Group text and picture messaging looks to become a crowded category as 2011 rolls along. Apple started the ball rolling with the announcement (but not the release) of iMessage earlier this summer as part of its iOS 5 announcement. Google provided Huddle as a the group messaging component of Google+ apps for iOS and Android. Facebook Messenger for iOS and Android soon followed.Next up? Samsung announced their own worldwide messaging service that they claim works across all major smartphone and fe [...]

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Nielsen’s finding that the most popular category of apps used in a 30-day period is not a surprising one: Games (64%). What is a bit more interesting with a few surprises are the app categories that fall under games.Play Before Work: Games Most Popular Mobile App Category in USWeather apps beat out Social Networking apps for the number 2 spot (60% vs. 56%). The only other app category with more than 50% of use in a 30-day period was maps/navigation/search.Communications apps like Instant M [...]

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