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QR codes get a boost from Boxtcode’s added touch

10/23/201210/22/2012 Julie Campbell

Four digits may make all the difference to where the barcodes have been lacking. Boxtcode, an Australian startup that has only just been launched, has opened with a bang, as it intends to change the world of QR codes by solving the issues relating to their limitations through its new location based mobile marketing tool. This new solution is designed to take away the struggles associated with these barcodes. The principle behind the new tool is quite simple. What Boxtcode is proposing through its use is the link between the…

Mobile Shopping – Is Your Business Ready?

01/27/201204/14/2014 Guest Post

Online shopping is growing fast right now. In fact here in the UK nearly 60% of all consumers have already made at least one purchase on the Internet. Now many of the industry insiders are closely watching the development of mobile shopping. As a growing number of people own smartphones and tablets through which they can browse the Internet on the move, it is expected that a lot of purchases in the near future will be made using such devices. In fact according to recent research commissioned by Baynote some…

The talk on the street for mobile 2012 trends

12/30/2011 L. Green

Electronics, digital, and mobile will see exciting advances in 2012, leading to serious and important trends that will be usable by both businesses and consumers in the growing technology-enhanced world. Among the most significant that we will see next year are the following: • Augmented reality – Though this technology has already taken its first baby steps into the mobile world, being seen in location apps, games, coffee shops, and even business cards, this year it is expected to start making a place in everything from eyeglasses to cars and…

Adobe ceases efforts for mobile Flash

11/11/201111/11/2011 Jennifer Goula

In a serious mobile battle that began back in 2007 when the iPhone was first launched and Steve Jobs announced that Flash could not be rendered on mobile devices due to the energy drain it causes to batteries, Adobe has finally admitted defeat and has stopped trying to pursue a mobile version of Flash. This announcement was made quietly and subtly on a blog post at Adobe. It equally announced that it will be directing its mobile focus on HTML5, instead. HTML5 is the cutting edge web programming language which…

How Google Commerce Search will improve mobile shopping just in time for the holidays

10/15/2011 Julie Campbell

M-commerce is rapidly on the grow, especially in terms of shopping queries originating from mobile devices, and Google Commerce Search will only help to build on that experience. If there is one thing that consumers are demonstrating, it is that shopping and the use of their mobile devices goes hand-in-hand. It is changing the way that people shop, and they are looking for improved tools and resources to make the experience better, simpler and more effective. In this light, experts are recommending that e-commerce sites make a high priority of…