Android users download more than iPhone users according to a new study issued by network management software solutions provider Arieso Arieso’s figures show that new smartphones users download up to 40% more data and upload more than 120% more data compared to Apple’s iPhone 3Gs. Using the iPhone 3GS as a benchmark, Arieso reports that…
Day: 8 December 2010
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Now we can all be Kindle publishers
Amazon have opened up their Kindle books to any platform that supports a web browser from eBooks to iPads, to the latest Google Chrome devices, so now anyone with a website can become a Kindle book publisher. Amazon announced that their “Kindle for the Web” service will expand to enable anyone with access to a…
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50% of smartphone users ready for mobile commerce
A recent survey of consumer technology users “Consumer Technology Barometer: Mobile (Q3 2010)” conducted by ABI Research in the United States has revealed that nearly half of smartphone users say they have already, or soon will, use their phones to do mobile shopping. 53% also use, or intend to use, their smartphones for mobile banking.…
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Orange launches new app initiative
In an effort to get more developers to build apps for their app store – yes they have an app store – Orange are trying to make the development and approval process more streamlined, and they’re offering a 70/30 split, at last.. Orange’s new Orange Partner Connect, is designed as a “one-stop shop” for developers…
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Mobile ad platform Flurry gets a cash injection
There’s money in those mobile ad hills! Just a day after new ad platform MoPub received seed funding, smartphone application ads and analytics platform Flurry, gets $15 million in Series C round financing. The round was led by US Venture capitalists Menlo Ventures and included existing investors, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, InterWest, First Round Capital and Union…
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Marks & Spencer’s mobile grabs the EMMAs
Retailer Marks & Spencer walked away with two awards at the Effective Mobile Marketing Awards (EMMAs) ceremony in London, making it the most awarded business of the night. The high-Street retailer, took the award for Most Effective Mobile Site, created by Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), and for Most Effective Mobile CRM/Enterprise Messaging Campaign, where it…
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DigiPos launches Mcommerce app platform
Solutions provider for retailers, DigiPoS, has launched its MobileShopper mcommerce ecosystem, and claims it’s the first off-the-shelf package to combine, an app, mcommerece, mobile coupons and self-scanning technologies and more, in one solution. The MobileShopper iPhone app combines online shopping with the in-store experience, and is aimed at propelling retailers into the future; with the…