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Sit Down and Be Still

Sit Down and Be Still

By On April 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“Sit down and be Still”. I remember hearing that from my parents when I was a kid. I remember hearing it out of my own mouth when my kids were younger as well. Sometimes I wish I could say that to the whole mobile industry, because it never seems to stop moving around. [...]

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Mobile Wrap Up for March 22, 2011

By On March 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Tablet Sprint announces HTC EVO View 4G tablet

Sprint is going to carry a 4G WiMAX version of the HTC Flyer tablet: 7” tablet running Gingerbread (2.3) version of Android and HTC Sense UI.

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Mobile Wrap Up for March 15, 2011

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Wirefly: ‘no Skype’ on Thunderbolt, but simultaneous 3G voice and data is a go; ships on March 17th

“Looks like all indications point to the March 17th release. No Skype video calling app preinstalled, as promised but you will be able to do voice and data simultaneously thanks to software upgrades.”

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Mobile Wrap Up for February 25, 2011

By On February 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Phones HTC Incredible S shipping this week in UK, will come with Froyo to start HTC Merge Announced At Last, Will Be HTC’s First Android-powered CDMA World Phone Mobile Commerce Starfish Outlines Top mCommerce Mistakes Not doing anything Not allowing the customer to transact Delivering inconsistent, impersonalized customer experience [...]

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Mobile Wrap Up for February 24, 2011

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Marketing GNC takes retail strategy multichannel with new mobile offerings

GNC has added mobile to their marketing mix. They’ve launched a mobile site in December and have added a GNC Livewell app which allows customers to shops, check prices, locate stores and get exclusive discounts. They have tried to keep consistent with their [...]

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Mobile Wrap Up for February 23, 2011

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Mobile Analytics: Tracking Click-to-Call Mobile Ad Campaigns

This is an article written after spending some time with the mobile ads team from Google to try to understand the implications of mobile measurement.

Cabana

Looking for an alternative to Widgetbox? Try Cabana. It’s currently in Beta but is excepting requests for invites.

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Mobile Wrap up February 22, 2011

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Windows Phone Marketplace Bans GPL, and the App Store Should Too

Any license that mandates source code redistribution or a compulsory right to produce derivative works is banned. The banning of all open source projects seems to be slightly inaccurate. Apple’s terms ”don’t” explicitly ban the GPL but Apple, also, fails [...]

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Mobile Wrap up for February 21, 2011

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Nokia’s New CEO Finally Owns Some Nokia Stock

The CEO couldn’t sell his Microsoft shares until deal was done due to regulations, but after the Nokia stock took a nosedive after the Microsoft deal was announced, he got quite a steal…or did he?

People Want Mobile Money

Survey says people want [...]

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Church Mobile Web Site and Mobile Apps – Part 1

By On January 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In this post, we’ll talk about mobile web sites and smartphone apps from a strategic perspective. The next post will focus more on the technology and what’s out there already.

According to the Pew Research Center, six in ten adults—59% of all adult Americans—now access the internet wirelessly. More people, of all [...]

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Mobile Marketing Boom

By On December 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

With the increase in the number of smartphones (comScore has it at 58 million Americans, up 5 million in 2010) and the amount of time people spend on them, it’s the next logical marketing frontier. According to a recent survey from the financial advisory firm BIA/Kelsey, businesses are expected to spend nearly $3 billion on [...]

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