Mac OS Ken: 12.01.2014

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2014

⏱️ 17 minutes

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IBM Says iOS Owns Mobile Sales on Black Friday; Mobile Own Thanksgiving eBay: Consumers Snatch Up Apple Deals Apple Gives Black Friday Promotion a Miss in the UK Pocket: Bigger iPhones Mean Less Time on iPads R.W. Baird Analyst Ups Apple Target on iPhone Strength Twitter App for iOS to Start Mapping Other Apps iOS 8 Adoption Hits 60 Percent Japanese Site Publishes Alleged Specs for Alleged Larger iPad Report Has Foxconn Building Sapphire Display Facility Steve Jobs Earns a Third of His Patents Posthumously SaneBox: Bring Sanity to Your Inbox with a 2-Week Free Trial at

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:10.0	Forcing that darkest of Fridays wither and wither the iPad, and his news slows rumors grow.
0:22.4	It's Monday, December 1st, 2014. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacoS.
0:28.5	Ken brought to you by yours truly and supported by IChart magazine putting Apple and Tech News in
0:35.3	focus E-Y-E-I-Chart magazine available for iOS Newsstand now.
0:43.0	Whether because they have more money or because they're more engaged with their mobile devices,
0:48.0	Black Friday Mobile Shopping was dominated by iOS users.
0:53.0	Pause for gasps of surprise and continue.
0:58.0	Watson and his handlers were working over the holiday weekend as IBM ran its annual Digital Analytics Benchmark Hub looking
1:06.3	at life in the online retail world.
1:09.4	Starting not with the money, but with historical impact IBM says
1:12.8	Thanksgiving Day marked the first time that online traffic from
1:16.0	mobile devices beat traditional PCs.
1:20.4	According to Big Blues release,
1:21.8	Thanksgiving Day reached a new mobile tipping point with browsing on smartphones and tablets,
1:27.0	accounting for 52.1% of all online traffic.
1:32.0	Kind of stunning that that hasn't happened before.
1:35.0	Or at least that that hasn't been tracked before.
1:38.0	Now the money part.
1:40.0	IBM says overall Thanksgiving online sales were up 13.3% compared to 2013 and that rise
1:46.9	continued in the Black Friday. Online sales were up 9.5% year over year for the day after Thanksgiving, with a report saying
1:55.3	mobile devices accounted for one in four of all online purchases.
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