Holiday mobile traffic rises, but retailers remain unprepared to take advantage of tablet usage
A recent survey by Compuware confirms what you’ve no doubt heard from multiple sources recently, that mobile shopping is hot and increased significantly over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend. Compuware takes the analysis [...]
mFoundry partners with MasterCard to provide NFC payments within mobile banking apps
Mobile Banking platform provider, mFoundry, has upped the mobile payment stakes by allowing banks to offer NFC payment solutions to their customers, within the banks’ mobile app. This is significant, because not only does it [...]
More smartphones now sold in China than in U.S.
Smartphone adoption may be high in the U.S. but overall smartphone sales are highest in China. A new research note published by Strategy Analytics on 21 November estimates that 23.9 million smartphones shipped in China during [...]
Jostens – Mobile and Web Experience
If you have kids, you know its that time of year to pre-order your child's school yearbook. And, most likely, the year book provider is Jostens, www.JostensYearbooks.com. I've known Jostens for 30+ years and have [...]
Android devices double in six months
Already ahead of the Apple iPhone, Google announces that the number of Android devices has doubled in the past six months – from 100 million activated to 200 million. Read the full Finanial Times article.
Mobile commerce done wrong will cause customers to abandon the transaction, and risks losing the customer forever
A recent study by Limelight Networks stresses the importance for retailers of not only having a mobile optimized commerce site, but ensuring it is a positive experience for their customers. It is no longer sufficient [...]
Who’s driving the mobile initiative at your organization?
CIOs are tying to get their arms around mobile and its various facets (application development, utility/value to the end-user, context to the Internet channel, device management, security, and so forth). However, the ubiquity of mobile [...]
HTML5: Technology Changing the World
The WSJ reports today on the progress of HTML5 as the mobile Internet standard. The standard got a lift on 9 November as Adobe Systems decided to pull back on mobile Flash - a competing [...]
Gap partners with Visa for personalized SMS discounts
mobilecommercedaily.com - Gap, with Visa, is expanding its Mobile4U program to deliver personalized discounts via SMS. Gap is on the forefront of mobile with its mobile e-commerce site and related initiatives. While I applaud the novel [...]
Learn six lessons about enterprise mobile implementations
Lessons Learned: Six lessons learned from more than 40 enterprise mobile implementations. Learn how to: Develop a mobile strategy specific to your organizational objectives and capabilities Manage expectations regarding features and timelines Understand and plan [...]
Webinar: Lessons Learned – How to avoid mistakes in a nascent mobile market
When: Tuesday, October 25 @ 1:00 pm eastern Who should attend: Decision makers and team leads of mobility projects - marketing, operations and IT professionals Launching a new or improved mobile initiative is [...]
Zara launches new e-commerce site. Did they forgot about mobile?
On 7 September 2011, Zara launched a new e-commerce site for the United States. The new site, zara.com, is part of a larger plan to grow sales in the States and compete with Gap. According [...]
Eight elements of a complete mobile app environment
August 2011 article in Information Week. A New Approach For Mobile. Great article for the IT department on the proliferation of smartphones and the impact of allowing employees to use their own device in the [...]
Only 41% of the Fortune 100 “get” Mobile
Every year, Fortune Magazine ranks the top 100 companies in the United States by revenue. At Pervasive, we took look at these companies to see which ones “get” mobile. By “get” we simply mean which [...]
Bypassing the App Store – FT launches HTML5 Web site
Have you seen the ads from FT (Financial Times) for the iPhone and iPad? FT’s new app is designed to bypass Apple's iTunes App Store. The site, apps.ft.com, states, “We have launched a new, faster, [...]
