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Guardian mobile site drives mores unique browsers & traffic than apps & tablets combined but where is the engagement?
Posted: May 17, 2012 in Uncategorized, Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Applications, Digital Marketing, Online, Information communications technology, Internet, Publishing Industry, Technology, Publishing, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Technology, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Platforms, User Experience & Usability, TabletsTags: Mobile, iphone, App store, The Guardian, Android, Smartphone, Statistics, iTunes, mobile statistics, mobile web, iOS, Mobile phone, Handhelds, Page view, App Store (iOS), Guardian
It has been some time since I first remember trying to sign The Guardian to the YOC media network, sometime in 2009. From memory at the time, 4th Screen were selling around 1 million page views per month. I have posted below the latest figures from their site**, that figure now stands at 6.2 million [...]
One tablet generates as many website visits as four smartphones
Posted: May 16, 2012 in Industry News, Mobile Internet, Information communications technology, Internet, Technology, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Mobile Platforms, Tablets, Wireless Technologies, Mediation PlatformsTags: Mobile, Android, Technology, index report, digital index, penetration rate
My Comments on the below: It is becoming harder and harder to differentiate between a smartphone and tablet. However, there are two distinctive behaviours that will not change. Browsing the internet ‘at home’ and ‘on the go’. There is a certain size tablet that will mainly stay at home for the internet browsing as described [...]
Google Seeks Billions by Boosting Mobile Internet Speeds
Posted: April 19, 2012 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Internet, M-Commerce, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Technology, Retail, TelecommunicationsTags: google inc, Microsoft, Mobile, mobile phone users, monitoring internet access, Technology, Trevor Healy
Posted By } Olga Kharif Like many users of mobile devices, Arvind Jain is annoyed by how long it takes Web pages to load over cellular connections. The Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) engineering director is continually monitoring Internet-access rates — from hotels, offices and airport lounges around the world — looking for ways to speed things up. Jain’s [...]
eBay rides mobile commerce to strong earnings
Posted: October 20, 2011 in Digital Trends, E-Commerce, Industry News, Internet, M-Commerce, Mobile Industry News, Mobile PlatformsTags: Ebay, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, John Donahoe, mobile commerce, PayPal, Revenue, Wall Street, ZDNet
Posted by ] Rachel King Following eBay‘s grand introduction of its X.commerce open-source platform at the Innovate Developer Conference last week, eBay is having another week to boast about. This afternoon eBay reported third-quarter earnings of $490.5 million, or 37 cents a share. Non-GAAP earnings were 48 cents a share on revenue of $2.97 billion. Wall Street was [...]



