Mobile payments predicted to boom
29th May 2009
The number of mobile payment users is set to skyrocket throughout 2009, it has been predicted.According to Gartner, the number of people using mobile devices as a payment option will increase by 70 per cent.The firm's projections would see some 73.4 million people using their devices for this...
Up to 20 Android phones could be launched by 2010
29th May 2009
At least 18 new Android-enabled mobile handsets will be launched worldwide by the end of 2009, Google has said.Speaking at the I/O developer conference, Andy Rubin of Google said that up to 20 such devices could be on the market by 2010.These are likely to be produced by eight or nine manufacturers...
Amazon still top for online shopping
29th May 2009
Amazon UK has topped the IMRG/Hitwise Hot Shops List as the best-performing website for this month, it has emerged.This means that Amazon's UK arm has now been rated as the top e-commerce website in every quarter since the list was initially launched in May 2006.Argos, Play.com, Amazon.com and...
Skyfire mobile browser gets full release
28th May 2009
Skyfire has announced the first full release of its mobile web browser.The Skyfire 1.0 browser is available for free and aims to replicate the experience of surfing the web on a PC on the mobile platform.It supports standards such as Flash 10, Silverlight 2, AJAX and JavaScript and comes with a...
Spotify shows off early version of Android app
28th May 2009
Spotify has previewed a version of its desktop music streaming client for the Android platform.The app was demoed at Google's I/O developer conference this week and boasts the ability to cache tracks through an offline sync feature so that they are playable even when the user is unable to connect...
Java language support unveiled for Google App Engine
28th May 2009
Google has announced that developers can now take advantage of Java language support within its App Engine.The functionality was made available to a small number of developers earlier this year and has been opened up to all as of this week.Announcing the news at the Google I/O developer conference...
Nokia officially opens mobile app store
27th May 2009
Mobile phone giant Nokia has announced the opening of its new mobile application store.The new Ovi Store is now available to Nokia mobile users - some 50 million worldwide - who will be able to download a variety of applications for their mobile phones.Nokia states that the offerings available,...
Corporate websites 'need usable IR sections'
27th May 2009
Businesses should ensure the investor relations (IR) sections on their sites provide easily understandable financial data and information on their successes to date to offer the best user experience, it has been advised.Jakob Nielsen, usability expert and principal of Nielsen Norman Group, said...
Smartphones 'beating other handsets on mobile web'
27th May 2009
New research has shown that smartphones are increasingly being used to surf the mobile web by users around the world.The April 2009 Mobile Metrics Report from mobile ad platform AdMob showed that 35 per cent of its worldwide ad requests were accounted for by smartphones - despite figures from...
Android apps may soon run on Ubuntu
27th May 2009
The company behind the Ubuntu operating system has unveiled a new execution environment that may enable Android apps to run on the platform.Canonical told the Register at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Barcelona that the environment works by tricking apps into thinking they are running on a phone...
Social media 'an effective e-commerce driver'
26th May 2009
One of the most successful ways of boosting e-commerce is utilising social media, according to one expert.Editor-in-chief of Internet Retailing magazine Ian Jindal recently compared social networking and email formats in terms of their respective success in driving online business.Mr Jindal stated:...
Brands 'should take mobile seriously'
26th May 2009
Mobile marketing has been identified as one of the most effective ways to engage consumers, it has been reported.According to an article in Business Week, mobile marketing services such as Pandora can be used to engage with consumers and allow them to purchase items remotely.By including a call to...
Mobile marketers 'should be inspired by Susan Boyle'
26th May 2009
Britain's Got Talent finalist Susan Boyle should offer tactical inspiration to mobile marketers.According to Bena Roberts of GoMo News, the Scottish singer's rise to worldwide acclaim and popularity demonstrates the need for good, simple content that can be freely shared.Ms Roberts urged marketers...
Hotels offer room service online
22nd May 2009
Hotels in the US are using cutting edge technology to provide room service menus to guests' smartphones and other mobile devices.USA Today reports that a growing number of hotels are preparing to implement the technology, which enables users to place orders via their smartphones, with the bills...
Smartphones 'becoming more popular' than laptops
22nd May 2009
A director of social media strategy and customer relationship management (CRM) has commented that smartphones are sometimes preferred by workers on the go than laptops.Neighborhood America's Michael W Thomas noted that this could be due to the increasing sophistication and functionality of...
Online retail 'can benefit' from social media
21st May 2009
The global e-commerce sector can benefit from the development and success of social media in the future, it has been claimed.Don Davis, editor of online retailing publication Internet Retailer has explained he expects to see a rise in the number of e-commerce companies using social media websites...
E-commerce managers 'universally optimistic'
21st May 2009
E-commerce managers are conveying a sense of universal optimism that their businesses will emerge successfully from the recession, the editor of Internet Retailer has note.Don Davis, who said he has interviewed "dozens of retailers" in recent times", noted that there is "no...
"Real revolution" for mobile phone apps
21st May 2009
Mobile web applications have undergone a "real revolution" in the past 12 to 18 months, the founder of Redmonk has noted.Dr Dobb's Journal reported that Stephen O'Grady, who is also an analyst at the open source research firm, recently told a panel discussion that this change has largely...
Web developers 'should note SEO signals'
20th May 2009
It is important for web developers to have an understanding of certain search engine optimisation (SEO) signals, an industry expert has suggested.Practical E-commerce's Jill Kochner noted that SEO signals found in HTML headings, title tags and anchor text are among the 'loudest' and added that...
Qualcomm looks to support app stores for all mobiles
19th May 2009
Qualcomm has launched software that allows mobile operators to deploy app stores that can be accessed by users through any capable handset.Plaza Retail also allows developers and publishers to make their apps available to multiple retailers quickly regardless of the development platform being...
New Android app offers location-sharing capabilities
19th May 2009
A beta version of a new app for the Android platform that allows users to share their location with others has been launched.Glympse makes use of a dynamic map to display the location of the user in question to people on their contact lists, doing away with the need to invite friends to use the...
Digital content 'to increase by 100% every 18 months'
19th May 2009
The amount of digital content being created and delivered over the web, phone networks and airwaves is growing rapidly, new research has revealed.According to the study by research firm IDC for networking company EMC, the so-called digital universe will continue to double in size every 18 months,...
Fennec alpha arrives on Windows Mobile
18th May 2009
The alpha version of Firefox for mobile phones has been launched for Windows Mobile 6.According to Jessica Dolcourt of CNET's Download blog, the alpha version of the Fennec mobile browser is geared towards the HTC Touch Pro just like Fennec beta 1 was made for the Nokia N810 and N800.The Awesome...
E-commerce sales up 14% in April
18th May 2009
Sales made via e-commerce websites rose by 14 per cent in the 12 months to April 2009.This is according to the latest statistics from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index, which also show that UK consumers are spending £10 more per website visit compared with last year.The average value of an...
Councils rated highly for web accessibility
18th May 2009
Councils are better than private sector organisations at implementing website accessibility policies, new research has found.The Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm) sent a survey to councils and private companies and conducted two mystery shopping tests via email.It found that...
Mobile Google Product Search gets barcode scanning
15th May 2009
Google has announced that it has now integrated barcode scanning capabilities into its Product Search app for Android phones.The app works by allowing users to retrieve information on particular products - including prices and reviews - by scanning barcodes on the item they want to compare when...
Report: Smartphones help to drive mobile ad growth
15th May 2009
New research has revealed that smartphone users helped to encourage growth within the US mobile advertising sector in the first quarter of 2009.Conducted by GfK Technology for mobile social network Brightkite, the study showed that six in ten smartphone users recalled mobile advertising during the...
Mobile web use 'on the rise'
15th May 2009
Orange has released new figures revealing that mobile data consumption is on the rise among its customers.According to the mobile operator, more than 386,000 gigabytes of data were downloaded by its mobile internet customers every month between December 2008 and February 2009.Use of the internet...
Mozilla predicts growth for Firefox
14th May 2009
Firefox 3 or Firefox 3.5 could become the most used browser version this year, it has been claimed.According to Mozilla director of community development Asa Dotzler, there is "a very real possibility" that this could happen.Analysing long-term browser usage statistics from Net...
Searchme app launched for Android
14th May 2009
Visual search app Searchme has been launched for the Android operating system.The app is now available for free from Android Market and uses patented technology to display large images of web pages, music, videos and products to users' mobile devices.It allows users to preview web pages before...
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