ca/2012/09/google-play-hits-25-billion-downloads.html
  11. Identifying diverse usage behaviours of smartphone users
http://dl.acm.org.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/citation.cfm?id=2068847&bnc=1

Smartphone users spend an average of 100 minutes a day online (May 2012)
A survey conducted between September and November 2011 by market researcher Decision Fuel found that Singaporeans were heavy users of smartphones. It found that the average Singaporean smartphone user spent around 100 minutes a day using these devices online... [continues]

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