This week we saw the aftermath of the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 releases, while Barnes & Noble’s new Nook aims for the niche below iPads. Plus: a look at how mobile shopping has grown into a 20 billion dollar business.
News and Insights
- TabTimes – Apple touts 100 million iOS upgrades, 5 million iPhone 5 sales
- InformationWeek – If you’re not thinking about mobile, you’re not thinking about modern IT
- ComputerWorld – Forecast 2013: Setting a mobile risk management strategy
- TechCrunch – A look at what goes into making Google Maps, will Apple be able to recalculate?
- TabTimes – The hybrid tablet may be Windows 8′s best friend
- ComputerWorld – Building a better IT budget: Smart executives are carefully constructing their 2013 budgets with mobile in mind
- GigaOm – Future of mobile: 5 takeaways from GigaOm’s Mobilize 2012 Conference
- GigaOm – Should the same app have a different interface on different devices? Netflix doesn’t think so
- Smashing Magazine – The power of patterns in Interaction Design
- McKinsey Quarterly – A CIO perspective on Mobility: Enterprise IT is on the brink of a revolution to boost productivity
- New York Times – Barnes & Noble new Nook tablets aim for niche below iPad
- TIME – BlackBerry 10: Good enough won’t be anywhere near good enough
- CNET – As Apple apologizes for Maps, Google Maps introduces their own improvements
Research
- Apple – iPhone 5 opening weekend sales grew only 25% from the 4S, far below analysts’ predictions
- IDC – Tablet market forecast: Android market share to drop to 30.5% by 2016, Windows to just 11% by 2016
- Google – 67% of consumers admit they are more likely to buy from a company if their Web site is mobile friendly
- Ernst & Young – 100% of Media & Entertainment CEOs cite mobile as a driver of growth in content consumption
- Kontera – Mobile usage among consumers strongest from 6 PM to midnight
- IDC – Tablets expected to be fastest-growing smart device, with an annual growth rate of over 22% between 2012 and 2016
- Forrester – iPhone app users young and wealthy, Android app users skew older
- Javelin Strategy & Research – Mobile shopping has reached $20B, and will only grow with tablet shopping
