Christian Louca
Posted by } Alex Spencer 2011 was a year of rapid growth and change in the mobile advertising industry. It was the year that saw smartphones, Tablets and the mobile internet become mainstream among consumers, and that saw marketers and advertisers increase spend and begin prioritising mobile. 2012 looks set to be even more of a critical [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Android’
Google Ventures’ Rich Miner talks about the mobile revolution
Posted: September 13, 2011 in Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, Technology, Venture Capitalism, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Crittercism, Google, Google Ventures, iOS, Orange Ventures, Rich Miner, VentureBeat
Google Ventures announced recently that it is investing inAstrid, a task management app, and Crittercism, an SDK that helps provide customer support for mobile. Google Ventures’ partner Rich Miner made the announcement during VentureBeat’s fourth annual MobileBeat conference. (We have a separate story withmore details on the Astrid investment.) We’ll be posting more on those companies throughout [...]
BOMBSHELL: Google Buying Handset Maker Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
Posted: August 15, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Apple, Business Wire, Google, Google acquisition Motorola, Larry Page, Microsoft, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, United States Department of Justice
Huge! Google is buying handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. That’s a 61% premium. Needless to say this is a gamechanger in the mobile world, as Google moves down the stack, and is no longer just an operating system provider meaning it competes directly with Apple as well as the various other handset makers who currently use Android. What’s more, one of [...]
Google to show off mobile wallet for Android phone
Posted: May 25, 2011 in E-Commerce, Financial Services, Industry News, Information communications technology, M-Commerce, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Payment Solutions, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, TechnologyTags: American Eagle Outfitters, Android, Blackberry, Eric Schmidt, Google, Harvard Business Review, iphone, National Football Conference
Google is set to introduce a mobile payments platform that will turn its Android smartphones into a digital wallet.
Vodafone wants governments to push demand for mobile internet
Posted: May 20, 2011 in Government and Public Sector, Industry News, Information communications technology, Internet, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Technology, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Android, Business, India, Mobile network operator, Vodafone, WiMax, Wireless, World Wide Web Foundation
Sparring begins before the 4G auction
Shoes.com: 85pc of purchases come from mobile Web, not apps
Posted: May 11, 2011 in Digital Marketing, Digital Trends, E-Commerce, Industry News, Information communications technology, Internet, M-Commerce, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Search, Mobile Technology, Multichannel Marketing, Online, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Retail, Search, Smartphones, Strategy and Planning, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Android, iphone, McDonalds, Mobile Computing, Mobile Marketer, Mobile phone, mobile web, shoes.com, Website
My Comments on the below: I am a bit late finding this article but there you go. I find the stats really interesting. Despite the fact they offer shoes for all, I am guessing here that their main user base is made up of Women. I can instantly relate to their experience. If I look [...]
Accessing the mobile internet: which device is king?
Posted: May 10, 2011 in Digital Marketing, Industry News, Information communications technology, Internet, Mobile Internet, Mobile Platforms, Smartphones, Tablets, TechnologyTags: Android, Apple, Handhelds, ipad, iphone, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy TAB, Smartphone
Posted By ] Marie-Paule Graham of Broadband Genie The internet is omni-present and if you want to access much of the world, getting on the internet is the fastest way to do it. High street retail has been massively hit by the likes of Amazon and this trend is set to continue. So, what’s the best platform for [...]
IT’S OFFICIAL: Android Clobbering Everyone, iPhone Dead In The Water
Posted: April 27, 2011 in Digital Trends, Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Platforms, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Android, Apple, Blackberry, ComScore, iOS, ipad, iphone, Research in motion
Posted By ] Henry Blodget A few weeks ago, when Comscore’s mobile survey showed that Google’s Android smartphone platform had blown past BlackBerry and iPhone to dominate the US market, Apple fans temporarily panicked. It was the 1990s all over again! But then Apple posted another monster quarter with great iPhone sales, and Apple fans rejoiced (and lambasted anyone [...]
