Sales of smartphones with Microsoft Windows software have surpassed those using Nokia’s old Symbian system in Britain, research showed on Tuesday, a sign of progress in Nokia’s switch to Microsoft software. Continue reading
In my role running an app agency I am frequently asked the same two questions by prospective clients.
My answer is, more often than not, enough to scare off the prospective new client and they are never heard of again. Continue reading
“It’s no secret that credit card companies are shelling out big bucks and aggressively forming partnerships and deals to start cashing in on the mobile and digital payments innovations currently taking place. American Express, which recently debuted its own digital payments product Serve, has been particularly aggressive on the partnerships front, striking recent deals with both Foursquare and Facebook. Mastercard has bet on NFC with a partnership with Google for Google Wallet and bought online payments gateway DataCash for $520 million last fall. And Visa has made a number of major moves in the mobile and digital payments space of late; including making an investment (and taking on an advisory role) in disruptive startup Square, buying virtual goods payments platform PlaySpan for $190 million, and acquiring mobile payments company Fundamo for $110 million. We sat down with Visa’s Global Head of Mobile Product Bill Gadja and the company’s Head of Global Product Strategy, Innovation and eCommerce Jennifer Schulz to discuss how the financial company is planning to compete in both mobile and digital payments. ”
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Here’s something to keep in mind as you follow this evening’s congressional debate over the debt ceiling.
According to the latest daily statement from the U.S. Treasury, the government had an operating cash balance of $73.8 billion at the end of the day yesterday.
Apple’s last earnings report (PDF file- http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AAPL/1339484087x0x484701/6542e771-f256-4829-8135-0b1d88c7c2b2/AAPL_Q3FY11_10Q_07.20.11.pdf ) showed that the company had $76.2 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June.
In other words, the world’s largest tech company has more cash than the world’s largest sovereign government.
That’s because Apple collects more money than it spends, while the U.S. government does not.
(The Atlantic and CNBC both pointed this out earlier.)
Original post by Matt Rosoff at www.businessinsider.com
“What do end-users expect to have in mobile applications? What are the values of mobile applications that are important to end-users? How these values can be achieved? The Mobile Commerce Research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln examined the values of mobile applications using the ‘Value-Focused Thinking’ approach. This research developed means-ends objective networks depicting how mobile applications would be able to achieve values expected by end-users.”
Outsourcing is a proven way to boost profitability, but your gains depend on “who” you outsource to and “what” part of your business. If done the right way, it gives an unbeatable competitive advantage.
It is important that you choose a credible outsourcing partner with a proven track record. Low ball prices look attractive; but may bring along de-motivated employees, insufficient infrastructure and lack of quality to mention few.
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It takes time to know your outsourcing vendors well- do take time to speak to them, meet them. A true partnership needs time to mature to deliver the desired benefits.
If you have never outsourced before, try out with a small and non-critical project. It may not be perfect the first time. But you will learn a lot in the process. Importantly, you need to get comfortable with the idea of outsourcing first. Assess your business needs and investigate if outsourcing is right for you.
For the partnership to work successfully and deliver your business objective, do take time to communicate. It’s a two way process, ensure the vendor can be reached during opening hours in your country. It requires commitment from you- ensure you get back to vendor in agreed time scale for any information, feedback sought, as delays impact the progress of the project.
This may sound easy, but quite often businesses fail to grasp its importance. Eg. In the EU/US the period of December/January and April are not ideal for planning any major activities, given holiday and vacation schedules around Christmas and Easter. If you are outsourcing to a company in India, the end of October- November is time for festivals in India which locally is just as big and important as Christmas.
Regardless of what you think, it’s not easy to enforce law and pursue the legal option against your offshore vendor. It is vitally important to work with vendors who have local office, so that NDA and Contract clauses can be enforced, if necessary.
The vendor is a separate company with its own goals, motivations and agendas. The onus for the success of the project still rests with the buyer of the outsourcing services. It is still your responsibility to make sure that vendor is working appropriately and that corrections are made where necessary.
See if you can meet either a representative or an employee of the vendor to visit your site in person. Face-to-face contact/ Skype contact should be made. See if the website publishes any pictures of their office/ workshop.
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M-Commerce is Mobile Commerce, very similar to e-commerce. It is a term for any type of business or commercial transaction that involves the transfer of information using Mobile phone. Just as the Internet and ecommerce revolutionized the way we promote, market, shop for and buy goods and services, wireless devices and mobile commerce are poised to create another revolution in the world of commerce. Continue reading
This is something that only the App Store overlords will be able to fix. Contact Apple directly and tell them there’s a typo (hopefully not a major one) and then it won’t be a major hassle for them to fix. If it’s a completely different name though, expect to have to open up a separate and new app store account (where you’d have to resubmit the app). Continue reading
iPhone and iPad application development and capabilities are begining to show how vertical markets can gain unique business benefits from mobile application development.
The growth of mobile applications is driven by the need to be more responsive, optimize the efficiency of staff resources, and shorten the cycle time of key processes throughout their value chain. Another driver of industry-specific mobile application adoption is the evolution of technology, including the development of the iTunes App Store.
Business application via the iPhone and iPad have the potential to tighten processes, increase responsiveness, improve decision making and open up new markets.