Category: Mobile Shopping
Give a Gift by Text Message
May 12, 2010 – Gift certificates are an awesome (if occasionally generic) way to say, “You rock!” Giiv.com makes this process easier by letting you give gift cards and certificates to someone you care about via text message. Giiv.com is fairly simple: You find… Read More
More Time for iPad App Development!
April 14, 2010 – This morning, Apple announced that they will be delaying the release of the iPad internationally for another month, due to the high demand for the product in the US. Sales have exceed their expectation, forcing this decision upon them. This… Read More
Online Advertising Revenues Reach Record Quarterly High
April 12, 2010 – If you have been wondering about the stability on Online Advertising, we’ve got the answer for you. Last week, The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) released the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report for the full year of 2009. Though… Read More
Digital Marketing & Traditional Print Ads, Combined?
March 3, 2010 – The NY Times reported today that Condé Nast will be releasing several of their magazings in full-length versions, as iPad applications. These will be available to iPad users, just like a traditional magazine, at a fraction of the weight and waste. “The… Read More
Handmade Shoes, Designed by Consumers
February 10, 2010 – ‘Shoes of Prey’ is an Australian website where die hard shoe fans can design/create their very own pair of dream shoes. When you hunt for the perfect pair of shoes, you typically already have a pair in mind. Avoid disappointment… Read More
Discount vouchers directly from your iPhone
February 4, 2010 – Voucher Cloud is an app developed by Invitation Digital that allows users to get discount vouchers straight to their mobile, as well as locating nearby businesses with special offers. To make things easier, Voucher Cloud takes your current location via… Read More
What are people buying right now?
February 3, 2010 – Spin off of Twitter’s question “What are you doing?” Now we get to see your credit card transactions! Good idea? As the Internet matures, slowly but surely everything we do in the real world is going social. But there’s a… Read More
iPhone credit card payment system
December 9, 2009 – Not to be outdone by tech visionary Jack Dorsey — one of the brains behind Twitter — and his Square cellphone payment start-up, point-of-sale veteran VeriFone struck today with the announcement of PAYware Mobile. Not dissimilar from the Square iPhone… Read More
Mobile Shopping’s First Christmas
December 3, 2009 – U.S. consumers are shopping via cell phone more than ever before. According to Deloitte’s 24th Annual Holiday Survey of retail spending and trends, published in October 2009, one in five shoppers plan on using a mobile phone to assist with… Read More
Online Holiday Shopping Continues to Rise
November 18, 2009 – Here’s a great little article for a blast from the past, Chart of the Week: Online Holiday Shopping 1999-2009. It details that back in 1999, the dial-up internet age, about 0.64% of all holiday retail sales were made online. Now, analysts… Read More