The Voice of the Caribbean People in South Florida The Caribbean Voice, Inc. Duke of Earle Group, Inc. FLORIDA Dr. Bevan Earle Managing Editor / Publisher PO Box 450127 Sunrise, FL 33345-0127 Phone: (954) 749-5112 Fax: (954) 749-5059 Toll Free: 1-8888-242-duke E-Mail: thedukofearle@aol.com Associate Editors Eric Thompson Edwin Ali Barbara Hutchinson Anita Davis-DeFoe Ph.D Entertainment Writer Anita Davis-DeFoe Ph.D Sports Editor Dr. Bevan Earle Art Director Dwayne Salmon (954) 274-1368 artbwoy@aol.com Assistant Art Director Wayne Chambers Dwayne Salmon Dr. Bevan Earle Photographer Dr. Bevan Earle Assistant Photographer Dameion H. Earle Circulation & Distribution Dameion H. Earle Marketing & Public Relations Saran Earle Marketing & Public Relations Tampa / Palm Bay Daphnie Edwards (954) 288-5916 Marketing & Public Relations Atlanta Smith (907) 907-0897 Marketing & Public Relations Jamaica Shanique Anderson (876) 344-5989 Website Manager Dean Hooper ____________________ MISSION STATEMENT The Caribbean Voice Newspaper as the name entails, has a mission to evaluate, divulge, and uplift the consciousness of not only immigrants from all orifices of the multi-national Caribbean countries, but to this one big melting pot known as the "World." The quality and contents of this newspaper envisioned by Dr. Bevan "Duke of Earle" Earle, will also serve as a protagonist for the eyes and ears of the people who think their trials, listlessness's and sorrows are buried forever in the womb of time. The newspaper will not serve as an "Enemy" of any government, church, or any duly constituted organization. Consider us as your "eyes" and "ears" for complete information, helping to fullfill brighter tomorrows in years to come. We will forever remain the Caribbean Voice Newspaper. Mobile application sales to reach ‘$17.5bn by 2012’  TECHNOLOGY The global appetite for mobile applications will explode over the next two years, new research suggests. A study done for Getjar, the world's second biggest app store, said the market will grow to $17.5bn (£12bn) in the next two years. The study claimed downloads would climb from 7bn last year to 50bn by 2012 - a 92% year-on-year increase. It found there had been a gold rush with the number of app stores rising from four before 2008 to 48 today. The study also suggests Apple's domination of the market could be challenged. "We wanted to find out the real value of the industry because we felt certain segments like the iPhone were being over-hyped and so-called feature phones were being underhyped," said Getjar founder and chief executive officer Ilja Laurs. Feature phones are less powerful than smart phones but can still run some third- party software. Smart rush While Apple's App Store is regarded as the dominant player, there are many more to choose from including those from BlackBerry, Microsoft, Google, Nokia, and Samsung. Google's Android Marketplace, for in- stance, has more than 30,000 apps made for smartphones running on its mobile operating system. Mr Laurs said the figures attributed to the iPhone's value have been unbelievable in some cases. "The value of the iPhone App store ranges from as low as $700m (£466m) to $2.5bn (£1.66bn). You can see the range is huge," he said. Mr Laurs said the research found that feature phones should not be ignored in the rush to create apps for smartphones. "It is almost as if these phones don't exist. We know smartphones are an extremely important phenomenon, but in terms of consumer mindshare and revenue share, feature phones represent 90% of the global market compared to 10% for smartphones and data cards." Industry shake-out Researcher Chetan Sharma of Chetan Sharma Consulting said that the charging model which dominates the app ecosystem is changing. "Advertising and the sale of virtual goods has helped expand choices for developers and we will see all of that ramp up in the next couple of years," he told the BBC. But most commentators think Apple's paid model will survive for the foreseeable future. "I wouldn't say it is going to die, but the industry is going to evolve in alternative directions ," said Getjar's Mr Laurs. Apple's iPad, for example, is expected to boost the app market according to statistics from analytics firm Flurry. It reported that developer activity for the iPhone has risen 185% in advance of the iPad's April arrival. Applications for the iPhone can be ported over to the new device. "We have definitely seen a shift back to the iPhone with the anticipation of the iPad and a little bit of the disappointment with the Nexus 1 (Google phone)," Simon Khalaf, chief executive of Flurry Analystics told business site MarketWatch.com. "Definitely there has been a rush of applications. It will invite a new wave of developers and it is a very cool device so people are going to develop for it."