One of the key parts of producing a mobile website is understanding the screens of the devices that visit your site, Too many websites are built for and tested on the iPhone and take no heed of any other screensize after all who doesn’t have an iPhone? Well lots of people don’t and lots of…
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Analysis, mcommerce, News
US consumers spend their holidays shopping on tablets
US Mobile tablet traffic rises when US consumers take a break
Analysis, News
Android to be 70% of handset market in 2H2012
Digitimes Research estimates Android will takes 70% of the worldwide handset market in the second half of 2012
Apps, iPad, iPhone, News
Chrome for iOS gets a social update
Chrome browser for iPad and iPhone gets Twitter, Facebook and Goggle+ update
Analysis, News
100+ million tablets to ship in 2012
ABI Research predict tablet sales will reach more than 100 million in 2012, the figures are based on a very successful first quarter, where 25 million tablets were sold with Apple gaining the lions share of the market. Figures from ABI show the April to June quarter of 2012 set a new record for media…
Analysis, News
One in five phones to have facial recognition by end of 2012
A new report from ABI Research “Facial Recognition for Mobile Devices” estimates almost 20% of annual smartphone shipments will include facial recognition capabilities by the end of 2012 with over 665 million devices featuring facial recognition shipping annually by 2017. Facial recognition has been on the technology radar for some time. It was developed in…
News
A third of 18-34 year old mobile users to buy christmas gifts on mobile
One in three young adults will use their mobile phone to purchase Christmas gifts for friends and family this year. UTalkMarketing and online survey platform Toluna Quick surveyed 1300 UK consumers and found that a staggering 32% of 18 to 34 year olds plan to use their mobile device to purchase gifts in the run…
Apps, iPhone, News
Up the Digital Staircase to Facebook
Facebook has been on the mobile acquisition trail, again, and this time the target was acquired three-year-old mobile startup Digital Staircase, the developer behind a series of mobile photo and video applications including MovieCam, SmartSplice and StereoCam. Digital Staircase is the latest in a series of mobile startups acquired by Facebook this year. The first…
News
37% of published apps have been removed from the Android Market
Research by Research2guidance has revealed that the Android market is growing faster than iPhone and it would be almost catching up with IOS if it wasn’t for those pesky App store owners. The Research2guidance (R2G) research shows that while there are tens of thousands of new Android apps appearing, there are an equally significant number…
News
One in ten online videos viewed on mobile
Online video consumption in the UK is growing by over a third year-on-year, and mobile is a key driver. UK Internet users are spending a phenomenal time watching video, and it’s a trend that’s going up rather than down, and while this isn’t strictly a mobile story, we’re convinced that video is becoming a driving…
News, Video
Smartphone users swayed by mobile ads
A new survey by Google shows that smartphone users are more inclined to click. According to a new Google study, “The Mobile Movement: Understanding Smartphone Users,” released on the Google Mobile ads blog 71% of smartphone users search because of an advert they’ve seen either online or offline; 82% of smartphone users notice mobile ads,…
mcommerce, News
Usablenet’s mobile platform powers 7 of the top 8 fastest m-commerce sites
Events, News
Mobile Media Strategies 2011 – early bird booking
Android, Apps, News
Angry Birds Rio 10 million downloads in 10 days
Angry Birds latest mobile game hit 10 million downloads in as many days. Game developer Rovio Mobile said that the latest addition to its exceptionally popular Angry Birds series surpassed 10 million downloads within its first 10 days on the market. Rovio Tweeted “10 in 10 :-) Angry Birds Rio breaking all records” The 10 million milestone…
News
Android accounts for 1 in 3 smartphone users in US
mcommerce, News
Retailer New Look goes mobile
Apps, News, WP7
Windows Phone 7 hits 11,500 apps with 65% paid v’s 35% free
Android, Apps, BlackBerry, iPhone, News
Half a billion a year spent on apps in the UK
News
Mobile phone usage in 2011 infographic
News
Augmented Reality infographic
Everything you wanted to know about Augmented Reality in one infographic