The Associated Press (via USA Today) reports NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman expects the salary cap for 2015-16 to settle in around $71 million, depending upon fluctuations in the Canadian dollar. That will make things difficult for NHL teams with limited cap space next season.
The BlackBerry Is The Number 1 Smartphone In The World. For those who didnât know already, the BlackBerry was the number one selling smartphone in the world last year. Of the 1 billion total mobile phones sold, 1.4%, or about 14 million BlackBerrys allowed Research in Motion to claim the top spot for smartphone manufacturers. 1.4% of the market compared to overall top dog Nokia, who sold about 40% of all mobile phones last year, is pretty miniscule in the grand scheme of things.
A recent survey from Nielsen lists the most popular smartphone apps of the year. The results indicate that Google and Facebook dominate the mobile app space. Facebookâs primary app proved to be the most popular of 2015 in the U.S., with more than 126 million unique users on average. Google, meanwhile, owns five out of the 10 most frequently used apps. YouTube placed in second with around 97 million unique users, and Facebook Messenger placed in third with about 96 million.