Mobile

Mashable today had an article about the gap in mobile websites.  Stats like 66% of major retail brands don’t have a mobile site and 10% of all web traffic is via a mobile device.  If you derive much of your revenue from online sales, nearly $12 billion in sales are via mobile purchases.  But as […]

Today I was reading a guest article on Bank Systems & Technology from Gary Greenwald, Citi’s managing director of digital money services, on the subject of banks tackling mobile payments and other digital initiatives. He was commenting on Citi’s effort around creating a new business called “Citi Enterprise Payments” and how he was tasked with […]

Gartner came a number of years ago with a graphical representation and explanation of how new technologies are adopted as solutions over time.  There is a period on the graph where new technologies have been overhyped and overpromised either by vendors or the technology community at large. Projects based on these cutting-edge technologies do not […]

Today I updated my iPhone 4 to the new iOS 6 operating system.  It has lots of new features which I’ve just started to play with, including a new version of Safari, Apple’s mobile web browser.   What does this have to do with portals?  Keep reading. One of my clients just recently (yesterday – […]

As of late, I can’t go a day scanning my Google Reader or social media where I don’t see an article about a new mobile payments startup, unique loyalty features, the possibility of retailers coming together to form their version of a mobile payments platform, acquisitions announced, or predictions on which competing technology will come […]

IBM recently posted a new tutorial on developerWorks about how to use IBM Worklight to deliver WebSphere Portal pages.  The title of the article is very long, but here it is: Deliver an exceptional mobile web experience using WebSphere Portal and IBM Worklight, Part 1: Integrating a hybrid mobile application with WebSphere Portal pages by Jaye […]

Web developers, are you eager to make some nice mobile applications but afraid to learn various kinds of development languages and SDKs? Nowadays, making mobile application is a popular and exciting experience. But, considering there are so many different devices, even making application for mainstream mobile platforms is not an easy job. You have to […]

I hear a lot of bloggers and pundits speak of the increasingly important target market for mobile payments.  After all, the media coverage and social conversation around the topic of mobile payments has reached a fever pitch, and some wonder whether it’s worth all the hype. For example, I was reading the article “What’s missing in […]

According to a Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group survey, customers that are interested in mobile banking technology would consider an alternative to their primary bank for both mobile wallet and core banking services.  The two largest consumer groups demonstrating this interest are young consumers and affluent consumers, both important demographics for the banking industry.  76% […]

Written by Al Thompson Like many newer technologies, often the conversations about mobile revolve around technical terms and speeds and feeds. What would technology be without funky terms and acronyms: Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, Siri, 3G, 4G, WiMax, LTE, Purple 2 (the code word for the original iPhone), Native, Hybrid, accelerometer and more. Mobile is […]

For many, the mobile landscape is fast becoming the ONLY landscape to do business in. As products and services circle the globe, we are leaving our offices for the road “more” traveled. Especially in a sales-oriented business environment, we find that the end users of many of the SharePoint solutions we create for our clients […]

Proving that security remains a key part of any mobile conversation, it looks like Apple will buy AuthenTec for $355 million.  It’s interesting that this came up via a SEC filing rather than a press release. I guess something that only represents $8/share for a $595/share company isn’t all that big a deal. Seriously though, […]