Social media’s luster got scuffed up a tad today amidst a new report from Monetate. The company, which promotes itself as a “customer experience engine that leverages big data to create personalized online experiences,” published its latest Ecommerce Quarterly (EQ1 2013) report. This quarter’s report takes a deep look at social commerce trends. And the
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No Comments » On Tuesday, Webalo announced a new partnership with Citrix to provide “out-of-the-box” enterprise mobile apps that “seamlessly integrate into the Citrix XenMobile infrastructure.” So far, the announcement is generating a fair amount of buzz for the affordable enterprise mobility technology giant. As part of the Citrix Ready Worx Verified program, Webalo will be made available
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Gibu Thomas, head of mobile for Walmart, says the concept of “smart shopping” will be driven by mobile technology. “The future of retail is the history of retailing,” Thomas said during a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless trade show today. “It’s about a personalized experience for each shopper delivered through the smartphone.” Thomas explained
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Pandora and Facebook are doing bigger business together for the purpose of giving social media junkies new personalized music sharing and listening options. The leading internet radio service announced Tuesday that it is making it easier than ever for millions of registered users to discover and share the music they love with friends. It’s all
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On Tuesday, Acision published new research indicating that 8 in 10 US consumers now use multi-service messaging. Acision, finds that 79% of Smartphone users are today using multiple messaging services, including SMS, MMS and IM/Over-the-top (OTT) applications, to fulfill their messaging needs. “Despite dramatized media headlines indicating the death of SMS, our research confirms that
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The following post is a guest contribution by Jesse Lawrence, CEO and Founder of TiqIQ, who discusses how professional sports teams will soon disrupt the secondary ticket market by leveraging “big data” to deliver customized and targeted deals directly to fans In the next five years the ticket market will likely look nothing like the
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Electronic publishing has scored another huge victory over traditional publishing houses that typically require upwards of six months to prepare a new book for national distribution to bricks-and-mortar retailers. This week, a new work from SE Publishing – the bestselling celebrity biographer of Tom Cruise, Steve Jobs, and Kiefer Sutherland – released the hottest new
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Although one hardly needs a good reason to head to Las Vegas, there is definitely a good reason why hundreds of prominent executives and leaders from across the mobile, marketing, retail, social, gaming, and hospitality industries are preparing to converge on Las Vegas. On Thursday, Mobile Host: The Most Summit for Hospitality and Retail will
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Think technology is mostly for the young? It’s just as much for the young at heart, regardless of physical age. That’s according to a new report from CDW. “Even as the Baby Boomers enter their 60s and 70s, there’s no slowing down this demographic. Most likely the buyers of the first home computers on the
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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook addressed a Senate hearing on Tuesday that was largely convened to explore how Apple uses foreign subsidiaries to allegedly shelter billions of dollars in income from U.S. taxes. Not surprisingly, Cook defended both Apple and its tax practices. “We pay all the taxes we owe — every single dollar,” Cook
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