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iOS Shoppers Are More Likely To Buy Than Those On Android

Alex Cocotas — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:21:00 GMT

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iOS Shoppers Are 30 Percent More Likely to Make A Purchase On Their Device (TechCrunch)
That's according to a new Forrester survey of 58,000 U.S. shoppers. iOS users are also 15% more likely to do product research on their mobile devices than Android users. Despite this, it's not like commerce-focused companies can afford to give up on Android. Read >

Video Could Be Coming To Instagram (TechCrunch)
Facebook's mysterious press conference this week could announce the arrival of video to Instagram. The idea of "Instagram for video" has been floating around for a while, but none of the services have really taken off. However, it may end up being more of a direct response to the growing popularity of Twitter-owned Vine. Read >

Flurry Is Launching A Mobile Real-Time Bidding Platform (Ad Exchanger)
The company expects to have 20 demand-side platform partners at launch. Elsewhere in the interview, CEO Simon Khalaf reveals that 80% of the time spent on the mobile Internet is through apps. Read >

For more info on real-time bidding, please read our report from earlier this year.

Enabling The Mobile-First Enterprise (ReadWrite)
A guide to creating a mobile-focused environment in your enterprise. Read >

Skype Launches Its Video Messaging Service (Engadget)
Users can now send unlimited video messages on Windows 8, Windows desktop, iOS, Android, and Blackberry, but Windows Phone is curiously not supported. Read >

A Peek At iOS 7 On iPads (9to5Mac)
While Apple only showcased the iPhone interface at WWDC, 9to5Mac got their hands on screenshots of the iPad interface from a hacked iPad iOS 7 simulator. Read >

Responses to WWDC From Across The Internet (Mutual Mobile)
An infographic of the responses to the mobile initiatives Apple introduced at WWDC last week. (See below.)

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1. According to the Migration Policy Institute, between 2010 and 2030 first- and second-generation immigrants together are projected to account for all growth of the U.S. labor force. This is one of the motivations for a process to legitimize current immigrants.

2. Half of all U.S. tech and engineering firms have foreign-born founders. When debating whether to expand the number of visas available to high-skill immigrants, this stat will be weighing on everyone's mind.

3. Every single person who comes to America to work — be they a Mexican immigrant with no college education or a highly educated student from India — brings with them a demonstrable economic surplus. If policymakers want to bolster the economy, this will be on their minds.

4. The federal budget is bracing itself for a burst of elderly Americans that will have to be supported by younger people in the workforce. The fact that the foreign-born population skews younger than the native-born population could prove to be a respite for government entitlement programs.

5. However, there can't be a path to citizenship without action on the border. And one of the most worrying statistics of all is the rapidly rising cost per apprehension of each attempted border-crosser who is arrested.

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