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Can Mobile Apps Eliminate the Need for Blogging?

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You may have noticed an interesting trend recently. As the popularity of visually engaging sites such as Pinterest and Instagram rise, and many mobile apps with user-generated content continue to launch, users are choosing to share on these sites rather than creating blogs. Even brands are turning to Pinterest and Instragram to show off their "behind-the-scenes" experience and to reach a new audience. What does this mean for the future of traditional blogging, as we know it?

Facebook's Smartphone is an Android in Disguise, Press Event Next Week

Thumbnail image for Facebook-logo.jpg Social media giant Facebook has sent out invites to a new event next week, likely the unveiling of the company's much-rumored smartphone. A broad hint suggests the device will be a modified Android running some clever Facebook-centric features.

Tablet, Smartphone Paid Search Spend Doubles on Higher Engagement Figures

If anyone had any doubt about the importance of mobile business, new research just released by digital marketing solutions vendor, IgnitionOne, would clear that up. According to the figures released today, paid search spend on both tablets and mobile phones went up 112% and 113% respectively.

Never Mind the Smartphones, Here Come the Smart Watches

sony_smart_small.jpg While business focuses on big data, the consumer-connected Internet is aiming smaller and smaller, with data presented on smart watches supposed to be the next big thing. But where could we see true innovation, and not just cloning of phone features?

Nokia Lumia Smartphones Sales on the Rise, With the 620 to Come

lumia620_thumb.jpg Nokia's fourth quarter stock update should put an end to the company's doom-sayers (for a while) as it sells nearly 4.5 million Lumia smartphones, suggesting Windows Phone 8 and Nokia are here to stay.

A Handbook for Collecting, Publishing and Presenting Content On Mobile Devices

logo_infoteria.pngWhile there are many ways to create, publish and share information across a variety of social, mobile and web channels, it’s not always easy to collect it all in one place. The folks at Infoteria, a company that develops and markets software and services that connect various corporate computers and devices, have a solution, called Handbook.

Amazon's Kindle Fire 2 and A New Smartphone To Be Unveiled Today

amazon_kf_logo.jpg Amazon will show off its new hardware later, as it tries to capture more of the tablet market, and attract further users to its huge digital market place and store. But, the star of the show could be a new smartphone which could dominate Amazon's store front for Christmas. 

Social Media Takes the Bronze in Online Sales

Social media is kind of a big deal for most businesses. A single bad experience anywhere in the world detailed on a network like Twitter or Facebook can go viral and wreak havoc on a company’s reputation. However, in terms of cold hard cash, social media still lags search and emails.

Mobile and the Era of Fragmented Communication

logo_tyntec_rgb_xs.jpegIn the lead up to the Olympic Games this month, London added Wi-Fi to its subway system in an effort to help keep communications among visitors open. But last week it was clear that mobile engagement issues were taking their toll when an increase in social media began interfering with mobile networks on which the games themselves depend.

Scan Documents from Mobile Devices Faster, Easier with Office Drop

Scan Documents from Mobile Devices Faster, Easier with Office DropA recent report shows that how we use smartphones has changed considerably. No longer are they for making phone calls. Now they have become means for browsing the web, texting, sending emails. Additionally, for the business user, smartphones are changing how we work. As a result, our expectations for what we can accomplish from our phone have increased. To keep up with these demands, OfficeDrop has made significant updates to its iOS and Android cloud scanning and storage apps, beginning with its first Android tablet app.
 

Getting Millennials to Adopt Emerging Cloud-Based Mobile Services

Think that the young people today see their smartphones simply as a means to text or listen to music? You’re only half right. A new survey by Tyntec and YouGov shows that, among all age groups, young adults, or “millennials,” are leading the pack in interest to adopt new cloud-based models, including integrating texting and voice capabilities into new devices and online services. But that doesn't mean it will be easy.

Wix Brings No-Coding-Skills-Needed Design to HTML5 Sites

wix_logo_2012.PNG Site design for those lacking in actual design skills is a problem that many seem to want to solve. Wix is a dab hand at creating Flash sites from a drag and drop system, now it offers the same for those needing a result in modern, sexy, smartphone-friendly HTML 5.

Apple Poised to Overtake Intel as Top Mobile Chipmaker by Year-End

Apple Poised to Overtake Intel as Top Mobile Chipmaker by Year-EndApple is basking in the success of its latest product launch, the new iPad. Selling 3 million units in its first weekend of release alone, Apple is gearing for yet another landslide success in the tablet market. The new iPad is hot, indeed -- both figuratively, and literally -- and if the trend continues, Apple might just overtake Intel as the world's top mobile chipmaker by year-end.

iPad 3 is So Last Week, Here Comes the iPhone 5

applelogo.png No sooner does the hubbub die down after the new iPad launch than word starts sneaking out about the due date and dimensions of Apple's next smartphone. Just as well, as rivals are now marching ahead with bigger screens and more features, leaving iPhone looking marginally outclassed in a cutthroat market.

Free, Ad-Supported Mobile Apps Drain Batteries Faster, Consume More Data

If you're planning to hold off on spending US$ 0.99 for a mobile app to get the free version instead, you might want to think twice. Research from Purdue University and Microsoft has determined that free mobile applications that use third-party services to serve and display ads are likely to drain batteries faster than their paid counterparts.

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