Study: Free Still Favorite Price For Mobile Apps

THE SOCIAL TIMES — The continued proliferation of social networks, further growth of streaming video and the domination of  free mobile apps in the marketplace. No surprises there. But taking a closer look at the quarterly New Media Measure study issued by Interpret reveals a number of less obvious trends in media behaviors, device ownership, attitudes and product consumption. Social networking shows no hints of waning popularity, as usage of social networks has increased 20 percent from the first quarter of 2009. Facebook remains the leader, growing 33% over the past year. Facebook has also become a boon for casual gaming, eclipsing Yahoo! as the most visited gaming site among casual gamers – 28% in the past month have played a game on Facebook (versus 21% for Yahoo!)...