The Physical Web is dead, long live the physical web
A Skeptic’s View On Google’s Intent To Deprecate And Freeze The User-Agent Header
There are one billion smartphones in use in the world – thats all folks
October 18, 2012, by mobiThinking
The number of smartphones in use worldwide has now broken the 1 billion mark, according to Strategy Analytics. That is a stunning landmark… It is an awful lot of smartphones. It is equivalent to one seventh of the global population and one sixth of mobile phone subscribers... Read More
Mobile Web overtakes PC Web in China
October 17, 2012, by mobiThinking
China has reached another monumental milestone as the number of Chinese people accessing the Internet on a mobile phone has now surpassed the number accessing the Web using a PC... Read More
The mobiThinking five-minute interview – James Connelly, Fetch
October 15, 2012, by mobiThinking
James Connelly is the managing director and co-founder of mobile marketing agency Fetch. From offices in London and San Francisco, the agency manages mobile campaigns in over 40 countries for clients that include Hotels.com, William Hill and Sony Music... Read More
Using HTML5 application cache in mobile Web apps
October 11, 2012, by AndreaMoretti
One of the most interesting features of HTML5 is support for application cache. Every Web browser has a built-in cache that stores recently visited Web pages. This means the same pages and assets will load faster the next time the browser returns. At every subsequent call, the browser checks the timestamp to determine whether to reload the assets from the server or serve the cached versions... Read More
The Meffy Awards (Meffys) 2012 Winners with videos
October 6, 2012, by mobiThinking
Update (November 2013): The 2013 finalists and winners of the Meffy Awards are here. Awards: Meffy Awards Organized by: Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) Founded: 2004 Deadline for entries: July each year. Entry fee: UK £350 (US $568) per submission; £150 ($244) for MEF members; Start-up/NGO UK £75 ($122)... Read More
Apple/Samsung legal shenanigans benefit Samsungs sales… maybe
October 2, 2012, by mobiThinking
The unexpected outcome of the increasingly tedious Apple/Samsung legal dispute is an increase in Samsung’s Galaxy S3 sales, according to data from Localytics... Read More
Win a free ticket for Mobile Marketing Live (London, UK, October 1-2, 2012)
September 27, 2012, by mobiThinking
This competition is closed. Congratulations to the winners Five lucky mobiThinking readers can win free tickets for the Mobile Marketing Live conference in London next week, on October 1-2, 2012... Read More
Sense and sensor-bility: access mobile device sensors with JavaScript
Just as we humans call upon our senses to provide us with data about our environment, so smartphones and tablet devices use their own digital senses – touchscreen, geolocation, orientation, direction and motion – to provide interaction and to tailor applications and games to the user and their real-world surroundings... Read More
Must-watch video on how mobile is transforming Africa
September 26, 2012, by mobiThinking
Spotlight on mobile is a fun stats-filled introduction to the world’s second largest (and fastest growing) mobile market from Praekelt Foundation... Read More
The insiders guide to mobile Web and marketing in Kenya 2012
September 19, 2012, by mobiThinking
Mobile subscriptions in Kenya outnumber fixed lines 107:1. Mobile Internet subscriptions are growing at 69 percent each year and make up 99 percent of Kenya’s Internet connections. Two-thirds of the 29 million mobile subscribers in Kenya use mobile money services, such as the world-famous M-PESA, which offer an amazing array of financial and payment services. On top of that the government puts development of the ICT sector at the top of the agenda… Okay, do we have your attention now?... Read More
