Music consumed on mobile handsets will generate $5.5 billion annually in 2015, a rise of $3.1 billion from 2010 The music recording business can rest easier if Juniper Research’s new report is to be believed, we say easier as the $5.5 billion is a drop in the ocean, compared to the money the industry...
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New research from Nielsen shows young people around the world love their mobile phones, but they use them in vastly different ways. In China, the mobile internet reigns supreme. Seventy-three percent of Chinese mobile youth ages 15-24 reported using the mobile internet in the previous 30 days compared to 48% of US mobile youth...
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Predictions are flying in thick and fast on mobile commerce and Christmas. According to the predictions this year will either be the first year where mobile has made a significant impact on Christmas sales, or it’s likely be the year where mobile starts to make a difference. Either way it’s started a trend. According...
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An IBM survey of IT professionals predict that mobile and cloud computing will emerge as the most in-demand platforms for software application development and IT delivery over the next five years. The 2010 IBM Tech Trends Survey, conducted online by IBM developerWorks, found that more than half of all IT professionals – 55% —...
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Research from Lightspeed Research for the Mobile Marketing Association show’s that European consumers (UK, Germany and France) want a mobile choice when they click on an online ad, or respond to an ad in offline media. A quarter of consumers in Europe would be more likely to respond to an ad – including print,...
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App developers should start leaning Chinese if a new study from Canalys is right. The Canalys Mobile Application Analysis services suite study shows that 51% of Chinese end users downloaded applications or games on their mobile phones – 29% more than their Western European counterparts. A similar Canalys survey carried out in France, Germany...
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Tech giant to launch store and subscription service for Xbox 360, Windows PCs and Windows Phone 7 phones within weeks
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Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt closed this years IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin with some thoughts about search and mobile. It’s a reflection of just how important mobile really is that the head of one of the largest technology businesses in the world takes time to look at mobile and talk about mobile in...
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Ecommerce business ATG has released a consumer report on cross-channel marketing and there’s some encouraging news for mobile in there, particularly if you’re aiming at a young(ish) audience. ATG asked over a 1000 US consumers how they purchased goods, what part the different channels (mobile, store, mobile etc ) played in those purchases, and...
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Glastonbury Festival 2010 celebrates its 40th birthday this year from Wednesday 23 June to Sunday 27 June at Worthy Farm The full line-ups including all the stage times across the 45 different stages have now been released online at the official Glastonbury site http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/lineuptimes/ and they’re all in simple text format, so that the...
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