Mobile News & Articles

E-commerce is something that changes as social trends change; however many businesses are failing to find a good link between social engagement and e-commerce traffic.

Mobile app provider Thumb Labs has announced it's been acquired by Adobe, a move that the company hints is connected to its continued relationship with the Behance application.

When it comes to a Web content management system, there's no end to the amount of features and services customers want or may need in the near future. Bridgeline Digital has released version 5.0 of its iAPPS WCM system, and it's added key features many businesses truly need like mobile authoring, translation and personalization.

The rollercoaster success story of Mailbox, acquired by Dropbox after barely a month in existence, should get heavy email users excited as the iPad version of the app arrives to save their in-box. 

After the big Spring launches comes the bragging and the competitive advertising. Samsung is seeing rocketing sales, and Microsoft is using Siri to have a dig at Apple's iPad with its own Windows 8 tablets. 

Google has turned the taps on its update stream after last week's I/O event. You can now talk to your PC's Chrome browser for Google searches, while mobile users get a new version of Google+ to play with that's more in line with the card-based update of the recent PC browser update. 

The tornado devastation in Oklahoma points to the need for mobile governmental response systems and, this week, Salesforce is releasing such solutions designed specifically for governmental needs. 

What is Xbox One? Is it a games machines, a media center, or an app player? Microsoft wants it to be all three, with near instant-on, voice activation, Skype and many other features, but to do this, it runs a version of Windows 8, a gaming hyper-OS and a media system, highlighting the company's struggles with Windows.

The way customers shop through Google and retailers is changing, as the company begins to phase out Google Checkout in favor of Google Wallet.

Ever feel the need to use the apps already on on your mobile device instead of the work approved ones from your IT department? LogMeIn has developed a tool called AppGuru to help those IT teams organize the mobile apps people can't seem to resist bringing to work.

The customer experience is still a work in progress. We know that as social and mobile technologies become more advanced, the challenge isn’t necessarily about deploying them, it’s about getting them to seamlessly align alongside human capabilities. The mobile coupon fails to get scanned at checkout. The opportunity to enroll customers in a rewards programs is missed. Consumers receive irrelevant promotions that don’t meet their interests or activities. What if there was a better way to improve the customer experience without having to upgrade the human experience?

South Korean mega-vendor Samsung keeps churning out the devices to cover every conceivable base and user need, with the new Mega 6.3" screen phablet joining a waterproof S4 model, with an S4 mini confirmed on the way. 

Alongside the Tumblr acquisition, Yahoo is taking off the wraps on one of its earlier acquisitions. Image-sharing service Flickr gets a major hi-resolution makeover with a new app for Android users. 

Navigating social media sites can be quite a task, but Pinterest aims to improve how users use the content sharing website with a new feature that will prove useful to brands and companies: information pins.

 While concerns over cloud deployments are now a thing of the past, the cloud is still proving difficult for many enterprises. In fact, new research form Oracle shows that the dual promise of business efficiency and IT agility is still eluding many enterprises.