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Published on 21 Feb 2013
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Although Microsoft (MSFT) hasn't been considered "cool" since the heyday of Pogs and "The Macarena," a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that things may be changing. As Reuters reports, the poll shows that roughly 50% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 think Microsoft is cooler than it was a year ago, a positive result for the company that mirrors a recent survey of American teenagers showing strong interest in the Surface tablet. Microsoft still has a ways to go before it's the "coolest" tech company around, however, as the poll also found that 70% of young Americans said that Google's (GOOG) Android operating system has gotten cooler over the last year, while 60% said that Apple (AAPL) had gotten
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Games for the Sony (SNE) PSP, PS Vita and Nintendo (NTDOY) 3DS consoles have one distinct revenue generation advantage: They are hellishly expensive. Mario Kart 7 will set you back by nearly $40. In contrast, more than 90% of the most popular mobile game apps are free downloads. Yet App Annie, a leading mobile app data firm, now says that in the fourth quarter of 2012, the revenue generated by iOS and Google Play apps topped the revenue generated by Nintendo and Sony portable games. App Annie has a strong grip on the mobile app market since its diagnostic tools are used by more than 80% of the top 100 app vendors. App Annie has tracked more than 13 billion
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