55 per cent of high street retailers expect to see a rapid increase in sales from mobile devices this Christmas, according to a UK survey by Barclays. This is predicted to help push usage of click-&-collect functionality up by more than a third over last year. Overall, 65 per cent of retailers expect traffic to [...]
The Vodafone Foundation has deployed two instant networks in the Philippines to help humanitarian work in the country following Typhoon Haiyan. The portable mobile phone networks, which each fit into four suitcases and are light enough to be transported on a commercial flight, were deployed in Palo, a region south of Tacloban, one of the worst-affected areas. “This is the second time [...]
The Mail Online site on a mobile deviceThe number of people accessing newspaper sites exclusively on mobile devices increased by 4.7 per cent between September and August, according to a report by comScore and online measurement governance body UKOM. Based on data from comScore’s MMX Multi-Platform tool, the report ranks the 20 most visited media platforms [...]
With the Effective Mobile Marketing Awards Ceremony taking place in London in less than three weeks’ time, on 28 November, we continue our daily preview with a look at the finalists in the Most Effective Location-based Service/Campaign category. 9xb – Eddisons 9xb created this mobile site for Eddisons, a nationwide firm of Chartered Surveyors which [...]
With the most recent iPhone models now a few weeks behind us, the rumour mill has moved inevitably on to the details of the next iteration. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is working on iPhones with larger displays – 4.7” and 5.5”, compared to the 4” iPhone 5S and 5C – using curved glass [...]