Sunday, February 6, 2011
New 7-Inch iPad?
Despite dismissals of seven-inch tablets by Apple executives, Apple might be working on a seven-inch model. To some extent, that dismissive attitude can be chalked up to corporate sparring with competitors that have elected to come to market with devices using that form factor, when Apple is selling only 10-inch models.
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.
Skype Sees Cloud Services Revenue Opportunity
Skype will be making a big move to the cloud in 2011. Skype’s cloud products will vary, from a plug-in to the ability for developers and advertisers to embed click-to call ads using Skype’s technology.
Specifically, click-to-call advertising on the web is a way for Skype to bring in revenue, the company believes. Another potential revenue model is to work with carriers to include Skype’s mobile services as part of a consumer’s phone bill.
Specifically, click-to-call advertising on the web is a way for Skype to bring in revenue, the company believes. Another potential revenue model is to work with carriers to include Skype’s mobile services as part of a consumer’s phone bill.
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.
TD Bank Launches Mobile Banking App for BlackBerry Devices
TD Bank has launched its banking app for BlackBerry devices. With the TD Bank mobile app, BlackBerry users can:
Check deposit, loan and credit card balances
Transfer funds
Make bill payments
Find local branch and ATM locations
View pending transactions and account history
Enroll in TD Debit Card Advance
Use the easy one-click option to call TD Bank’s 24/7 live customer service center
Check deposit, loan and credit card balances
Transfer funds
Make bill payments
Find local branch and ATM locations
View pending transactions and account history
Enroll in TD Debit Card Advance
Use the easy one-click option to call TD Bank’s 24/7 live customer service center
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.
Smartphones More Effective for Ad Campaigns
Compared to feature phone users, smartphone users are most impacted by mobile campaigns, according to Millennial Media.
Direct comparisons show that smartphones are an especially superior vehicle for advertising compared to feature phones in the area of mobile ad awareness, or capturing customer attention. Smartphone campaigns have 39 percent effectiveness in this area, about 39 percent more than the 28 percent effectiveness of feature phones.
In addition, smartphones are 30 percent more effective than feature phones in the area of unaided awareness (17 percent compared to 13 percent), and 25 percent more effective in purchase intent (15 percent compared to 12 percent).
Direct comparisons show that smartphones are an especially superior vehicle for advertising compared to feature phones in the area of mobile ad awareness, or capturing customer attention. Smartphone campaigns have 39 percent effectiveness in this area, about 39 percent more than the 28 percent effectiveness of feature phones.
In addition, smartphones are 30 percent more effective than feature phones in the area of unaided awareness (17 percent compared to 13 percent), and 25 percent more effective in purchase intent (15 percent compared to 12 percent).
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.
45% of Middle East, North Africa Mobile Customers Use Mobile Web
Some 45 percent of Internet users taking part in a mobile usage survey across the Middle East and North Africa told Spot On PR that they used their mobile phones to access the Internet. Of those, 85 percent stated that they have downloaded applications for their mobile phones, while 27 percent claimed to download more than one mobile app per week. About 20 percent of mobile Internet users also claimed to have paid money for a mobile application download.
About 45 percent of respondents use their mobile phones to access the Internet, rising to 50 percent among Internet users in the United Arab Emirates. Fully 71 percent rank email as biggest mobile data activity. Other popular activities on the mobile Internet were social networking (34 percent), news & weather (29 percent), sports news (29 percent) and hobbies (25 percent).
About 45 percent of respondents use their mobile phones to access the Internet, rising to 50 percent among Internet users in the United Arab Emirates. Fully 71 percent rank email as biggest mobile data activity. Other popular activities on the mobile Internet were social networking (34 percent), news & weather (29 percent), sports news (29 percent) and hobbies (25 percent).
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.
Indian Bank Launches Mobile Banking
The Karur-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank has launched a real-time fund transfer facility using mobile phones. LVB is the first private sector bank in South India to offer this facility, Managing Director and CEO P R Somasundaram says.
LVB customers can register with their nearest branch.
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.
Airtel Introduces Cash Payment by Mobile
India's largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, is offering its customers the ability to make payments through mobile phones.
Bharti Airtel customers can deposit cash in their "airtel money" accounts at retail locations, then make payments at retail sites and pay utilities using their mobile phones. The merchants and utilities have to be on the Bharti Airtel network, and be part of the money transfer program.
Bharti Airtel customers can deposit cash in their "airtel money" accounts at retail locations, then make payments at retail sites and pay utilities using their mobile phones. The merchants and utilities have to be on the Bharti Airtel network, and be part of the money transfer program.
The feature is as much about customer loyalty and value-added services as it is about incremental revenue Airtel can make by sponsoring the program.
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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