Mobile News & Articles

 New figures show that PCs are being railroaded out of the market by the rise of worker-friendly tablets, bolstered by practical keyboards riding the smartphone wave. As Dell and others struggle, how much life will be left in the PC market by the end of the decade?

Commerce products provider, hybris has released latest version of its hybris Commerce Suite that gives B2B and B2C marketing companies omni-channel capabilities. More specifically, this new update is centered on the cross-channel consumer and in-store business tools.

We are in the midst of a mobile revolution. Consumers are becoming savvier with their mobile devices and are expecting more from their digital experience. Traditional desktop activities -- such as entertainment, shopping or banking -- are now being experienced on tablets and smartphones.

It’s a multi-platform world…so shouldn’t audiences be counted -- without duplication  -- on all platforms? comScore thinks so, and this week the audience reporting service has officially launched its new cross-platform reporting service. 

 Apple will release a new unlocked model of the iPhone 5 in its own stores and through T-Mobile in a couple of weeks, adding advanced wireless services for improved LTE performance. 

Windows 8 was a bold move for Microsoft. And whether you are a regular Microsoft or iOS user, businesses looking to build a line of business mobile applications should consider Windows 8 a front runner, specifically if its touch application would augment what you want to do.

For our last Facebook Feature of the Week for March, we’re looking at Pages Manager, an app that's designed to let users keep track of developments on their Facebook pages.

I was super happy to see my article from last week, on the crossover between UX and APIs, get such a good response (including tweets from Alan Cooper and Jared Spool). There were one or two tweets from people who were not fully familiar with the topic and wanted to learn and understand more about the space. Ask and you shall receive. Each article listed below is a bit different and will help you understand different nuances, possibilities and actual corporate strategy shifts driven by API design.

Sales enablement platform provider, BrainShark has released SlideShark Broadcasting, a new component of their SlideShark app that allows presentations to be viewed live via the web. 

A new versions of the Google+ app for the iPhone and for Android devices has been unveiled, offering enhanced photo features, the ability to show current location to selected recipients and tweaks for community management. 

Not only does Salesforce Chatter run on more mobile devices than ever, its customer connection ability is now the company's main focus.

Internet company, Yahoo has announced that it has acquired Summly, a mobile content reading assistance tool and will use the technology to improve how information is accessed.

Tapping into mobile marketing’s potential and using it to achieve business success continues to be a highly contested topic. From botched QR code attempts and SMS disasters to ignorable mobile ads, we've seemingly tried it all. Many who fail at these relatively newer technologies still haven’t mastered the more familiar channels consumers are using to reach their brands (web, TV, social, etc). So with the advent of the “second screen,” marketers are bracing themselves to tackle yet another phenomenon.

An overwhelming 90 percent of employees used their personal smartphones for work-related purposes in the past year, but only 46 percent think their companies are prepared for Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) issues. That disconnect is one of the findings in a new report about the realities of BYOD.

Keeping with our employee engagement theme, this week’s Mobile App of the Week is Socialcast, which is designed to act a social networking and communication platform for those who use Socialcast Communities.