8 posts and columns on mobile Web

Shopify Picks Up $15 Million as It Faces New Competition From eBay

in Commerce on October 17, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Shopify has secured $15 million in a second round of funding — which might give it the extra padding it needs after eBay announced last week that it had entered the same space.
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Zynga to Detail Game Plans for Facebook Apps at “Unleashed” Event

in Commerce on October 10, 2011 at 1:33 pm PT

Zynga is planning to unveil “brand-spankin’ new play” at a press event tomorrow in San Francisco, where it is expected to share its plans for leveraging Facebook’s new mobile platform.
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus

Android Owners Spend an Hour a Day Staring at Their Phones

in Mobile on August 18, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Using the 2011 equivalent of its flagship TV-tracking boxes, Nielsen has found that smartphone owners spend 56 minutes a day browsing the Web or using apps on their devices.
Android Users - How they spend their time - Nielsen

Zong Extends Mobile Payments to Game Consoles and More

in Commerce on March 17, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Zong, one of the many startups trying to address carrier billing as a viable payment option for digital goods, is expanding its platform to other technologies, including game consoles.

ComScore: Mobile Internet Traffic in Japan Spikes After Quake, Tsunami

in Mobile on March 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

Japan, already known for its mobile Web use, has seen an increased reliance on cell phones in the days following the massive earthquake and tsunami, according to new data from comScore.

Snowpocalypse? Good Thing There’s an App for That.

in Mobile on December 27, 2010 at 10:18 pm PT

A smartphone won’t help de-ice the plane, but stranded travelers have been increasingly using their devices to cope with blizzard-related changes in travel plans. Traffic to the mobile Web sites of various travel companies is up 200 percent, according to Usablenet, which powers a number of airline and hotel Web sites.

Coming Soon from Google: Pay-Per-Tube

in News on August 30, 2010 at 8:14 am PT

It’s taken the better part of a year, but Google’s discussions with major movie studios about a YouTube pay-per-view movie service are coming to fruition. The Financial Times claims that by year’s end we could see YouTube transform from an online destination for user-generated content into a full-fledged, international on-demand movie service.

Mobile Web Addiction Rising, Researchers Say

in Social on March 16, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Just as the mobile Web and the wired Web are converging, so too are their audiences, which are destined to reach parity in size–and sooner, rather than later. According to the latest metrics from comScore, day-to-day mobile Internet usage in the states doubled over the last year.