NPD report shows dramatic surge of iOS market share in the US after the launch of Apple's iPhone 4S

1. christianqwerty posted on 1 hour ago 1 0

At the first day back at my school after winter break, It seems like everyone got the white iPhone 4 or 4s.

3. The_Miz posted on 1 hour ago 2 1

Yup, the phone that's actually worth having.

6. iamcc posted on 1 hour ago 1 0

In your opinion... even my girlfriend chose the Nexus over the 4S and she is definitely not a techie. She actually wanted the iPhone and after going to Verizon and comparing she thought the iPhone was too small and looked like a toy.

Everyone is different...

4. remixfa posted on 1 hour ago 0 0

first off.. duh. lol. its not like we expected them to lose ground after their first release in nearly 2 years. lots of antsi apple people out there.
this does make me curious though, as previous reports on this site showed that something like 85% of i4s people were upgrades. is the "market share" total devices ever sold, or total devices active? It seems more like its "ever sold". Before you flame.. its just a question.

5. The_Miz posted on 1 hour ago 1 0

I think PA is desperate for articles again since they're posting the most obvious of stories here.

NPD report shows dramatic surge of iOS market share in the US after the launch of Apple's iPhone 4S

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Nigerian president pleads with public ahead of strike (Reuters)

ABUJA (Reuters) ? President Goodluck Jonathan pleaded with Nigerians on Saturday to support the removal of fuel subsidies and pledged to cut government salaries, in an effort to prevent a nationwide strike planned for Monday.

Nigeria's fuel regulator announced on January 1 the end of the subsidy as part of efforts to cut government spending and weed out corruption in the downstream oil industry, which it hopes will encourage more foreign investment in local refining.

Petrol prices have more than doubled to around 150 naira ($0.93) per litre and protests have erupted across the nation.

Trade unions have said they will begin an indefinite general strike from Monday, including workers in Africa's largest energy sector. Industry sources do not expect strikes to significantly affect crude exports.

"If I were in your shoes at this moment, I probably would have reacted in the same manner as some of our compatriots, or hold the same critical views about government," Jonathan said in a statement, his first official comment on subsidies since the policy was announced.

"The deregulation of the petroleum sector is a necessary step that we had to take. I want to assure every Nigerian that whatever pain you may feel at the moment will be temporary."

Nigeria produces more than 2 million barrels per day of crude oil but almost all of this is shipped to the United States, Europe and Asia. Nigeria has to import its refined fuel, like petrol and diesel, because decades of mismanagement and corruption mean its refineries are in disrepair.

Economists say the subsidy encouraged corruption and waste and handed over billions of dollars of government cash to a cartel of wealthy fuel importers.

The government estimates it will save 1 trillion naira ($6.21 billion) this year by eliminating it.

CORRUPTION

Most people in Nigeria live on less than $2 a day and view cheap fuel as the only benefit they get from living in an oil-rich state. Critics say wealthy politicians should have found savings within government and tackled oil industry corruption before imposing costs on the public.

Jonathan said he understood the problems of corruption and the high cost of government, which were being addressed.

"We are all greatly concerned about the issue of corruption. The deregulation policy is the strongest measure to tackle this challenge in the downstream sector."

"To save Nigeria, we must all be prepared to make sacrifices. On the part of government, we are taking several measures aimed at cutting the size and cost of governance."

He said this year the basic salaries of all politicians in the executive arm of government would be reduced by 25 percent. This does not include members of parliament, whose salaries make up a large portion of government spending.

Jonathan said all overseas travel by politicians would be reduced to the bare minimum and the size of delegations on foreign trips would be cut. He also said overlapping committees and departments would be looked at to reduce costs.

Jonathan's critics say he is guilty of wasting money on committees and dozens of special advisers.

He is also under fire for failing to rein in almost daily attacks by an Islamist sect in the northeast of Nigeria.

Many Christians have begun to flee northern Nigeria after dozens were killed in a series of religious attacks in recent days.

(Reporting by Felix Onuah; writing by Joe Brock; editing by Andrew Roche)

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Smart Alarm Clock For iPad

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Viaden Mobile has announced the long-awaited iPad version of its hit app, Smart Alarm Clock. Buffed up with new features and boasting a totally different design, Smart Alarm Clock for iPad: sleep cycles & noise recording is not only a reliable sleep cycle tracker and alarm clock, but also the perfect nightstand companion.

The start view of the app shows a full-screen clock face with adjustable themes: classic, analog and digital. It is also possible to use pictures from the device's photo library as the clock background. In addition to the classic features the developers threw in a weather widget which shows the current weather conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind direction and speed, humidity and pressure) as well as a forecast for the user's area for the next 6 days.

The immediate functionality of the app has remained unchanged. Users still get to choose one of 4 alarm clock modes: with or without sleep cycle/noise monitoring and alarm sound.

The unique feature of the app - noise recording - is still in place, too. Smart Alarm Clock for iPad allows users to play back the noise disturbances, overlaying the recording with the sleep cycle graph. This gives users a chance to optimize their sleeping environment and as a result get more healthy sleep. All noises and sleep statistics can be shared with friends with the help of the Facebook and Twitter plug-ins, or sent by e-mail.

To give users an ability to add a personal touch to the app, Smart Alarm Clock for iPad provides customizable sound settings. The app provides a number of tunes for awakening and falling asleep; users' own titles from the iPod playlist as well as binaural beats and guided meditation tracks can also be added to the selection.

"After the success of Smart Alarm Clock for iPhone/iPod touch we've decided to bring the app to a higher level," says Yuri Gurski, Viaden Mobile CEO. "Having updated it with some new handy features we've got an app that's absolutely worth it to be installed on a top-line device such as iPad."

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Smart Alarm Clock for iPad 1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Health & Fitness category.

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Cramer's Lightning Round - Ford Is Fine (1/6/12)

Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Thursday January 5.

Bullish Calls:

Ford (F): "I'm glad you took some off the table (at $18)...I think you can ride Ford right here at $11...it's at $11 because Europe is weak, America is strong. I think Ford is fine."

Nokia (NOK): 'I think the stock could go higher. I would speculate."

Dendreon (DNDN): "Looks like the uptake is good...looks like the reimbursement is going to be good...this stock is going up, also because of a short squeeze."

Chevron (CVX): "It is fine. I would hold onto it."

Schlumberger (SLB): "...you should buy it."

American Capital Agency (AGNC), Annaly (NLY): "I gave up fighting the tape on this...it's got a good yield...it seems to be doing okay. I prefer Annaly. People are giving me heat because it went from $18 to $15 but you've got to look at the long-term performance of NLY."

Bearish Call:

Peabody (BTU): "I think the economy is getting stronger, which means Obama is going to be re-elected, so coal is going to be ixnay. I don't want to own Peabody even though I think it is an excellent company."

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Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 pct., hiring surges

A construction worker guides a rafter into position at a construction site, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Dayton, Ohio. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

A construction worker guides a rafter into position at a construction site, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Dayton, Ohio. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

A construction worker directs a steel hoist at the foundation of a new condo complex in Sunrise, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

In this photo taken Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, workers direct gravel into a trench at a Little Rock, Ark., construction site. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Technician Shawn Cable repairs a video game console at the Laptops Plus computer store in Winter Park, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

A construction worker drops a cinder block from scaffolding while building a new home Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The nation added 200,000 jobs in December in a burst of hiring that drove the unemployment rate to its lowest in almost three years. The figures raised hopes that the economy might finally be healthy enough to power an even stronger job market.

Four long years after the start of a Great Recession that wiped out 8.7 million jobs, a Labor Department report Friday showed that the past six months have been the strongest for job creation in the United States since 2006.

The December gains, spread in industries throughout the economy and far better than economists had expected, sent the unemployment rate to 8.5 percent, the lowest since February 2009. It has fallen four months in a row.

"There is more horsepower to this economy than most believe," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University, Channel Islands. "The stars are aligned right for a meaningful economic recovery."

If economics textbooks and the best hopes of millions of unemployed Americans are confirmed, the economy may be at the start of what is known as the virtuous cycle ? a self-sustaining, steadily improving pattern of hiring and spending.

When more Americans are hired, they have more money to spend. And when more money courses through the economy, businesses can justify hiring more people. That leads to more jobs and more demand.

Another pattern, known as the vicious cycle, took hold to devastating effect during the Great Recession. People lost jobs and spent less money, so businesses rang up less sales and were forced to lay off more people.

Finally, the reverse may be happening.

"The labor market is healing," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. She cautioned that "we still have a long way to go ? years ? to recoup the losses we have endured."

Indeed, the economy added 1.6 million jobs for all of 2011. That is better than the 940,000 it added during 2010 ? and far better than the 5 million it lost during 2009, the most bruising year of the Great Recession.

But the nation still has 6 million fewer jobs that it did in December 2007, when the recession began. Economists forecast the nation will add 2.1 million this year.

The unemployment report was the first to be released since Republicans across the country began voting to determine a candidate to face President Barack Obama this fall in an election that will turn on the economy.

Obama appears bound to face voters with the highest unemployment rate of any president running for re-election since World War II. Unemployment was 7.8 percent when Obama took office.

But the president's re-election chances may hinge more on the direction of the unemployment rate. It was 7.2 percent when Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale in 1984, but it had fallen from 10.8 percent two years before the election.

Obama, visiting the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said: "We have made real progress. Now is not the time to stop." He called on Congress to extend a tax Social Security payroll tax cut that is due to expire at the end of next month.

Campaigning in New Hampshire for Obama's job, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum claimed credit for Republicans, suggesting the gains were tied to voter optimism that a Republican would take the White House.

"There's a lot of concern still," added Santorum, who finished in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses earlier this week. Another candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, dismissed the job gains as inadequate.

The report painted a picture of a broadly improving job market. Average hourly pay rose, providing people more money to spend. The average workweek lengthened, a sign that business is picking up and companies may soon need to hire.

The private sector added 212,000 jobs in December. Those gains were offset by 12,000 layoffs by governments.

Hiring increased across industries. Manufacturing added 23,000 jobs, as did the health care industry. Transportation and warehousing added 50,000 jobs. Retailers added 28,000. Even the beleaguered construction industry added 17,000.

Economists cautioned that some of the gains reflected temporary hiring for the holiday season. The government adjusts the figures to try to account for those seasonal factors, but doesn't always get it exactly right.

The gains in transportation and warehousing, for example, reflected a strong increase in hiring for couriers and messengers. That could be because of the jump in online shopping over the holidays, the Labor Department said.

And the economy still faces many challenges, including a likely recession in Europe exacerbated by the debt crisis there. That could drag on the U.S. stock market, making U.S. consumers feel poorer and weighing on their spending.

In a reminder of the threat, U.S. stocks, which had appeared poised for a higher open, sank in morning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 19 points. Analysts blamed a spike in borrowing costs for Italy, an ominous sign for the debt crisis.

"While December's data represent good news, there is no guarantee that January will follow a similar path," said Joshua Shapiro, chief economist at MFR Inc., in a note to clients.

The nation's work force, which includes both people working and those searching for jobs, shrank slightly in December and doesn't look much different from last spring.

That is a concern because a strengthening job market normally draws more applicants. And if more Americans are motivated to start looking for work, the unemployment rate could jump again.

The government only counts people as unemployed if they are actively searching for jobs. Discouraged workers who have given up on looking are not included in the rate.

And some of those who are counted as employed are working part-time, but would rather have full-time work.

A measure that includes those groups, the so-called underemployment rate, was 15.2 percent in December. It has fallen three straight months but remains historically high.

In another positive sign, the number of people who are employed part-time but would prefer full-time fell sharply for the third straight month. It has dropped from 9.3 million in September to 8.1 million in December, the lowest since January 2009.

A more robust hiring market coincides with data suggesting the economy ended the year with some momentum. Holiday sales were solid, and November and December were the strongest months of 2011 for U.S. auto sales.

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AP Economics Writer Paul Wiseman contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Modest exercise cuts obese women's blood pressure (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Even fairly modest amounts of exercise can help older obese women lower their blood pressure numbers, a new clinical trial suggests.

In a study that randomly assigned 404 women to exercise or not, researchers found that lower-intensity activity -- walking on a treadmill or pedaling an exercise bike -- curbed what's known as exercise blood pressure.

That refers to blood pressure levels during physical activity, including daily routines like walking around a store or climbing stairs.

While it's normal for blood pressure to rise when we're active, steeper increases have been linked to a heightened risk of heart disease -- independent of a person's usual blood pressure at rest.

So the new findings, the researchers say, reinforce the importance of staying physically active.

"Try to keep finding ways to fit more physical activity into your life," said lead researcher Damon L. Swift, of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

It's familiar advice. But the findings, reported in the journal Menopause, strengthen the case for exercise, say the authors, because they come from a well-designed study in which sedentary women were randomly assigned to exercise or stay inactive.

The fact that exercisers showed a blood pressure benefit suggests that the exercise, itself, deserves the credit.

For the study, Swift and his colleagues recruited 404 women ages 45 to 75 who were overweight or obese, sedentary and had higher-than-normal blood pressure.

They randomly assigned the women to one of four groups: three that exercised at different levels for six months and one that stuck with their usual lifestyle.

In one exercise group, the women got the equivalent of what experts generally recommend for most adults: about 2.5 hours of moderate activity per week.

A second group got only about half that amount of exercise, while the third worked harder -- equivalent to almost 4 hours of moderate activity per week.

In the end, all three exercise groups showed improvements in their exercise blood pressure. In the most-active group, systolic blood pressure (the "top" number) dropped by an average of about 14 points.

But the least active group was close behind, shaving 11 points off their systolic blood pressure.

Exercise did not change the women's blood pressure at rest, however.

But since high exercise blood pressure may put a strain on the heart, lowering it -- even without effects on resting blood pressure -- might do the heart good, according to Swift.

And even people who do not have full-blown chronic high blood pressure may have abnormal exercise readings.

"One of the things we saw was that even among women with pre-hypertension, a good portion had abnormally elevated exercise blood pressure," Swift said.

'IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF EXERCISE'

At the study's start, 204 women had pre-hypertension -- higher than 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), but lower than the threshold for high blood pressure, which is 140/90 mm Hg. Of those women, about 40 percent had abnormally high exercise blood pressure.

According to Swift, the bottom line for current couch potatoes -- men and women of all ages -- is that it doesn't take a lot of exercise to see potential health benefits.

"A lot of people think of exercise as this big thing that will take up a lot of their time," Swift said. But simple things like a walk around your neighborhood can fit the bill, he noted. "You don't have to go to the gym."

And don't get discouraged if you fail to shed pounds, Swift said. In this study, women who exercised did not lose weight, but they did lower their exercise blood pressure and boost their overall cardiovascular fitness levels.

It is always wise, however, for sedentary overweight people to have a check-up with the doctor before becoming active.

"It's good to know if you have a condition that could be aggravated by exercise," Swift noted.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/xpRSqs Menopause, online December 12, 2011.

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