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Chromecast viewers are engaging more, not less, Videostream says

Is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromecast usage really flattening out, as a recent Parks Associates study suggested? App developer Videostream doesn't agree, saying Chromecast owners are increasing the frequency and time spent using the device.

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According to Parks, only 73 percent of Chromecast owners used the device "at least monthly" in the first quarter of 2014. That is down from 78 percent in the third quarter of 2013.

From the article "Chromecast viewers are engaging more, not less, Videostream says" by Samantha Bookman.

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