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Salesforce.com (news, site) acquired social media monitoring platform Radian6 this March, but the US$ 326 million deal was lacking a mobile app that would address the growing needs of an increasingly-mobile workforce and enterprise.
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When Google (news, site) announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility, industry watchers wondered about the potential effects on the mobile industry. In particular, Google will, in effect, be competing against its own Android smartphone and tablet licensees.
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Businesses are increasingly warming up to the use of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets for productivity and improved collaboration.
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Time and again, Google's Android (news, site ) is proving itself to be a capable mobile platform, and the market seems to agree.
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The mobile platform wars are heating up. And if it's not one platform outdoing the other in terms of the ecosystem size, it's one platform challenging others in terms of legalities. Amid the flurry of activity, another party wants to join the fray, as China's Alibaba (news
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Mobile and social networking mix well, as evident with how social networking apps are popular among smartphone and tablet users. Taiwanese manufacturer HTC (news, site ) has even gone as far as marketing a "Facebook Phone" in the HTC Chacha and HTC Salsa.
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In our ever-changing, technology-evolving world, there are a few constants. People need to work and collaborate and want to do it as conveniently as possible. These three elements (work, collaboration and mobility), according to a new report by Forrester, make up what the research company calls a mobile app Internet.
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Android tablets have come and gone. And while some are enjoying immense popularity -- like the Asus Eee Pad Transformer that plugs into a keyboard dock to become a netbook -- the iPad is still the leading device in the tablet market. Amazon (news, site ) wants
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Microsoft (news, site) has had a successful run with its Windows Mobile platform, particularly in the corporate setting, but then the iPhone and Android rose in popularity and Microsoft found the need to refresh its mobile strategy. Microsoft is banking on the new Windows Phone 7 platform
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Mobile is gaining ground as one of the world's most vibrant industries. Mobile data, applications and the entire industry that make up these devices and services will amount to US$ 1.
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According to the Pew Internet Project, one third of American adults -- 35% -- own smartphones. Its report also found that 87% of smartphone owners gain access to the Internet or email on their handheld, including two-thirds (68%) who do so on a typical day.
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Apple (news, site ) has done something right with smartphones and tablets, as evident with the popularity of the iPhone and iPad.
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Engaging your audience through social media might be easy, but tracking the performance and returns from these is not necessarily a piece of cake. Clearspring's latest updates to its AddThis (news, site ) platform makes it easier to track the performance of sharing.
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The mobile industry is a fast-growing market, not only for smartphones and devices, but also the applications. Analysts predict that the mobile app market to grow to US$ 36.7 billion by 2015, with 182.7 billion downloads.
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