China app growth nine-fold increase; Gmail app now on iPhone; Steve Jobs documentary airs tonight

Eric Bianchi
November 2, 2011
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ChinaChina has seen app session growth showing almost a nine fold increase in the first 10 months of the year. Growth in China was the largest in the world at 870%, according to a report from Flurry Analytics. The rise is being put down to the increased uptake of old moldy Apple’s and the cheaper handsets that are on offer from the likes of Android. Official Ministry of Industry figures show the number registering with an app store rising by 50% to 150m in Q3 with the amount of mobiles owned rising by 2.5% to 1.25billion. It will be exciting news for those in the increasingly valuable mobile gaming industry that will see any growth in the gambling industry’s largest market, Asia, as a good thing. App uptake increasing coincides with the trend in the gaming industry and reflects why Asia is the place to be right now.

Google has unveiled an app for all those that own some forbidden fruit and want to use Gmail. The Android owners relented and finally offer Apple customers a Gmail app to use on their iPhones or iPads. In one of the least exciting stories of the day, the app works exactly the same as the Android one and will make it a lot easier for Apple users to look at their mail.

Steve Jobs gets his television send off later tonight with specials on both sides of the Atlantic. Over in blighty Steve Jobs: iChanged The World follows the life and times behind his fascinating life. There’s also a never-before-seen interview with the Apple founder whose impact on our lives will never be forgotten. Jobs’ interview is given one year after the cancer was first diagnosed and he uses it to explain his philosophy on life. PBS will screen the similar Steve Jobs – One Last Thing at 10ET with Channel 4 in the UK screening the aforementioned version at 11:05pm.

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