Well, who said mobile app store growth would become a fight between iOS and Android? As it turns out Samsung, a sleepy Asian giant, now Apple’s threatened lawsuit against GetJar, calling itself a mobile “app store,” demonstrates Apple’s delusional grandeur to dominate mobile, media, entertainment and other industries it fancies. That Apple’s lawyers in the suit would suggest […] The post Mobile App Store Growth and Developers Expanding Rapidly appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jul 12, 2011•5 min
Now that you’ve protected your personal computer with antivirus software, it’s time to zap those mobile electronic bugs before they invade your smartphone. Here’s a list of the top ten 2012 mobile antivirus software products. Tony Anscombe, who has the auspicious title of “Ambassador of Free Products” at AVG, says Android phones, in particular, need […] The post Mobile AntiVirus Software from AVG Keeps You Safe appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jul 07, 2011•1 min
The perfect mobile device. Ah, where is it? How do I find it? Walked around the mall today, stopped by the Sprint store to check out the crowd, expertly playing with smartphones. Sauntered over to the Verizon booth, two guys, talking, laughing, no customers in sight. The T-Mobile store was quiet like a funeral home. No Most mobolites–that’s […] The post Perfect Mobile Device at a Mall with the Mobolites appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jun 20, 2011•2 min
Tom Conrad Discusses Pandora Internet Radio In May, 2009, Tom Conrad, CTO of Pandora Internet Radio appeared on MobileBeyond in a “behind the scenes” audio interview. Recently, Pandora went public on the New York Stock Exchange and now has an valuation of $4 billion dollars. Over the years–first with personal computers, later mobile phones, Pandora […] The post Updated Pandora Internet Radio Talk with Tom Conrad appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jun 16, 2011•2 min
Nicolie Pangis, a Senior Vice President at 24/7 Real Media, wrote a provocative article in Click Z called “What Multitasking Consumers Mean for Marketers.” She argues, unlike popular belief, that new media don’t necessarily destroy the old. People simply adapt to media multitasking. A good example is a teenager listening to music on an iPod, while […] The post Media Multitasking Changing People’s Ability to Cope? appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jun 11, 2011•6 min
We take a lot of things for granted? Like mobile website designs. If you awakened one morning, turned on your smartphone and none of your apps worked, what would you do? Would you stare at a blank dark screen and only make phone calls? Or would you hit the browser button taking you to a […] The post Mobile Website Designs at Trilibis with Ted Verani appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jun 04, 2011•31 min
The Sprint Samsung Nexus S Story Like many of you, I upgraded to a Samsung Nexus S a few days ago. Then I spent time today with the Sprint Community and Google Samsung Nexus S forum folks online. Lots of chat about weak RF signals. So I Googled around the Web and found mostly praise for […] The post Samsung Nexus S Signal Issues Irk Customers appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jun 01, 2011•4 min
What do you do when you’re part of a social network company with 100 million members in 200 countries who love to get tagged? Steve Sarner, VP of Marketing at Tagged.com, is working on that challenge right now. Oh, by the way, he’d loved the firm to generate $100 million in revenue. Not bad for […] The post Get Tagged with Steve Sarner at Tagged.Com appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
May 14, 2011•2 min
Have you ever been to a party or other social event where you’re talking excitedly with someone who has no interest in mobile technology? You’re bubbling over like warm champagne shooting out of a bottle on New Year’s Eve, while you start feeling “hey, this nerd couldn’t care less about technology. “I’m a mobile geek; […] The post Are Mobile Geeks and Technophobes Apathetic About Technology? appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
May 09, 2011•2 min
New media marketing is making newspaper marketers scratch their head. But why is it so difficult to understand how Internet surfers use the Web for news and information? While searching through my Google News page this morning, I clicked on “mobile Internet devices” and an interesting article on Cloud Computing getting clobbered by regulators popped up. Here’s […] The post New Media Marketing Challenges Dallas News appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Apr 24, 2011•2 min
Do you think people suffer from technology dependence? Has Silicon Valley planted viruses in electronic devices making us dependent on what it produces? Like a perpetual illness, are we so dependent on technology that living without continuous digital change our brains would wither? Technology is miraculous and wonderful when it performs well. If your computer, smartphone, […] The post Technology Dependence – An Illness in Disguise? appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Apr 23, 2011•2 min
Mobile Cloud Computing is taking the world by storm as desktop computers fade into oblivion. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft, speaking at the Gartner Symposium last October 2010, “hinted,” as EWeek wrote, those Windows smartphones were just like desktops and laptops. In other words, these powerful new mobile devices are only miniatures of bigger gadgets, like […] The post Mobile Cloud Computing Likes Dumb Smartphones appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Apr 14, 2011•2 min
Things are heating up in Washington. No, it’s not reconciling a one trillion plus budget before the government shuts down. It’s consumer mobile privacy and Pandora Media, the Internet radio company that’s going public with an IPO. According to the LA Times, a federal grand jury would like to talk with Pandora about personal data sharing, […] The post Mobile Privacy Hits Pandora Again as Smartphone Sales Soar appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Apr 05, 2011•2 min
(Updated 4/20/2023) TED –founded in 1984–has become the most coveted video stage in the digital content revolution. Thousands of speakers, coached by the TED staff, share their ideas in front of large audiences, while the videos frequently go viral and are viewed by millions of people. If you’re unfamiliar with this extraordinary worldwide organization, TED […] The post TED Videos Driving Digital Content Revolution appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Mar 27, 2011•3 min
Jay Hinman talks about Video Streaming Services When I interviewed Tricia Higgins at MobiTV about its live video streaming services last year, the company had 10 million customers. That’s grown to over 15 million with no end in sight. Through its carrier partners–AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile–other broadband services like AT&T U-Verse and content producers, MobiTV […] The post Video Streaming Services from MobiTV appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Mar 10, 2011•1 min
Everyone’s talking about tablets. Will the iPad 2 gobble up 80% market share? Apple freaks tweet, post and talk like Steve Jobs: “The iPad is ‘magical, incredible.'” Android-based tablets, like the Samsung Tab, are growing as fast as rabbits in heat. But I think mobile phones are much cooler than tablet computers. Believe me I’m […] The post Mobile Phones Cooler than Tablet Computers appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Mar 04, 2011•2 min
When you listen to the podcast interview intro and end about mobile speech, don’t think I’ve changed genders. It’s iSpeech’s voice technology (speech recognition and text-to-speech) introducing my interview with Yaron Oren, the company’s CMO. DriveSafe.ly is available for iPhone, Android, Windows, and BlackBerry smartphones. Download the app online. The Apple version is also available […] The post Mobile Speech Making Texting Safer appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Mar 02, 2011•16 min
The Times of India today published a summary of an eye-opening study by Nokia about India mobile apps. In November, 2010, Nokia segmented the country geographically and asked 501 mobile consumers about India mobile apps preferences on their smartphones. Results show significant differences in various regions of the country. Here’s a summary of the India Mobile Apps study: 16% of the west India population likes financial […] The post India Mobile Apps Key to Profitability appeared first on Mobile...
Feb 26, 2011•3 min
T-Mobile is hurting financially. Consumers increasingly face wireless carrier domination. Is there enough wireless competition in the U.S.? Would having greater competition reduce mobile charges and increase services? Some thoughts… Betanews has an interesting article about T-Mobile USA, its wireless competitors and Deutsche Telekom, TM’s parent corporation in Germany. Did you know that T-Mobile has […] The post Wireless Carrier Domination – Fair to Consumers? appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jan 28, 2011•2 min
Have your checked your Facebook privacy page recently? Seen The Social Network movie? If so, you may become concerned about app, game and website marketers’ knowledge of your personal information. Facebook explains its privacy policies under “Controlling What You Share” Today I checked out my own privacy settings because I became concerned about the huge […] The post Facebook Privacy Compromised by Web Marketers appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jan 25, 2011•2 min
In her third appearance on MobileBeyond , Joy, one of the most engaging experts in consumer mobile behavior and mobile advertising effectiveness research, talks about the growth of mobile Before getting into the stats, Joy updates listeners on her personal mobile inventory–iPad, MacBook Air, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, etc. She claims she’s lowered the weight of her […] The post Mobile Advertising Effectiveness Research with Joy Liuzzo appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jan 12, 2011•1 min
CityVille a Scam? No, you’re not reading one of those affiliate marketing trick blog posts to get you to buy something. I’ve been playing Cityville and FarmVille for a few weeks. And, despite CityVille’s 25% higher ratings than FarmVille, I think that CityVille takes advantage of game players. If you love the game, you’ll hate […] The post CityVille Scam or Harmless Game for 74 Million? appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jan 07, 2011•2 min
Comcast just announced its new iPad and Android tablet service that brings live, on demand and recorded streaming video to tablet computers. The company, known for its “triple play” services (cable, VoIP and broadband Internet) will now connect to WiFi-enabled devices like the Apple iPad, Samsung Tab and other Android tablets. Meanwhile, Directv and other […] The post Comcast Brings Streaming Video to Tablet Computers appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jan 06, 2011•4 min
The timing couldn’t be better. My subscriptions to the print and online versions of the Wall Street Journal were up in January and I had already started viewing the WSJ on my new iPad. Today I tested the newer iPad Wall Street Journal App. A month earlier, I called the Journal about the upcoming renewals. […] The post iPad Wall Street Journal App Revives Paper appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Jan 04, 2011•2 min
The New York Times reported today that a WiFi Internet service shortage is growing at technical conference presentations. Shared WiFi signal strength dissipates quickly when presenters, reporters and guests compete simultaneously for the same wireless router signal strength. Wireless spectrum, routers and the Internet signals become overwhelmed by too many laptops, smartphones and other devices sucking wireless bandwidth. Steve […] The post WiFi Wireless Internet Service Shortage Growing appeare...
Dec 29, 2010•3 min
Farmville Glitches Upset My Animals As I was playing Farmville this morning, I experienced Farmville glitches and crashes. The infamous Cow appeared on my Facebook screen with a message: “Oh no! It looks like all the bits got lost on the way to your computer. Please refresh your page.” While Zynga worked on its […] The post Farmville Glitches Hit My Pasture appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Dec 09, 2010•4 min
What if everyone in the world woke up one morning and all land-line telephones had disappeared? What would happen to global communications if we only had cell phones to make calls? You’ve probably read in the press that land-lines are doomed. Wireless is hot. And 50% of those in the U.S. will have smartphones […] The post Will Cell Phones Replace Landline Telephones? appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Nov 30, 2010•2 min
Can’t put down your iPad or Samsung Smartphone? Tech gadget obsession may have turned users into zombie addicts. People who carry multiple cool tech gadgets over at Evernote in Silicon Valley are featured in today’s Wall Street Journal. At first I thought it was only smartphone addiction. But the obsession has spread to tablets, laptops, netbooks, […] The post Tech Gadget Obsession Reaches Addiction Levels appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Nov 12, 2010•4 min
Wireless carriers and utility companies are sitting on a goldmine. Smart meters, which track and transmit residential and business electrical use wirelessly, will generate billions within a few years. European operators plan to expand revenues further by rolling out cloud computing, networking and other services for the auto, energy, health and media industries. In the […] The post Smart Grid Broadband Challenges Internet Providers appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Nov 11, 2010•2 min
Digital media consumption is growing like uncontrolled weeds. Some love it. Others have a love/hate relationship with the constant urge to “go online.” Facebook, Twitter, emails, blogs, news and entertainment websites demand mind share. We time-shift to handle the load. We create lives of bits, bytes and electronic screens. Digital media mesmerizes our minds, scatters our […] The post Taking a Break from Digital Media for Your Sanity appeared first on MobileBeyond ....
Oct 18, 2010•2 min
