Flurry, the mobile app analytics firm owned by Yahoo, has published its 2015 year in review, diving into the trends in apps throughout the last year. As it has done for the past few years, the usage of mobile apps rose in 2015, to the tune of 58%. In particular, 2015 saw major growth in the usage of apps in the categories of Personalization, News and Magazines, and Productivity, which all grew by triple-digits. The past year also saw a continued rise in the usage of large smartphones, also known as phablets.
