| Rethinking The Mobile App "Walkthrough" TechCrunch Lately, it seems that many mobile apps, upon first launch, are stepping users through multi-screen “walkthroughs” where all the features of the app are demonstrated, painstakingly, one-by-one. Worse still, are those overlays of help screens that appear... See all stories on this topic » |  TechCrunch |
| FunMobility Identifies Top Mobile Marketing Trends for 2013 San Francisco Chronicle More resource-strapped businesses will see the need – not desire – to create engagingmobile experiences for their customers. eMarketer conducted a study that said consumers spend 12 percent of their media time on smartphones, compared to 3 percent in ... See all stories on this topic » |  San Francisco Chronicle |
| More data on holiday shopping, with a mobile twist GigaOM Placed Analytics has published a blog post showing which retailers had the most in-store visits during the holiday season. Placed can't track sales, but its mobile-phone-derived location data can give a glimpse into who's attracting the most physical ... See all stories on this topic » |  GigaOM |
CNET
iPhone and iPad app downloads jumped 87 percent on Christmas Day as compared with the average for the month, according to data from mobile analytics firm Distimo. Sales from all those downloads rose by 70 percent on December 25. • Tablets more ...
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PCWorld (blog)
It's always fun this time of year to look back on the year we're about to leave behind, and to make some predictions about what we might expect the year ahead to look like. We already have a comprehensive look back at the biggest security stories of ...
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| Portland mobile developer Storycode sold to TigerLogic for $7.25 million OregonLive.com Portland mobile software firm Storycode said this morning that it has sold its business to a Southern California company for $7.25 million, mostly in stock. The buyer, TigerLogic Corp., plans to retain Storycode's 12 employees and move them into ... See all stories on this topic » |  OregonLive.com |
San Francisco Chronicle
A little more than a year after state and coastal-area officials were left disappointed that Air Force tankers would not be built in Mobile, a project that would have been a major economic boost, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced in July ...
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| Mobile convention traffic, attractiveness boosted through 2015 by BP grant funding al.com (blog) Print. Brought to you by. David Randel, president and chief executive officer of theMobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, addresses the Travel Rally in Cathedral Square in downtown Mobile on May 8, 2012, during National Travel and Tourism Week. See all stories on this topic » |  al.com (blog) |
Portland Business Journal
based TigerLogic (NASDAQ: TIGR) said it plans to integrate Storycode —which uses technology that makes it easier for brands to develop story-driven mobile apps — into Postano, its own social media visualization platform. Storycode since January has ...
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| 650 Mobile County homes affected by Christmas Day tornadoes, Red Cross ... al.com (blog) MOBILE, Alabama – As the southern part of the state continues recovery efforts, an early damage assessment of the Christmas Day tornadoes has been released by the American Red Cross Alabama Region, stating more than 650 homes in Mobile County... See all stories on this topic » |  al.com (blog) |