Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports on data from Piper Jaffray with an interpretation that:Apple users buying 61% more apps, paying 14% more per appThe Piper Jaffray report stated that iOS (iPhone/iPad) owners downloaded an average of 51 apps in 2010 and will download 83 this year. It also reported that 82% of the apps in Apple's app store are free apps. These figures sound about right and shouldn't generate much argument. However, the information about average app price (bas [...]

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I’m glad that more and more companies are putting significant effort into their social media programs. Really, I am. But, we can’t let enthusiasm obfuscate reality, and that seems to be occurring with alarming regularity these days in all corners of the social Web. The most recent example to cross my inbox is from restaurant

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