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The future of mobile commerce and how it is revolutionizing business worldwide

06/04/201312/13/2013 Julie Campbell

M-commerce is moving forward at full steam and many feel that it won’t be long before it turns retail upside down. It doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone to hear that cell phones are the most widely used electronic device in the world, as there were approximately 7 billion of them. This means that there are nearly four times (3.8 times) more phones than there are PCs. A growing percentage of cell phone users now own smartphones. These individuals are relying on their devices on an increasing basis, and…

Mobile techniques for sales generation

01/08/201201/08/2012 John Montgallo

Mobile statistics throughout the industry are indicating that it has now reached the point that over two thirds (70 percent) of people in the United States with mobile devices are in the habit of regularly sending text messages, and that another 40 percent use their mobile device to use apps or browse the mobile web. Businesses wanting to take advantage of this knowledge can use the following techniques to generate new sales via mobile technology: • Create an email newsletter that can be obtained via text message. Businesses that offer…

The last week of 2011 saw over 1 billion Apple and Android app downloads

01/05/2012 John Montgallo

In 2011’s last week, the year was brought to a close with a record breaking number of app downloads on both Android and iOS mobile devices. According to a new Flurry study, the number of downloads for mobile devices on those operating systems was over 1.2 billion. Until that last week of 2011, the top week for downloads had seen 857 million apps downloaded. However, in that last week, from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day, there was a growth in the number of downloads by about 60 percent when…