The CW gets hip to streaming episodes to an iPad app and integrating social media. But is that enough anymore? Did the iPad spoil us that quickly? ...Read the whole story
- Battery Life Woes Drag Satisfaction Down
According to the latest J.D. Power and Associates Smartphone Customer Satisfaction Study, battery performance satisfaction has declined significantly even in the six months since the last study was released in September 2011. ...Read the whole story
- China To Surpass U.S. As Top Smartphone Market
Research firm IDC projects China will overtake the U.S. this year as the leading market for smartphone shipments, with low-cost Android devices driving uptake there. Looking further ahead, India and Brazil will join the top five country markets for smartphone shipments by 2016. ...Read the whole story
- QR Codes: Marketers Like, Public Adoption Rising
Is anyone excited about QR codes besides marketers? According to Nielsen/McKinsey's report, they account for 0.15% of online conversations. comScore reported one in five U.S. smartphone owners scanned a QR code with their phone in December. ...Read the whole story
- Amazon Marks A Year Of Selling Apps
Amazon's Appstore has been online for a year, but the arrival of the Kindle Fire in late 2011 has sparked its growth and relevance to the mobile ecosystem. ...Read the whole story
- Networked Audio Shipments To Explode
According to the Parks Associates, by 2016 more than 90 million of audio units (including receivers, speaker docks, sound bars and home theater systems) will shop with networking ability, including DLNA and AirPlay. ...Read the whole story
Around The Net
- Google To Buy Mobile App MilkAll Things D
Word is that Google is buying up most of mobile app incubator Milk, including its young founder Kevin Rose -- a curious deal, according to Web watchers, considering that Milk has yet to produce anything of substance. One possibility is that Google is betting on Rose, best know for founding Digg, to add a little luster to its products. “Rose has an avid online following, stemming from his days as a host on TechTV and the long-running podcast ‘Diggnation,’ AllThingsD writes. “That kind of ongoing fan engagement could be a boon to Google+, which has been criticized for low engagement and tricky ... ...Read the whole story
- Radioplayer Mobile, TV App Ready To Launch The Telegraph
In June, the first mobile app will go live and be free on iPhone and Android phones, giving users access to 315 radio stations that use the internet console. The app will locate the user, suggest local stations, scan music preferences that may exist on the phone and recommend stations. It will also find what audio your Facebook friends like. It will work off both 3G and wifi. ...Read the whole story
- You iPad Fanatics Already Know This... Computer World
Apple opened its retail stores in 10 countries, including the U.S., at 8 a.m. local time to accommodate buyers of the new iPad, the company said. Earlier, Apple's website had displayed a short message that its retail stores would open their doors at 8 a.m., or one to two hours earlier than usual. ...Read the whole story
- Conde Nast Begins Issuing Readership Reports On Tablet EditionsAdvertising Age
- Boston's Mobile Mafia: Why Facebook Should Have Stayed in New EnglandRead/Write Web
Mobile is truly a global phenomenon, but all markets are not yet in sync. This can pose some interesting challenges for both marketers within each of the geographies as well as visitors who travel outside their ...More
- Behavior Modification: The Mobile Edition
History shows that attaching the term "behavioral" to just about anything is not going to turn out well. The original behaviorist made this mistake and got banished to the ad world. ...More
- When Conversations Lead To Mobile Searches
There are 7 billion people in the world, with about 2 billion connected to the Internet. Some 1 billion have smartphones. Suzanne Mumford, Google product marketing manager, cited those numbers from a recent presentation by Eric ...More
- Mobile Phones: The Swiss Army Knife Of The Digital Age
