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Mobile Technology is Taking Over the World

Note From The Editor
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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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Alibaba’s mobile commerce endeavors may benefit from new merger

Stephen Vagus
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Company forms new department to handle mergers with other businesses China’s e-commerce behemoth Alibaba has established a new department, which is responsible for the integration of businesses involving the mobile browser, search, and gaming services. This department will take care of the mergers that Alibaba is looking to make with other companies that exist in the mobile space. The first such company is UCWeb, which is a prominent mobile Internet browser company. By teaming with UCWeb, Alibaba is expected to further solidify its growing dominance of the mobile space. UCWeb…

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Internet speed has a major influence on mobile commerce

L. Green
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Mobile Internet gaining more attention in Europe Mobile commerce has been gaining ground throughout Europe, but its adoption may be being slowed by slow Internet connections. Many people have come to rely on their mobile Internet connection, so much so that any device that cannot connect to the Internet is typically ignored by consumers. Exposure to the Internet and the convenience it can offer to the world of commerce has lead to a dramatic rise in the demand for comprehensive mobile commerce services. The problem, however, is that these services…

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Mobile commerce statistics show 23 percent of web traffic is from smartphones and tablets

John Montgallo
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The same research has shown that Apple devices represent more visits than those based on Android. The results of a study conducted by Walker Sands Communications – a marketing and public relations firm – has revealed that 23.14 percent of visits to websites that occurred in December 2012 were of the mobile commerce nature, having stemmed from smartphones and tablets. This was an increase of 84 percent over the figures that were recorded a year earlier. When compared to January 2011, there was an increase of 283 percent in mobile…

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Mcommerce web slowed to a crawl from massive Cyber Monday use

Jesse Collins
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Mobile websites took over twice as long to load throughout the online discounts and offers. While Cyber Monday showed record breaking mcommerce performance for sales, the tremendous number of smartphone and tablet shoppers that swamped the mobile web generated delays that considerably slowed down site loading times. Some of the delays faced by smartphone and tablet users mirrored the lineups on Black Friday. The average load time on Cyber Monday was 18 second longer than it would typically be. This, according to the Keynote Mobile Commerce Index. The web and…

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