This week we saw growth for Apple’s Passbook, and Microsoft ramping up apps for the upcoming Windows 8 release. Plus: a look at what the explosion in mobile audiences means for news.
News and Insights
- MediaPost – Three Reasons why responsive web design is responsible web design
- GigaOm – Facebook extends mobile payments (and capturing user data) with Gifts
- GigaOm – Comparing the major players of mobile payments
- GigaOm – Tim Cook remembers Steve Jobs’ legacy but looks ahead a year after his death
- CIO – RIM execs talk about what’s next for Blackberry in the enterprise
- Tab Times – 500,000 Android apps will work on AMD-powered Windows 8 devices
- Tab Times – Citi Private Bank taps the iPad to appeal to high net worth customers
- TabTimes – Microsoft to start selling Surface tablets from midnight October 26th
- TabTimes – Microsoft set to refresh many of its apps before Windows 8 launches on October 25th
- TNW – Apple’s Passbook gains more traction as Airbnb, Eventbrite and McDonald’s hop on board
- IBM – Having a solid mobile strategy transforms how you connect with customers and stay competitive
- Ad Age – Does every marketer need to build a mobile app? A senior Forrester analyst answers
- Forbes – How mobile devices will shake up the e-commerce business
- Econsultancy – Why brands need separate strategies for mobile and tablet
- Comscore Data Mine – Mobile phones and tablets now account for 1 in 8 U.S. Internet page views
- CNET – NY Times unveils “experimental” new HTML5 app for digital subscribers
Research
- Forrester – “The State of Mobile Technology Adoption” finds majority of companies have less than $500,000 to spend on mobile initiatives
- Pew Research – The explosion in mobile audiences and a close look at what it means for news
- Pew Research – Twice as many mobile news readers prefer browsers to apps
- Manhattan Research – Using tablets for accessing health information doubled over the past year
