Posted by GlobalMagic
on 07/30/10
The onset of summer tends to mark a decline in Web traffic as consumers spend less time at their desktops and more time on vacation and leisure. However, the mobile medium is not experiencing similar traffic slumps, attributable to the convenience of mobile Web browsing, the growth of the mobile sector and the increasing prominence of data plans. Mobile Web is a constant in consumers’ lives, whether they’re at work, at home, on vacation, day or night, the Internet, on the other hand, is not as easily accessible, so its use is, for most, confined to the home, office or coffee shop.
Between February and June, Ground Truth found that mobile subscribers were browsing the Web on their handhelds for an average of about three hours per month. Additionally, the average mobile user accumulated an estimated 1,000 page views per month. Ground Truth has not seen any significant dip in mobile Web traffic during that time. We have found that people browse the mobile Web throughout the day, which emphasizes the fact that the mobile Web — along with the pervasive mobile device — is a significant component to consumers’
media diet, and therefore a tremendously attractive medium for advertising and marketing.
The Nielsen Co. says that the number of consumers accessing the mobile Internet in the United States has jumped from 54 million in May 2009 to 72 million in May 2010, a year-over- year increase of 34 percent. As the number of U.S. consumers surfing the Internet on their mobile devices inches closer to 100 million, marketers need to fully integrate mobile into their marketing mixes – not merely as an afterthought, but as a vital component.
Posted by GlobalMagic
on 07/21/10
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| 3.24 million iPads sold to date. |
All the news and negative publicity reporting problems with reception and dropped calls due to the design of the iPhone 4 seem to have had little, if any effect on consumers who have shown their desire for the latest Apple offerings with strong sales numbers. In fact, the iPhone was its best-selling product for a second straight quarter, generating $5.33 billion on 8.4 million units. Apple also sold 3.24 million iPads.
Apple Inc. posted a 78 perecent surge in third-quarter profit as customers flocked to the new iPad table computer and the latest version of the iPhone (4). Net income rose to $3.25 billon, or $3.5 a share, from $1.83 billion or $2.01, a year earlier, Apple reported Tuesday after the stock markets had closed.
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Posted by GlobalMagic
on 07/07/10
HOUSTON, Jul 07, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- National Clean Fuels (PinkSheets: NACF) announced today that the Company is developing a timely Smartphone app that will give subscribers live information on the Gulf of Mexico beaches during the massive BP oil spill. The new Smartphone application being developed is named "WhiteSands.mobi".
The WhiteSands app will allow a user to input a state, city and/or a specific resort type destination along the US Gulf Coast. The app will then show them whether the beaches are oily or clear and whether any accommodations that they may be interested in visiting are open or closed. The app will also integrate optional vendor input to broaden the information available through the application. In addition, the application can be applied to other coastal and/or disaster areas.
WhiteSands is initially being developed for Apple's iPhone, Google's Android, Research in Motion's BlackBerry and for use on Facebook. With over 150 million Smartphone users currently connected to the system, the Company believes the WhiteSands application will be introduced into a very desirable marketplace with wide appeal.
"This application is being developed for a ready-made user market," stated Maurice Stone, President of NACF. "We anticipate significant demand for the WhiteSands app upon its release."
National Clean Fuels aggressively develops new clean energy technology to compete in an energy industry that includes stalwarts such as BP.
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