A new study by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project reveals more than half of adult cell phone owners used their cell phones while they were in a store to seek help with purchasing decisions this past holiday shopping season. Pew: More Than Half Of Adults Used Cell Phones In Stores For Purchasing Decisions [...]
Global smartphone shipments nearly hit half a billion in 2011 with Samsung and Apple both around 20% each. Apple wins the quarter, Samsung wins the year... Apple Overtakes Samsung As World’s Largest Smartphone Vendor In Q4 | TechCrunch.
In conjunction with New Horizons Computing Learning Centers, Pervasive held an encore Webinar on "Lessons Learned: How to Avoid Mistakes in a Nascent Mobile Market." These six lessons learned are based on our experience from more than 40 enterprise mobile implementations. Learn how to: Develop a mobile strategy specific to your organizational objectives and capabilities [...]
In 2009, Google knowingly sold advertisements for illegal drug consumption in the U.S. A government sting operation revealed Google executives were aware of such sales. Google recently settled with the U.S. for $500 million. Ouch! Read the full Wall Street Journal story: Con Artist Starred in Sting That Cost Google Millions - WSJ.com. Most certainly, trust [...]
Learn about the core elements of creating a cohesive mobile strategy for the enterprise based on mobile implementations at eight of the top 20 banks in North America and more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies. This presentation covers how to: * Define and articulate a mobile strategy and roadmap for your organization, grounded by [...]
AllthingsD - eBay's CEO, John Donahoe, predicts his company will do $8 billion in mobiles sales for 2012, up 60% and PayPal mobile payments of $7 billion, up 75%. Wow! That's mobile growth... Read the full stoy - EBay Forecasts Mobile Commerce Will Grow 60 Percent in 2012 - Tricia Duryee - Commerce - AllThingsD.
From basic scanners for scanning inventory in a grocery store to fork-lift mounted terminals for warehouse operations to drop-proof notebooks for construction workers, mobile devices have been around for several decades. However, the "rugged" device industry is in turmoil thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and tablets and the BYOD (bring your own device) siege at most [...]
When: Wednesday, February 15 @ 12:00 pm eastern Launching a new or improved mobile initiative is usually fraught with risk and worry. You keep asking yourself, “Why is this so hard? Can I deliver this project on time? Why does it cost so much? Is my IT Department ready for such an initiative? Do we have [...]
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 @ 12:00 pm eastern Who should attend: Decision makers and team leads of mobility projects – marketing, operations and IT professionals Not sure where to start or which path to take for your mobile roadmap? Pervasive Path can help... Based on mobile implementations at eight of the top 20 banks in [...]
The Yankee Group recently released a mobility predictions report for 2012. The report covers the gamut of mobile, from end-user adoption to carrier/operator impacts. Here's my key take-aways: 1) Tablet sales in Asia will outpace the U.S. by 50% in 2012 -- U.S. tablets sales will total 17 million units in 2011 and 25 million [...]
