Nielsen has released some new smartphone data for the past six months, and Android’s dominating growth is continuing. From June, 2010 to November, 2010, Android was responsible for 40% of new smartphone acquisitions, blowing both Apple and RIM out of the water.

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Android responsible for 40% of new U.S. smartphone acquisitions, now holds 26% of overall marketshare

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State Farm has launched a new widget for their pocket agent app which they call ‘On The Move’. For the remainder of this article however, I’ll be referring to this as LMA (Leave Me Alone). LMA was created to automatically reply to text messages received while driving with a predetermined response alerting the messenger of your situation. Thankfully this app isn’t integrated with the GPS, automatically turning on and off when you drive. Instead you can switch this on at your discretion. This means when you’re at the bar with your boys and the old ball-n-chains is sure to be naggin, just turn on LMA and it will send out auto-excuses for why you can’t respond (and if you’re reading this Amy, don’t worry, this is purely hypothetical). State Farm is really after my heart with this one, thanks guys.

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State Farm app makes you look responsible when you don’t want to talk

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