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How to build, deploy effective mobile sites, apps: Mobile Boot Camp

March 3, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO - Executives from Wet Seal, Netbiscuits, Zumobi and Digby detailed the steps to create user-friendly sites and apps that enable viewing of ads, searching, shopping and transacting.


Digby kicks off Mobile Boot Camp, talks up mobile commerce

March 3, 2010

Dave Sikora, CEO of Digby, Austin, TX, kicked off Mobile Boot Camp, cohosted by the NRF’s Shop.org, Mobile Marketer and Mobile Commerce Daily, with an introductory speech.

Retailers are quite active in mobile: Study

March 3, 2010

Only about 10 percent of retailers are full mobile players, with services such as a mobile-optimized app and a mobile Web site with commerce capabilities, according to Rosetta research.

Mobile shopping in US will grow to $2.4 billion this year: ABI Research

February 17, 2010

In the United States, mobile shopping rose from $396 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2009, and ABI Research projects 100 percent growth this year to reach $2.4 billion in 2010.

Developers look to bypass app stores, go direct: Bango

February 8, 2010

With the intense coverage that mobile applications continue to attract, the content developers are already starting to investigate alternative distribution channels to the application stores.

Flirtomatic sees success with in-app commerce

January 19, 2010

Social networking service Flirtomatic has launched an iPhone application to extend its platform and services – including the selling of virtual goods to consumers and advertising space to brands.

Indonesian media giant taps Alcatel-Lucent for mobile content sales

January 14, 2010

Entertainment and media company PT Solegra Nusa Perdana has partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to launch a mobile gaming and music download service.

Credit, debit card transactions to dominate mobile commerce in 2010: Exec

December 30, 2009

Retailers and merchants of all kinds must focus on delivering a mobile commerce experience in 2010 that is truly optimized for the mobile phone, according to a Billing Revolution executive.

Five Web 2.0 activities that apply to mobile ecommerce

November 30, 2009

Many retailers will find themselves wondering how to best translate Web 2.0 activities onto a mobile platform. All they have to do is borrow from ecommerce.

EBay head talks mobile commerce during earnings call

November 27, 2009

During its earnings conference call Oct. 21, eBay’s CEO John J. Donahoe said that mobile commerce is one of the key areas the company is focusing on in terms of driving innovation.