Chitika: iOS 7 usage levels peaking in US and Canada

We're a few days away from Apple's WWDC 2014 which will likely usher in news of iOS 8. The current iOS 7, however, is enjoying a lot of success according to Chitika.

Chitika Insights observed iOS 7 users generating the vast majority of Web traffic from U.S. and Canadian iPhones (84.3%) and iPads (78.5%). These high rates of adoption for the company’s latest OS versions have been a frequently touted selling point for Apple in its efforts to maintain its strong developer community. iOS 7, unveiled a year ago, was the biggest revamp to Apple's seven-year-old mobile OS and what many consider the very first modern smartphone OS. For more of Chitika's report, click here.

NDP Study: Canadians aged 18-24 prefer desktops to other devices

A Study from NDP titled Battle of the Screens, is claiming that Canadians agaed 18-24 still prefer desktop computers over notebooks, tablets and smartphones.

According to Battle of the Screens, a new consumer electronics and information technology study from leading global information company The NPD Group, young Canadians between the ages of 18 and 24 have reported an increase in their preference for desktops and are expected to help keep these computer classics on the market.

While many survey respondents reported a decrease in preference, desktops are a favourite of this age group for a number of web-based activities. Within the next three years, the most popular desktop use for 18-24 year olds is projected to be gaming (preference up 11 per cent), household productivity (up eight per cent), and a three-way tie for listening to music, managing /editing photos and work productivity (each up seven per cent). Additional usage intent includes online shopping, watching videos online, using email and online banking.

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Toca Boca's immersive digital toy Toca Town comes to iPad

The newest digital toy from Toca Boca lets kids rule and gives them control of the town where all their favorite Toca Boca characters live, allowing them to take part in their everyday lives in a safe digital environment.

TOCA TOWN has something for all kids. They can explore the six different areas of the town and choose their own activities such as hosting a party at the restaurant, washing a car at the police station or playing hide-and-seek in the park with the town’s 21 zany characters - most of whom will be familiar to Toca Boca fans!

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Steve Ballmer to buy LA Clippers for $2 billion

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly buying the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise for a staggering $2 billion. This is record money for an NBA franchise, the Clippers have been in the news lately, not because of their playoff heroics but because their (former) owner Donald Sterling hit headlines for making racist comments in a surreptitiously recorded conversation.

The NBA banned Sterling from attending any NBA game and pushed for the sale of the LA Clippers. Steve Ballmer took over from Bill Gates as CEO of Microsoft and led the company through a difficult transition period. He left Microsoft early this year and was replaced by Satya Nadella, who has already put his imprint on a number of major moves within Microsoft.

"I will be honored to have my name submitted to the NBA Board of Governors for approval as the next owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.  I love basketball," Ballmer said in a statement. "And I intend to do everything in my power to ensure that the Clippers continue to win – and win big – in Los Angeles."

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