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Canadians prefer iPhone for second screen, Blackberry for news tweets

Briefs | 02/21/2014 9:33 pm EST

Canadians overwhelmingly use Apple Inc. iPhones as a second screen when watching television, and despite vanishingly small market share, those with BlackBerry Ltd. smartphones account for nearly one-sixth of second screen use during news programs, according to research on Twitter traffic from social TV ratings company Seevibes.

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