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Just For Fun: Google Goggles

From time to time we have a Just For Fun post. Now is the time for one. Except that this one is much more than just for fun, it is a glimpse into the future… and the future is now.
What is Google Goggles?
You do have to watch the video below, but in essence [...]

December 16, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Strategy for Small Business: It’s About Local Convenience

Small businesses are an under served market in mobility. We constantly hear about the importance of small businesses to our economies, yet today few would argue that this sector is properly served and serviced from a mobility standpoint. Of course, carriers have plans but many times they simply rebrand a family plan as [...]

December 3, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Financial Services In Canada

My intent was always to provide a recap of last week’s inaugural Mobile Money Canada conference. I was going to review the event itself, the speakers and even the audience.  However much has gotten in the way of doing that for you – even though I feel a certain sense of obligation to provide [...]

November 16, 2009 Read the full article →

Commentary on Google’s Acquisition of AdMob

As you can probably tell I have been away.  But before I get to the summary of the Mobile Money Conference (in the next post) I want to get this out of the way to avoid any distractions.  What can be better than my opinion on Google’s acquisition of AdMob?  Well … the opinion of [...]

November 13, 2009 Read the full article →

Of Context and Content

Here is an obvious statement for you to think about:
In mobile, context and content are inseperable.
Or at least they should be considered inseparable.
Context will affect the way you relate to the content available to you.  At times content may affect the way you relate to your context and even force you to change your [...]

November 4, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Application Development – Continuing the Conversation

We have written a few posts about this already which I am sure will show up below in the ‘related posts’ bit.  I wanted to let you know of an article over at IT Business Edge entitled – The Growing Sophistication of Smartphone App Development. You can get to it here.
We will resume to our [...]

November 3, 2009 Read the full article →

Just For Fun: Microsoft Makes Fun of App Store

A lot of truth in this half-funny video regarding the App Store and poor applications.  But of course funny videos could also be aimed at Windows Marketplace, BlackBerry App World, etc…
But for the sake of simply having fun take a look at the video below.

I found it over here.

October 27, 2009 Read the full article →

Google Analytics Mobile Reporting

Last week Google announced a slew of new features for Google Analytics.  As we posted on Friday of special interest to us is the expanded mobile reporting capabilities.  Please note that if you are looking for an Enterprise solution or for something that will help you understand overall mobile behavior you will not find it [...]

October 26, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Applications and Loyalty

Add this one to the interesting and confusing column. But you should still pay close attention.
Take a look at the following:

73 percent of Blackberry owners have downloaded 5 or fewer applications; in contrast,  72 percent of iPhone owners have downloaded 10 or more applications. [Source]
Smartphone Owners Only Use Half of Installed Applications Regularly (Only 57% [...]

October 15, 2009 Read the full article →

Not All Mobile Applications Are Created Equal

And therefore do not require the same metrics.  Of course if you are developer for-fun as opposed to a for-profit one you may note be too concerned about this.  However you will never know where and how to improve something unless you measure it.  If you measure there is a better chance of understanding how [...]

October 3, 2009 Read the full article →

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