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Google Android gaining on Apple iOS in mobile ad share

Google’s Android operating system continues to close the gap with Apple’s iOS in mobile advertising revenue, while its share of impressions is now almost double that of iOS, a study by Opera Mediaworks shows. Google’s (GOOGL) Android accounted for 57.6% of mobile Internet traffic worldwide in the third quarter, up from 31.3% in the same quarter last year, Opera Mediaworks said in its quarterly State of Mobile Advertising report. Apple’s (AAPL) iOS accounted for 30.2% of mobile Internet traffic in Q3, down from 44% a year earlier. Android overtook iOS in volume of Internet impressions on mobile devices earlier this year. Now it’s threatening to overtake iOS in mobile advertising revenue. Apple’s iOS took 51.2% of mobile ad revenue in Q3, up from 49.5% a year ago. But Android grew at a much faster pace. Android took 41.8% of mobile ad revenue in the third quarter, up from 27.7% in…

Apple, destroyer of industries, targets watches, fitness bands

Just days after Apple was blamed for single-handedly destroying Nokia’s phone business and hurting Finland’s economy, it’s taking the rap for killing the Japanese consumer electronics industry. And look out, fitness bands and traditional watches, you’re next on Apple’s hit list. On Oct. 13, Finland’s prime minister suggested that Apple (AAPL) could be to blame for the demise of its two biggest industries, cellphones and paper, which in turn led to an economic downturn and a ratings downgrade for the Nordic country. “We have two champions which went down,” Alexander Stubb told CNBC . “A little bit paradoxically, I guess, one could say that the iPhone killed Nokia (NOK), and the iPad killed the Finnish paper industry, but we’ll make a comeback.” On Friday, UBS analyst Steven Milunovich said that Apple had the same impact on Japan’s consumer electronics business…

Sensor-packed smartphones becoming ‘Star Trek’ tricorders

Smartphones are getting so jam-packed with sensors that they’re going to start resembling “Star Trek” tricorders. A report Thursday fromIHS Technology (IHS) predicts that the market for sensors in smartphones and tablets will nearly triple from 2012 through 2018. It forecasts sensor sales rising to $6.5 billion in 2018 from $2.3 billion in 2012. Last year, sensor sales totaled nearly $3.5 billion, up 49% from 2012. Competition between smartphone giants Apple (AAPL) and Samsung is fueling the proliferation of sensors, IHS says. Apple’s iPhone 6 has 10 sensors: three microphones, a six-axis combo motion sensor that incorporates two sensors (an accelerometer and gyroscope), a discrete accelerometer, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor and a fingerprint sensor. Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has 11 sensors, including an optical pulse sensor. Most of the sensors are well established and have to do with sound sensing, motion…