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The top mobile companies in the world in 2011
February 27, 2012, by mobiThinking
Tomi Ahonen (blogger, author, speaker etc) has been crunching numbers and has come up with the world's largest companies in mobile, having stripped away other revenues. No small task... Read More
Future of the Mobile Web Whitepaper
February 23, 2012, by Martin Clancy
We're very happy to publish this paper arising from the The Future of the Mobile Web event held at the Dublin Convention Centre in January 2012. We covered a lot of ground and the paper is a serious attempt to capture all the topics covered from HTML5 to responsive design to device detection and many others. We found it to be a very worthwhile process to listen, validate our ideas and learn from others in the process of writing it. We hope it is useful to a wider readership also... Read More
The cost of promoting apps continues to rise, but has Apples iAd been missing out on the app-promotion gravy train?
February 16, 2012, by mobiThinking
Apple’s iAd pricing is now 10 percent of launch price. Advertisers are no longer double-charged. Developers get a better share. What took Apple so long to see reason?... Read More
2011 handset and smartphone sales statistics worldwide: the big picture
February 10, 2012, by mobiThinking
There were almost half a billion smartphones shipped globally in 2011, according to IDC, Strategy Analytics and Canalys (Gartner’s stats are still to come). But this is just a small part of mobile phone picture... Read More
Global mobile Web use doubles in a year: StatCounter
February 6, 2012, by mobiThinking
In January 2012, 8.49 percent of Website hits/pageviews come from a handheld mobile device, according to StatCounter, using stats aggregated from the 3 million sites that use its free Web analytics tool. This time last year it was 4.3 percent. Growth in mobile Web penetration is strongest in Asia and Africa, where PC penetration is lower than in North America or Europe... Read More
BLN Money in Mobile Award: winners announced
February 3, 2012, by mobiThinking
MARCH 22 UPDATE – Check out: Money in Mobile Awards 2012 – winners and finalists with videos and summaries... Read More
Future of the Mobile Web
February 3, 2012, by Martin Clancy
Last week we hosted an event loftily entitled "The Future of the Mobile Web" at the Dublin Convention Centre... Read More
10 reasons why mobile analytics are mission critical to a sustainable mobile strategy
January 25, 2012, by mobiThinking
These top tips on mobile analytics were contributed by Michael Ricci, vice president of mobile at Web analytics company Webtrends. On the mobile analytics side, Webtrends’ client base includes Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Monster.com, Hilton, New York Times, Daily Telegraph and RIM... Read More
Win a free ticket for M-Days (Frankfurt, Germany, February 1-2, 2012)
January 25, 2012, by mobiThinking
Congratulations to Franklin Tchakounte, PHD Student, University of Breme, University of Ngaoundere, Cameroon, the winner of the free pass for M-Days. One lucky mobiThinking reader can win a free ticket for the M-Days conference in Frankfurt next week on February 1-2, 2012. The first person to email us with the correct answers to the following questions will win the conference passes. But hurry, you only have until the Monday, January 30 to respond... Read More
Most popular content on mobiThinking in 2011
January 20, 2012, by mobiThinking
mobiThinking was visited by 463,000 unique visitors in 2011 (225 percent more than 2010) – what did they come to read? The top destination was the Compendium of global mobile stats with 470,000 Pageviews (PV), followed by the Guides to mobile ad networks, the world’s top mobile markets, mobile awards and mobile agencies. Find the links to all the top content below…... Read More
