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 […]
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Mobile Payments and the Importance of Critical Mass
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 […]
Holding on to Banking Customers in the Mobile Wallet Age
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% […]
The Mobile Landscape and SharePoint
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 […]
Apple to Buy Mobile Security Vendor AuthenTec
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, […]
Mobility: Custom Mobile Panel (SharePoint 2013)
In my previous blog post, I described how the mobile panels work and what their shortcomings are. This blog will outline the solution that will solve the problems that the OOTB panel has. Problem Definition: The Out Of The Box mobile panel when added to the layout has the following issues: 1. To author content […]
The Bold New World of Mobile Payments
Imagine a stressed out holiday shopper rushing to make last minute purchases in a busy suburban shopping mall. As the shopper reaches the final checkout of the day to buy the newest gaming console for her son, the total displayed on the register is over her budget. Determined to buy the item, the shopper lifts […]
Mobility: Mobile Panels in SharePoint 2013
SharePoint 2013 has a new component called the Mobile Panel. The purpose of this panel is to enable the content authors to target different content to different device channels or render same content differently based on how the site is accessed. My earlier post on Mobility shows how to setup a device channel and explains […]
The Proliferation of Mobile Commerce
By: David Hess, Senior Business Development Manager I have witnessed with increasing alarm the ease with which my wife is able to use her iPad to shop while sitting on our couch…in her pajamas…sipping a cup of coffee. What I affectionately refer to as “couch commerce” is simply one more example of how mobile is […]