Tencent and Alibaba May Hold the Future of Mobile Commerce Between Them

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The world of commerce is changing and mobile technology is playing a major role in that change.  Consumers throughout the world are becoming more reliant on their smartphones and tablets and are using these devices to interact with one another as well as businesses. Nowhere in the world is this more apparent than in China, where consumers have become enthralled with the idea of mobile commerce. In China, two of the country’s largest companies are competing with one another for dominance in the budding mobile commerce field. Alibaba is one…

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What is Social Commerce?

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Mobile commerce is at a stage where it is beginning to evolve and become better identified through the particular sectors in which it is thriving. In social media, the idea of engaging consumers that have become inseparable from their mobile devices has become a prime directive. Companies like Facebook and Twitter are making efforts to engage mobile consumers and they are managing to do this through social commerce. Social commerce is a concept that was devised by David Beisel to identify user-generated, advetorial content on e-commerce sites. Essentially, social commerce…

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The Future of Mobile Commerce

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Mobile commerce has become a powerful force in the business world. Smartphones are the most widely used electronic device in the world, so it was only a matter of time before commerce began to evolve to become more mobile-centric. As mobile technology continues to grow more prolific, new commerce structures are being formed to support the use of smartphones, tablets, and other devices. This will have a major impact on various business sectors and those that are unwilling to adapt could become a footnote in history, if not forgotten entirely.…

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Mobile Security is in Need of Some Attention

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Security in a new age of technology Mobile security is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. The world is becoming increasingly reliant on mobile technology and this has made the mobile space a target for malicious groups that have exploitation in mind. These groups are targeting mobile sectors that have yet to begin taking security seriously, and this means that mobile commerce has become a digital battlefield. Mobile commerce is an attractive target because it is awash with financial information that is, more often than not, left unguarded. In 2013,…

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Mobile Technology is Taking Over the World

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Technology of all kinds has come to play a vital role in society. Medical technology has helped abolish certain ailments and given people access to better medical care; education has been improved throughout the world thanks to access to technology; the Internet now serves as the best way for society to connect with itself and with communities throughout the world. Mobile technology, however, has become vital to human society and may actually determine the course of our future for years to come. In the past, only a select few could…

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