Category: Mobile

  • At least embrace the mobile web

    Mobile commerce is ahead of its time, says a report by eMarketer published on September 4. […] mobile commerce is still in its infancy. Web-enabled mobile phone users are much more likely to employ their devices to get weather forecasts,…

  • A compelling route for the mainstream media

    The Economist is one of the best-value subscription deals for a mainstream medium that I can think of. For the amount I pay quarterly (about £20, if I recall correctly), I get a print magazine every Friday in the mail,…

  • PayPal and SMS: a reassuring combination

    I bought my early-bird ticket for Reading Twestival this morning,  paying for it via PayPal. The simple purchase transaction I completed in a couple of minutes reminded me how much I place trust in PayPal, partly because of its neat…

  • Pay attention to augmented reality

    Is augmented reality going to be the Next Big Thing? A lot of people think so, as all the increasing talk is helping the topic rapidly ascend the Technology Trigger in Gartner’s 2009 hype cycle for emerging technologies published last…

  • The consequences of texting while driving

    In the UK, using a mobile phone while driving is illegal. That applies to any use of a mobile device, whether to make/receive a phone call or a text message. A text message? Surely you wouldn’t type texts when you’re…