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Smartphones surge … and phone apps follow right behind.
Media survey firm Nielsen is reporting that as of the end of 2009, about one in five wireless subscribers in the U.S. owned a smartphone. That’s up significantly from the ~14% who owned them at the end...
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Microsoft’s “next of Kin”? None, evidently.
People say that today’s digital world has dramatically shortened the business and product development cycle. But even so, the amount of time it took for Microsoft to pull its Kin social phone off the...
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Are Mobile Communications Taking Over the World?
How hot is mobile communications these days? Extremely, according to Internet marketing über-specialist Aaron Goldman, who recently cited a number of information factoids to back up his contention: ...
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Taking the “phone” out of “smartphone.”
As more consumers migrate to the smartphone from traditional feature phones, we’re seeing a transformation of the mobile phone away from its original “tele” purpose. That’s the conclusion of several...
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Growth hits the skids in two key industry segments.
As further proof that the worldwide economy is sputtering in a pretty major way, here come two reports on stalling growth in two key industry segments: hospitality and mobile communications. Technology...
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Samsung gets its marketing knuckles wrapped – twice.
Tech manufacturing giant Samsung’s “questionable” marketing activities have been in the news this past week – again. This time, it’s reported that the company has been fined a $340,000 penalty for...
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Google Glass: Far-sighted … or fuzzy?
I’ve been blogging about Google Glass forever, it seems — or at least as far back as 2009 when the early conception of the product, then known as “Google Goggles,” was in its preliminary stage of...
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Is Mobile Fraud Getting Set to Balloon?
Mobile commerce is the latest big development in e-commerce. So it’s not surprising that nearly all companies engaged in e-commerce expect their mobile sales revenues to grow significantly over the...
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Smartphones go mainstream with all age groups.
Today, behaviors across the board are far more “similar” than they are “different.” Over the past few years, smartphones have clawed their way into becoming a pervasive presence among consumers in all...
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