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BB10 tutorial: create Web apps that seamlessly integrate BlackBerry 10 native functions
March 12, 2013, by admin
The much-anticipated BlackBerry 10 operating system is already creating a splash with customers, analysts and developers alike. In this tutorial, BlackBerry developer evangelist Luca Sale teaches us how to develop a Web app for the new OS that hooks into the native functions of BlackBerry devices such as the camera and the ever-popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)... Read More
Developing custom pictograms for the mobile Web
March 6, 2013, by casaise
A matter of trade-offs Pictograms – miniature graphical representations of states, actions and objects – made their way into the mobile Web over 15 years ago. Several normalized (UNICODE, WAP) and proprietary (Japanese emojis, Openwave) mechanisms are in place to enrich Web applications with pre-defined images... Read More
GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013 – the winners with videos and case studies
March 6, 2013, by mobiThinking
Update (March 2014): The 2014 winners of the Global Mobile Awards are here. Awards: Global Mobile Awards Founded: 1995. Organized by: GSMA. Deadline for entries: November each year... Read More
One third of digital consumption in the US is mobile – who is profiting?
February 26, 2013, by mobiThinking
In the US one third of digital consumption is via a mobile. According to comScore’s Mobile future in focus report on the US market, 37 percent of digital media minutes is via a mobile device, 63 percent is desktop... Read More
Some light mobile-Web-related entertainment from quirky Qualcomm
February 21, 2013, by mobiThinking
Qualcomm has followed up its surreal CES 2013 keynote with a video demonstrating – in an extreme way – how adding mobile Web URL to a billboard poster can engage people waiting at a bus stop... Read More
An introduction to Firefox OS for mobile developers: Q&A with Andreas Gal, Mozilla
With the first device manufacturers expected to launch Firefox OS devices at Mobile World Congress this month and with major network operators inline to release them to consumers in early 2013, Mozilla’s new operating system (OS) is starting to make waves. Firefox OS is open-source, Linux-based and Web-friendly. mobiForge gets the low-down from Mozilla’s vice president of mobile engineering, Andreas Gal. Q1. What is Firefox OS?... Read More
Why Samsung is number one handset/smartphone vendor: why your mobile strategy should emulate Samsung
February 12, 2013, by mobiThinking
Samsung’s supremacy in the mobile business is no accident... Read More
Winners of the World Summit Mobile Awards (WSA) 2013 with case studies and 30 videos
February 11, 2013, by mobiThinking
The reason the World Summit Awards (WSA) stands out from other mobile awards is its mandate. The WSA awards – and the mobile awards, introduced 2010 – are founded on the principles of the Geneva World Summit on the Information Society 2003, where UN nations committed to making IT more people-centered and inclusive, giving all people everywhere access to information and knowledge and to strive to use IT to fight poverty, hunger and improve health and education... Read More
Five-minute interview: Jeff Hasen, Hipcricket
January 28, 2013, by mobiThinking
Jeff Hasen is chief marketing officer of Hipcricket, a US-based mobile marketing and advertising company that has run over 225,000 mobile campaigns for brands that include Ford, Macy’s, MillerCoors and Nestlé... Read More
Global mobile ad market growing faster than expected, will be worth US$11.4 billion in 2013, double that by 2016, says Gartner
January 22, 2013, by mobiThinking
The speed that mobile advertising has taken off has exceeded Gartner’s expectations, leading the research analysts to revise forecasts. Asia and North America, in particular, are growing faster than predicted, while Western Europe and the rest of the world are not growing as fast as expected. Key finding’s from Gartner’s research:... Read More
