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Smartphones Now Dominate Market Globally
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For the first time, smartphones have overtaken feature phones at a time when there is healthy growth in the global mobile phone market. In the first quarter of this year, vendors shipped 216.2 million units, equating to 51.6 percent of total phone shipments. Compared to the same quarter last year, the numbers reflect a 41.6 percent gain and a slight dip from the last quarter of 2012. More at 4/26/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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PayPal Integrates Discover Into Mobile In-Store Payments
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Paypal has positioned itself to be a major player in the market for in-store mobile payments, particularly with their recent deal with credit card network, Discover. The partnership will allow PayPal users to make payments at up to 7 million retail location, with integrated point-of-sale payment systems. While it is true that PayPal has had similar systems through select retailers, this recent deal with Discover opens the playing field to small and medium sized businesses as well. More at mediapost.com, 4/19/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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Samsung Ups Coolness Race with Thought Control as Input
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With the xplosion of new products and research in computer control, have come forms of interaction such as touch and voice activation technologies. Samsung is upping the ante on interactive interfaces by moving into the realm of thought control. Samsung’s Emerging Technology Lab is working with the University of Texas in developing the thought control interface. More at newsfactor.com, 4/22/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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Mobile Soars, But Future Appears Multiscreen
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The mobile media opportunity is growing precipitously, but the future still lies in capturing the multi-screen media market. At a recent marketing conference in New York, the consensus was that the way forward for marketers will be in capturing not only mobile, but also tablet, TV, and PCs. Future products like the anticipated iWatch and Google Glass will b important to consider as well. More at mediapost.com, 4/25/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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Sales of Tablets Rise 117 percent in Year, iPads Still Dominate
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Tablet Sales have seen significant jumps in sales, both among Android operated as well as Apple offerings. In the past year, Android has more than doubled its sales of 6.4 million units to 17.6 million. Apple, in similar fashion, has seen its sales go from 11.8 million to 19.5 million in the first quarter of this year. Looking at market share, it appears that Android is fast gaining on Apple’s long held pole position. More at newsfactor.com, 4/25/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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How to Ride the New Analytics Wave
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Analytics, while not a new term, is the buzzword when it comes to the Big Data applications of today. Moving forward, the next big wave isn’t necessarily just the analytics piece but rather the tools that have been developed for Analytics and their potential customization for the client. The future of data is being enabled by the dizzying rate of knowledge expansion and the unrelenting doubling of computing power. More at ecommercetimes.com, 4/24/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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Samsung Ups Coolness Race with Thought Control as Input
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With the explosion of new products and research in computer control, have come forms of interaction such as touch and voice activation technologies. Samsung is upping the ante on interactive interfaces by moving into the realm of thought control. Samsung’s Emerging Technology Lab is working with the University of Texas in developing the thought control interface. More at newsfactor.com, 4/22/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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Smartphones Now Dominate Market Globally
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For the first time, smartphones have overtaken feature phones at a time when there is healthy growth in the global mobile phone market. In the first quarter of this year, vendors shipped 216.2 million units, equating to 51.6 percent of total phone shipments. Compared to the same quarter last year, the numbers reflect a 41.6 percent gain and a slight dip from the last quarter of 2012. More at 4/26/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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Mobile Soars, But Future Appears Multiscreen
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The mobile media opportunity is growing precipitously, but the future still lies in capturing the multi-screen media market. At a recent marketing conference in New York, the consensus was that the way forward for marketers will be in capturing not only mobile, but also tablet, TV, and PCs. Future products like the anticipated iWatch and Google Glass will b important to consider as well. More at mediapost.com, 4/25/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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How to Ride the New Analytics Wave
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Analytics, while not a new term, is the buzzword when it comes to the Big Data applications of today. Moving forward, the next big wave isn’t necessarily just the analytics piece but rather the tools that have been developed for Analytics and their potential customization for the client. The future of data is being enabled by the dizzying rate of knowledge expansion and the unrelenting doubling of computing power. More at ecommercetimes.com, 4/24/13: (Article posted on 4/30/2013)
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