Let's recall that in the months between the time Samsung released the Galaxy S4 and the time Apple released its new iPhones, several other vendors released flagship smartphones aimed at taking
on the mobile industry's twin titans.
In a way, that's kind of crazy — techies complain more than anyone about how much of an outdated pain email is to deal with, yet things like Hack Design, NextDraft, and Andreessen Horowitz partner Benedict Evan's newsletter
on the mobile industry continue to thrive, building ever - larger audiences on the medium we all love to hate.
The Chinese company has its sights set
on mobile industry domination in the long haul, with the Honor sub-brand an integral part of these ambitious but increasingly feasible plans.
Samsung has the biggest stranglehold
on the mobile industry, and will likely have the most device announcements to share.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, a huge amount of video consumption has shifted from TV to the
mobile phone (over 70 % of video is now viewed
on mobile devices, according to research firm eMarketer), and Legere believes that puts some of the pay - TV
industry's $ 100 billion of annual revenue in play.
Qualcomm vigorously refuted the premise of the FTC's claims against it, saying that «the complaint is based
on a flawed legal theory, a lack of economic support and significant misconceptions about the
mobile technology
industry.»
Because those chips have become a standard across the
mobile phone
industry, Qualcomm is required to license them
on fair terms.
Ad - blocking in general,
on both the desktop and
mobile web, has been growing rapidly over the past couple of years, according to
industry surveys.
«Just look when you go into a phone store,» says Iain Gillott, president at iGR, a market research firm that focuses
on the wireless and
mobile industry.
But some
industry experts fear that the rise of
mobile advertising will also have a harmful effect
on wider digital advertising revenues too.
Startups to watch: Led by a crop of firms such as Long Island City - based Aereo, which provides over-the-air television for
mobile devices, startups are capitalizing
on the myriad
industries headquartered in Queens.
Legere attributed T -
Mobile's handy earnings beat
on Monday mainly to its customer growth — 1.1 million total net additions — and boosted service revenues, something not seen in the wireless
industry in several years.
Providing video entertainment
on phones has taken
on greater importance as AT&T slugs it out with
industry leader Verizon Communications Inc and smaller rivals Sprint Corp and T -
Mobile US Inc for customers in a saturated wireless market.
T -
Mobile will stop adding
on the various mysterious surcharges for which the wireless
industry is known.
Kelly Ehlers, president of Madison, Wis. - based Evoke Brand Strategies, specializes in digital, social and
mobile strategies with a focus
on the beauty
industry.
Speaking from Barcelona, Spain, where the
industry's annual
Mobile World Congess trade show kicks off
on Monday, Wyatt says wireless network security is poised to be a big topic of discussion.
In the past 10 years alone he has radically and lucratively reordered three markets — music, movies, and
mobile telephones — and his impact
on his original
industry, computing, has only grown.
There is more we must do to support the news
industry to make sure this vital social function is sustainable — from growing local news, to developing formats best suited to
mobile devices, to improving the range of business models news organizations rely
on.
Avaamo exclusively focuses
on mobile devices and work environments where that's the only computer
on hand, such as in the airline, hospitality, retail, and law enforcement
industries.
Earlier this week, reports surfaced noting that Google hardware boss Rick Osterloh had said in a recent meeting with journalists at
Mobile World Congress — an annual mobile industry conference held in Barcelona — that the search giant was pumping the brakes on its line of «Pixel» - branded Chrome
Mobile World Congress — an annual
mobile industry conference held in Barcelona — that the search giant was pumping the brakes on its line of «Pixel» - branded Chrome
mobile industry conference held in Barcelona — that the search giant was pumping the brakes
on its line of «Pixel» - branded Chromebooks.
Shares in T -
Mobile and Sprint (s) tumbled Monday as investors betting
on industry consolidation — and higher cell - phone prices — bid down the two U.S. laggards.
Some anti-abortion groups are sending women targeted advertisements
on mobile phones in real - time when the women enter a Planned Parenthood clinic, relying
on a commonly available location feature that ad
industry networks provide.
TCSG's Georgia Quick Start is the No. 1 workforce training program in the country, providing free customized workforce training in classrooms,
mobile labs or directly
on the plant floor to qualified Georgia businesses in a wide range of new and expanding
industries.
As one analyst pointed out during the conference call, Heins is essentially turning the conventional wisdom of the
mobile industry on its head.
Despite all of the good news, there was one bit of bad news for the
mobile industry in 2015: worldwide game playing fell 1 percent
on mobile devices compared to 2014.
Technology giant Apple is looking beyond
mobile devices to learn how to make a self - driving electric car, and is talking to experts at carmakers and automotive suppliers, a senior auto
industry source familiar with the discussions said
on Saturday.
«It's tempting in a rapidly changing, rapidly growing
mobile market to change for the sake of change — to mimic what's trendy and match the
industry - standard, kitchen - sink approach of trying to be all things to all people,» Chen wrote in the letter published today
on BlackBerry's blog.
Kevin Weil, Twitter's vice president of revenue product, said in a company blog post that Twitter wants to capitalize
on the fact that it «sits at the intersection» of two leading trends in the world of advertising: the turn toward
mobile, and the
industry - wide shift to programmatic ad buying.
No business or
industry is going to escape these kinds of shifts and the smart money is
on the people thinking today about what they will need to do differently tomorrow to thrive in the new
mobile and digital economy.
My tenure at the company predated the ubiquitous adoption of the
mobile phone, so the stodgy telco primarily focused
on providing landline connectivity with poor customer and quality of service metrics which can be a common occurrence for monopoly - type
industries.
The
mobile point - of - sale (mPOS) is going to have a massive impact
on the payments - hardware and payments - software
industry.
Public Interest Advocacy Centre director John Lawford, who is sitting in
on a couple of panels, is perhaps the lone voice of the public — Wind
Mobile's two representatives could maybe be included — in what is otherwise an
industry love - in.
TopBucks
Mobile, a technical support company for the
industry, created an iPad - friendly site
on the same day the device launched.
Based
on comScore's opt - in research panel of approximately 40,000 Canadian Internet users, the detailed quarterly reports include web site visitation, online marketing metrics, transaction benchmarks and
mobile banking data that yield critical insights into emerging trends and consumer behavior in the Canadian online banking
industry.
T -
Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint would keep the headquarters of the combined company
on the Eastside where the wireless carrier has deep roots, and ensure that the coming evolution of the wireless
industry will play out in the Northwest.
In this half hour exec roundtable, you'll: * Learn best tactics — such as A / B split tests, website heat mapping,
mobile, and performance tracking * Get a walk through the best and worst tools
on the market today based
on Stewart Roger's own VB Insight Conversion Optimization report * Understand the impact CRO can have
on your brand Speakers: * Stewart Rogers, Director of Marketing Technology, VentureBeat * Ed Fu, CMO, ZipRecruiter * Wendy Schuchart, Moderator, VentureBeat To learn more about the conversion optimization report, visit Insight.VentureBeat.com and get the latest research
on the marketing technology
industry.
In its most recent report
on the U.S.
mobile phone
industry, market research firm ComScore Inc. found that Google Inc.'s Android platform held 51.6 % of smartphone market share, compared with 32.4 % for Apple.
FRANKFURT / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) is looking beyond
mobile devices to learn how to make a self - driving electric car, and is talking to experts at carmakers and automotive suppliers, a senior auto
industry source familiar with the discussions said
on Saturday.
That's why, in 2008, we became solely focused
on the emergence of
mobile as the computing platform of the future, which means we partner exclusively with entrepreneurs who see the promise and opportunity enabled by
mobile computing to disrupt existing
industries and create new markets.
In a series of interviews last weekend,
Industry Minister James Moore also suggested the government may enact protections to prevent airline customers from being bumped from overbooked planes, clamp down
on mobile roaming charges in Canada and control hidden credit - card fees.
Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience: Rich is qualified to serve
on Zillow Group's board of directors because of the broad range of relevant leadership and technical skills he possesses as a founder and former chief executive officer of companies in the
mobile and Internet
industries.
Chipotle is also working
on growing in areas such as delivery,
mobile ordering and catering (catering's currently only about 1 percent of sales) to boost loyalty to the chain that lost its way after being a hallmark of the success of the fast - casual
industry.
A venture investor and former SaaS executive with broad technology, sales and business development expertise, Mr. Jacobsohn will work from Norwest's Palo Alto and San Francisco offices with a focus
on early to late stage investment opportunities in business cloud, including SaaS,
industry cloud, healthcare IT,
mobile business applications, and B2B marketplaces.
About JOLT JOLT (www.joltco.ca)(Twitter: @joltco) is a Toronto - based startup accelerator dedicated to building high - growth Canadian web and
mobile companies focused
on startups in the IT, communications and entertainment
industries.
Varun currently covers the
mobile and social media
industries on Dazeinfo and has written some highly cited reports
on the same, which can be found
on this website.
Using PRIME's proprietary social media analytics methods and technology, the research firm identified 13 million relevant social media posts from March 2013 to December 2013
on the subject of
mobile payment innovation in the context of MasterCard and its
industry peers; sentiment analysis shows the majority of posts were driven by news - story sharing 92 % positive / factual, only 8 % negative tone overall which is a reflection of the original content as it appeared in traditional news outlets.
Early today, Google dropped a bombshell
on the technology
industry with its announcement that it will buy
mobile handset maker Motorola for $ 40 a share, a 63 percent premium over the closing price of Motorola Mobility
on Friday.
We are happy to be working with another great partner within the gift card
industry, and look forward
on working with CardCash to integrate bitcoin into their
mobile developments in the future.
Gamification — understanding the sales cycle at MyCheck, and the focus in the
mobile payment
industry on features, we created an innovative «Feature Cart» for the site which dynamically increased site engagement and allowed targeted buyer personas to create an app that fit their restaurant's needs.
Ever since Periscope and even FaceBook LIVE emerged
on to the marketplace, live
mobile broadcasting is becoming huge in the social media
industry.