Apple's iOS lineup accounts for 84% of in-flight Wi-Fi traffic from mobile devices

In-flight Wi-Fi provider Gogo on Thursday reported that iOS users account for the lion's share of mobile devices accessing the company's ground-to-air Wi-Fi network, with iPhone owners comprising some 73 percent of all traffic originating from smartphones.


According to Gogo, an in-flight Wi-Fi provider operating on 1,800 aircraft across ten carriers, including United, Delta and American Airlines, some 84 percent of all mobile devices connecting to its service have been identified as running Apple's iOS. Products using rival operating system Android account for the remaining 16 percent.

While iOS still rules the skies, the OS saw a decline from a 96.8 percent share in 2011, while Android use grew 400 percent over the same period.

Breaking down the statistics by device, smartphones and tablets combine to make up 67 percent of portables being used to access the internet in-flight. Tablets enjoy the most use with a 35 percent share, while laptops and smartphones comes in at 33 percent and 32 percent, respectively.

Apple's presence is dominating, with the iPhone accounting for 73 percent of smartphones recorded, compared to Android's 26 percent. Handsets running on BlackBerry and Windows didn't break the 1 percent mark.

Gogo said that passengers spend most of their time surfing the Web, with Apple's Safari being the most used browser, followed by Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Google's Chrome. Other Internet activities ranking high on the list of things to do while traveling include writing emails, accessing social media sites, checking sports scores and shopping.


Source-Gogo

Xbox 720

It appears that some of the technical aspects of the Xbox 720's CPU have recently been leaked to the general public. VG Leaks has gotten ahold of a very detailed description of the Durango CPU, which will power the next Xbox.
The CPU turns out to have total of eight total core processors, much like previous rumors had indicated, with each running a single thread at 1.6 GHz. In comparison, the PlayStation 4 will have eight x86-64 bit "Jaguar" core processors, built by AMD. The Durango is designed to help developers get the most of the powerful CPU, as explained in the leaked information:
"With Durango, a familiar instruction set architecture and high performance silicon mean developers can focus effort on content and features, not micro-optimization. The trend towards more parallel power continues in this hardware; so, an effective strategy for multi-core computing is more important than ever," VGLeaks writes.
It is worth noting that none of this information is verified by Microsoft, so it could very well be that the Durango will be completely different. But in light of others claiming to have leaks about the new system, this looks like it could be the hardware for the Xbox 720. Microsoft is said to be planning on officially revealing the new system in April, so curious gamers will have to wait until then to get the official specs of the new system, if Microsoft reveals them at the announcement at all.


Which one one of the upcoming next-gen consoles are you looking forward to more? The PlayStation 4 or the next-gen Xbox?