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.
Samsung is the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world, but things are a bit different in the U.S. According to research firm NPD, Apple still has the largest smartphone market share in the U.S. and its share widened over Samsung's in the final quarter of 2013. For the fourth quarter of 2013, Apple had 42% of the U.S. smartphone market share, up from 35% for the same period in 2012. Samsung's market share increased too (22% to 26%), but it's not growing as quickly as Apple is.