On eBay UK an item is sold via mobile on average every second, more than 85,000 each day. In August 2011 alone, over two million items were bought through mobile, including twice as many men as women.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Mobile now accounts for over 10% of all sales on eBay UK
More than 10 percent of all purchases on eBay UK now take place through a mobile device. And the UK is leading the way for mobile commerce, with more people buying and selling goods via mobile on eBay than in any other European country.
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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