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Mobile Web - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about the use of the Web from mobile devices, such as mobile (cell) phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other mobile devices connected to a computer network.
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- 10 Mobile Trends for 2011
- By Sarah Perez. Read Write Web, January 26, 2011. "In its annual mobile technology report, Forrester Research has outlined the trends it expects to see in the coming year. Technologies like 4G and LTE, Near Field Communication (NFC), barcodes and augmented reality will see increasing amounts of hype in 2011, and the use of mobile/social/location combinations will soar, the report says. But for companies, the goal should now be on developing mobile business cases and strategies, and not jumping on the bandwagons surrounding these types of disruptions..."
Added: 8 February 2011;
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- State of the Mobile Web, November 2010
- Opera Software, December 20, 2010. "This month, the report reflects on a year of growth for Opera, but more importantly, growth for the mobile Internet. Passing milestone after milestone over the year, our users took the full Web experience to their hearts and browsed an incredible 340 billion pages in the first 11 months of 2010 (compared to 129 billion pages in the first 11 months of 2009)..."
Added: 23 December 2010;
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- Mobile Marketing: Top 10 Technical Design Considerations
- by Robert Carroll. Marketing Profs, December 21, 2010. In this article, you'll learn: How marketers can use technology to stay ahead of the mobile boom; The 10 key design issues to consider when choosing a mobile technical platform; How to improve the mobile experience for your customers..."
Added: 22 December 2010;
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- User Expectations with Mobile Apps - Catching up with EffectiveUI
- by Kristina Bjoran. UX Booth, 21 December 2010. "User response to mobile applications depends on several factors —aesthetics, usability, and brand loyalty, to name a few. However, researchers at EffectiveUI recently underwent a study to see whether or not brand loyalty trumps usability. No surprise here: it doesn't..."
Added: 22 December 2010;
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- 4 Mindsets for Mobile Engagement
- by Brian DAmato. Clickz, December 15, 2010. "With mobile technology continuing to improve and the sale of smartphones continuing to grow, the year of mobile may finally be upon us. Additionally, the growth of Android, the launch of 4G networks, the continued evolution of the iPhone, and the improvements in mobile browsing provide a platform that enables the development of a rich, powerful, and unique user experience. And while this growth has created another opportunity for customer interface, we must remember that it's just another interaction point in your customer's lifecycle as they traverse from discovery to purchase to support, and not some unique and disparate touchpoint. In order to maximize the value of what mobile technology can bring, everything fundamentally starts with how the user interacts with this technology for your brand..."
Added: 20 December 2010;
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- Mobile Stats in Canada: Usage, Demographics, Forecasts
- by Manoj Jasra. Web Analytics World, Monday, December 13, 2010. "This past week I was doing some extensive research trying to find mobile statistics, specifically in Canada: Penetration rates, mobile usage, subscribers, and forecasts. The penetration rate of mobile in Canada is nearing 70% and is projected to top 80% in the next few years so you can understand the importance of trying to understand the landscape. Below are some of the sites I found quite useful in my research..."
Added: 16 December 2010;
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- Mobile Web Application Best Practices - W3C Recommendation
- W3C, 14 December 2010. "The goal of this document is to aid the development of rich and dynamic mobile Web applications. It collects the most relevant engineering practices, promoting those that enable a better user experience and warning against those that are considered harmful..."
Added: 16 December 2010;
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- W3C Releases Best Practices for Mobile Web Apps
- By Sarah Perez. Read Write Web, December 15, 2010. "International Web standards body, The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released a new standard for developers of mobile Web applications. The document, published as a W3C Recommendation, is titled "The Mobile Web Application Best Practices" and it offers practical advice on everything from relevant engineering practices to tips on creating a better user experiences..."
Added: 16 December 2010;
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- Ask: Mobile Users Want 'Fresh' Information in Real Time
- by Greg Sterling. Search Engine Land, December 15, 2010. "An Ask.com survey, conducted by Harris Interactive (n=1,538 US mobile phone users), finds that user expectations on mobile devices (especially in a local context) are different vs. the PC. The study is intended in part of promote Ask's Q&A mobile app. But the data also reflect and confirm interesting differences between mobile and PC user attitudes and behavior. The study reveals that mobile users have higher expectations of information and want more 'real time' content than they do on the PC..."
Added: 16 December 2010;
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- Better shopping with the Seller Ratings extension for mobile
- Posted by Anna Khesed, Google Mobile Ads Marketing Team. Google Mobile Ads Blog, Monday, December 13, 2010. "Everyday consumers are using their phones to search Google and a growing number are turning to mobile to complete a variety of purchases. In fact, according to internal Google data, in Q3 Google searches from mobile devices grew 130% year over year. Additionally, a Mobile Marketing Association study found that 59% of holiday shoppers said they plan to use their mobile phones to facilitate holiday shopping. So this year we are creating a better mobile shopping experience by helping consumers identify highly rated online merchants..."
Added: 16 December 2010;
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- Optimize And Analyze For Mobile, part 2
- Posted by Jeff Gillis, Google Analytics Team and Feras Alhlou, E-Nor. Google Analytics Blog, Tuesday, November 30, 2010. "This is part 2 of a timely 3 part guest post on mobile analytics strategy and implementation by Feras Alhlou at E-Nor, a Certified Partner in Northern California. Here's part 1, which explained how to look for trends in mobile traffic to your website. Look forward to Part 3, "Act on your ROI", coming soon. 2. Give Your Reports More Dollar Power - Now that you know where your mobile trends stand (and hopefully it's positive), make sure to analyze the data carefully. What does the trend signify and where do you want to go with the data?..."
Added: 9 December 2010;
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- U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the “Most Desired” Operating System?
- Nielsen Wire, December 1, 2010. "According to October 2010 data from The Nielsen Company, 29.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers now own smartphones that run full operating systems. The most popular smartphones are the Apple iPhone and RIM Blackberry, which are caught in a statistical dead heat with 27 percent of smartphone market share in the U.S. Twenty-two percent of smartphone owners have devices with the Android operating system..."
Added: 7 December 2010;
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- comScore Reports October 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
- Smartphones Now Used by 1 in 4 U.S. Mobile Subscribers. Reston, Virginia, December 3, 2010 – "comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending October 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in the U.S. according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The October report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent market share..."
Added: 6 December 2010;
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- E-Mail Newsletters: Increasing Usability
- Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, November 29, 2010. Summary: New research finds improved usability metrics for subscribing to newsletters, but problems with reading them on mobile devices.
Added: 1 December 2010;
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- Number of smartphone health apps up 78 percent
- by Brian Dolan. Mobile Health News, Thursday - November 4, 2010. "... As our new research report – 'The Fastest Growing and Most Successful Health & Medical Apps' – explains, most mobile health apps available today do not help you track or manage your health. Most only provide reference information about health issues..."
Added: 30 November 2010;
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