A Bigmouthmedia survey has revealed that more than three quarters of the UK’s big brands do not understand the value of a visitor via mobile compared to other digital channels The research, which polled the views of key decision makers at a raft of leading UK companies, shows that despite a significant 89.2% of respondents…
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Smartphone shipments jump 43% to 60m units in Q2 2010
According to a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments rose 43% annually to a record 60 million units during Q2 2010. Research show that the smartphone market is continuing to grow and it now accounts for 19% of total worldwide handset volumes, up from 15% a year earlier. The research firm…
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30% of Facebook’s 500m users access via mobile
Thirty percent of Facebook users (150 million) are accessing via mobile, a growth of 50% in just three months. Facebook has hit the 500 million user mark, and it’s done it on the back of mobile. Figures from Facebook show that 150 million of the 500 million subscribers now access Facebook via a mobile, up…
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Apple hits 100 million iOS devices
Apple’s figures for Q3 2010 (everything up to June 26 two days after the new iPhone 4 went on sale) show a dip in quarterly iPhone sales on Q2 but it’s a significant increase on Q3 sales for 2009. And despite Antenna-gate, Apple are bullish on their prospects for Q4 and are promising more new…
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ABI Research says it’s time for marketers to wake up to mobile
Marketers should wake up to the potential of mobile say ABI Research The mobile web is here to stay but unfortunately marketers aren’t catching on to the true potential. According to ABI research the mobile web opportunity is there and while it’s not a “tsunami” of opportunity it is “the first waves of what could…
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BBC News iPad app hits 1 million downloads
MobileIQ the developers of the BBC News iPad app announced that the app had hit 1 million downloads. The 1 million download landmark was hit in less that 15 weeks from the apps launch on April 3 and it was all driven by users outside of the UK. The app was available on day one…
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Tablet computers to ship over 11 million in 2010
When ABI Research first examined the media tablet market in February, neither Apple’s iPad nor any other multinational-branded tablet had been released. Six months later, the firm has revisited its forecasts, almost tripling the original estimate to reach about 11 million tablets expected to ship by the end of 2010, with the majority of the…
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Smartphones herald a new era of smart shopping
According to new research from PriceGrabber.co.uk, smartphones have created a new type of shopper, ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to the, “smartshopper.” The smartshopper doesn’t just use their smartphone to browse the internet for bargains they also use it as a bargaining tool in store, and it’s the big ticket items that the…
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Microsoft to give developers cash for apps
Microsoft are going to be boosting the number of apps developed for the Windows Phone 7 platform, by paying developers to develop for the platform and compensating developers who don’t make as much as they expect. But will this be enough? When you decide to build an application on a particular platform there are a…
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Fashion shopping comes to the iPad
Shopstyle.co.uk launches fashion shopping application on the iPad Fashion shopping site Shopstyle.co.uk, which brings together Britain’s favourite brands and stores under one digital roof, has launched a new fashion shopping application for the iPad. Called ShopStyle Mobile, the free app is based on their previous iPhone app, and has been enhanced for the iPad. The…
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Mobile ticketing is driving the m-commerce market
A new study by Juniper Research shows that the rapidly increasing usage of mobile devices for tickets for all kinds of travel and entertainment plus sports events will be one of the main factors driving the growth of mobile commerce. Mobile ticketing transactions are forecast to exceed $100bn (based on gross transaction value) as soon…
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Android App Market downloads pass 1 billion
According to the best estimates of web site Androlib the Android market has passed the 1 billion download mark and it’s growing exponentially, and Google announce 160,000 Android activations a day in their 2nd Quarter results. Less than two years after Google opened its Android Market application users have already passed the 1 billion downloads…
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More iPhones hit Tesco…oops
With incredibly bad timing Tesco has emailed all the users who expressed a preference for an iPhone 4 on their Tesco Mobile website an email saying that they’re receiving new stock. The email sent out this afternoon says; “Great news, from today Thursday 15th July, iPhone 4 is back in stock in Tesco Phone Shops,…
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LogMeIn Ignition now available on Android
LogMeIn remote access software now on Android It seems like software companies are going into overdrive to get their programs transferred to mobile, and remote access business LogMeIn is no exception. Last week we told you about their new remote access/backup product for iPad, and now we’re happy to announce that on Monday (19 July)…
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Apple press conference to address iPhone issues
Apple is to address iPhone 4 issues at Friday press conference. According to a report in the Guardian, Apple has called an impromptu press conference tomorrow (Friday 16 July) to explain the problems with the iPhone 4 and to stop increasing speculation over an iPhone 4 recall . In a brief email, Apple invited press…
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IOS 4.01 now available to developers
Apple has released their pre-release version of iOS 4.1 to developers and it has the “fix” for the antenna problem. We still don’t know when it will be released to end-users but it shouldn’t be that long, a few weeks tops. As well as the fix there appear to be a few other tweaks in…
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Now you can bet on the iPhone being recalled
Betting Site PaddyPower has opened a book on the iPhone being recalled. The current odds are Yes 4/6 No 11/10 Unfortunately the bet only applies to a total recall for the iPhone 4 and the recall must be “confirmed by Apple to be due to hardware issue relating to antennae.” As Apple are still in…
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Time to revenue for app developers is 36 days on average
A new report on app stores by VisionMobile should be required reading for any apps developers and publishers out there, especially those looking for revenue from their apps. According to VisionMobile’s Developer Economics 2010 report we are now in the industrial revolution era (2010-2014) of app development having gone through the difficult Dark Ages (2000-2004),…
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Android to be the leading smartphone platform by 2011
Research from Ovum and speculation from AdMob show Android is catching up fast on the iPhone lead, and Android will overtake the iPhone sometime in 2011, possibly even as early as 2010. Two recent pieces of research from analysts Ovum (see earlier Bmob post) and Android owned ad sales house AdMob show that if all…
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iPhone app download dominance under threat
The dominance of Apple’s iPhone in the mobile app download market will be eroded over the coming years as rivals make inroads. A new report by telecoms analyst Ovum states that mobile application downloads generated by non-operator application stores will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 41% globally over the next…