Massive Shift of Software Development in Enterprise to Mobile

By 2015, software development in the enterprise space will have shifted "massively" to mobility, according to the 2010 IBM Corp. Tech Trends Survey. The online query of 2,000 IT developers and specialists across 87 countries highlights the need by enterprises to build applications that take advantage of mobile technologies.

Some 55 percent of respondents anticipate that development for mobile devices will eclipse development for PCs and servers. That includes devices such as the Apple iPhone and Google Android handsets, as well as tablet PCs like the Apple iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook made by Research In Motion.

Internet Evolution - Executive Clan Editor's Blog - Report: Mobile to Dominate Enterprise by 2015

Software, Hardware, Mobile Litigation

Litigation is a fact of business life. It isn't any different in the software, hardware or mobile businesses, either.

Hulu prepares IPO

Hulu is ready to raise $200 million to $300 million to build its business, and could file a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before the end of the year, Reuters reports.

Tapping public markets is one of several options under consideration as Hulu girds for battle against rivals Netflix, Google and Amazon.com.

Hulu prepares IPO amid battle with Netflix

Netflix Proved Lots of People Wrong

Hulu Blocks Google TV Access

Hulu apparently does not allow Google TV appliances to grab Hulu content.

Tablets, Cloud Computing are at Hype Cycle Peak

Media tablets, private cloud computing, and 3D flat-panel TVs and displays are some of the technologies that have moved into the Peak of Inflated Expectations, according to the 2010 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle by Gartner.

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That virtually guarantees there will be a period of relative disillusionment coming for tablet devices and cloud computing. That is not to say they will not be important, only that the wave of hype now is cresting.

Gartner's 2010 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates Maturity of 1,800 Technologies

Top Mobile Behaviors Vary by Region

A cross-market analysis of mobile activities in Japan, the U.S. and Europe by comScore shows significant differences among consumers by geography. Mobile users in Japan were the “most connected” of the three markets, with more than 75 percent using connected media (browsed, accessed applications or downloaded content) in June, compared to 43.7 percent in the U.S. and 38.5 percent in Europe. I suspect nobody would be surprised by those findings.

About 59.3 percent of the Japanese users made use of their browsers in June and 42.3 percent accessing applications. Abou percent of mobile users in the U.S. and 25.8 percent in Europe used their mobile browsers, with 31.1 percent in the U.S. and 24.9 percent in Europe using applications.

Europeans were the heaviest text messaging users, with 81.7 percent sending a text message in June, compared to 66.8 percent in the U.S. and just 40.1 percent in Japan. Japanese users exhibited the highest reach in the email category at 54 percent, while consumers in the U.S. were most likely to use instant messaging services on their mobile (17.2 percent).

U.S. mobile users were the heaviest blog and social media users. About 21 percentr of users do so. Some 17 percent of Japanese users do so, while 15 percent of Europeans do so.

Japanese users were most likely to capture photos (63.0 percent) and watch TV/video (22.0 percent) on their mobiles, while Europeans were most likely to listen to music (24.2 percent) and play games (24.1 percent).

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Will amazon and bestbuy start app stores?

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DMA: Mobile marketing: UK users prefer browsers to apps

Browsers are better than apps for some operations.

http://www.dma.org.uk/news/nws-dmitem.asp?id=6067&t=Mobile+marketing%3A+UK+users+prefer+browsers+to+apps

How Do You Pitch an Angel Investor?

Basically, you pitch an angel investor in the same way you have to pitch anything: clearly, quickly and with obvious emphasis on value for the buyer.

Cloud Computing: the Revenue Model, Not the Technology

Cloud computing has immediate revenue implications for hosted service providers now. Down the road, it is going to create new revenue models for all sorts of companies that used to sell in a "location-limited" manner. Whether you want to consider this "over the top everything" or just the extension of browser-based and Internet-based application delivery is sort of a matter of taste and your own preferences. But is will be a big deal. Here's one practical look at the matter.

PayPal To Launch Micropayments

PayPal will be launching a payments technology for micropayments.

According to the company, the new product will include specialized payment support for micropayments for online video, music, games (including the sale of virtual goods and currencies), paid content, books and software.

PayPal To Launch Micropayments Product

Apple iPhone Will be Available on Verizon Wireless in 2011

Verizon Wireless will be selling the Apple iPhone in 2011, the Wall Street Journal now reports, potentially ending the seemingly-endless speculation about whether that would happen.

The new iPhone would be similar in design to the iPhone 4 currently sold by AT&T.

As with the ramped-up Long Term Evolution deployment plan Verizon Wireless also has announced, Verizon getting the iPhone would close a window, ending AT&T's years-long exclusive on the device.

With Verizon Wireless also saying it will activate 4G networks in 38 U.S. cities before the end of the year, Verizon is ending the relatively-brief window of time when Clearwire and Sprint Nextel could claim to operate the only nationwide 4G networks.

Consumers Like Video Content from New Sources but Few Are Ready to “Cut the Pay-TV Cord,” According to Survey | Press Release | ABI Research

A recent ABI Research consumer survey of 1005 consumers revealed that about 32 percent of those surveyed are interested in watching Internet video on their TV, nearly double the number who expressed the same interest in a similar 2008 survey.

In 2008 only 13 percent said they would consider cancelling their pay-TV services and receiving video content just from the Internet, rentals or off-air broadcast television.

According to ABI Research practice director Jason Blackwell, “The alternatives to pay-TV — online services from Netflix, Hulu and the like — are decentralized and can be complicated to negotiate.”

Of course, the question might not suggest as much current interest as might seem to be the case. If you ask people whether they'd like something, in the abstract, without including price and content availability, they might say "yes" because there is no cost to the answer.

If you ask whether a user would spend $200, be able to access YouTube video, movie trailers and some content, you'd get fewer people reaching for their wallets. If you then asked whether access to popular content, time shifted a bit, would be available for additional payments ranging from about a dollar to $3, you'd get fewer hands reaching for wallets.

The survey results are not surprising. They just don't predict actual behavior very well.

Consumers Like Video Content from New Sources but Few Are Ready to “Cut the Pay-TV Cord,” According to Survey

Android a serious threat to iPhone and RIM, study suggests

Sometimes a story has to be retold only to emphasize and confirm what you already know, pointing out that something still is a trend. This is one of those types of stories.

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