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Mobile commerce website struggles caused by Superstorm Sandy

11/08/201211/08/2012 Julie Campbell

The hurricane didn’t just impact physical homes and business, but it is also harming the virtual world. According to Keynote Systems, cell towers malfunctioning as a result of damage caused by hurricane Sandy have had a harmful impact on the performance of mobile commerce websites. New York is one of the two areas where the site performance was the hardest hit. The Keynote Mobile Commerce Performance Index measures the performance of thirty retailers. According to Keynote Systems mobile and web performance expert, Haroon Chohan, “Hurricane Sandy caused 25% of cell…

2012 will put the spotlight on Amazon, Nokia and Microsoft for mobile

01/05/201201/05/2012 Stephanie Beck

According to the results of a survey performed by Chetan Sharma Consulting, a Washington-based firm, this year, it is predicted that the leaders in mobile will be taking significant steps forward as they attempt to take the lead from the top mobile operating system, Android. The predictions made from the data collected in the survey, called the “2012 Mobile Industry Predictions Survey”, were derived from the responses of about 150 industry insiders on the worldwide mailing list of the consulting firm. They also forecast that m-commerce and mobile payments will…