According to recent data, the Facebook app was 2012′s most downloaded in the U.S. with, Google Maps narrowly following in second. Based on the number of downloads both apps received, the race was close for most of the year, with Facebook managing to pull ahead in the final three months. As soon as Apple cut …
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Apple launched it’s iOS6 software last month and while it was generally received well by users, quite a few were at least underwhelmed by the Apple maps and the choice of Apple to remove it’s native YouTube app. Both were an obvious replacement of Google services (Google Maps & YouTube), however there was an even …
Read more »Facebook has launched its App Centre in the UK in an attempt to make it simpler for members of the social media giant, to find music services, games, and media content. It is also available via its mobile app on both Apple’s iOS and the Android platform. The App Centre was launched in the US …
Read more »Digital marketing and advertising continued to create very strong interest in 2011. With this in mind, here is a snapshot of those trends, based on information from year-end blog posts, studies and reports. 1. $37.2B E-commerce spending for the November-December 2011 holiday season, representing an increase of 15 percent compared to the same period in …
Read more »A free social shopping app has been launched on the iPhone, which uses barcode scanning technology to find the best prices on the web. Scandit incorporates barcode scanning, price comparison and social media sharing to enable users to firstly scan the barcode of the product that they would like more information on, read reviews, find …
Read more »Search giant Google has launched a new search enhancement tool called Google Instant, which shows results as you type. Google have identified that ‘people type slowly, but read quickly,’ thus Google Instant allows users to scan a results page while they type. The benefits of Google Instant are faster searches, smarter predictions and instant results. …
Read more »The trouble with using mobile devices to make purchases is that not all online retailers have mobile-compatible storefronts. Become.com, one of the leaders in online comparison shopping, has helped to resolve this issue by producing a program which tells shoppers which retailers they can purchase from on their mobile devices. A fast growing trend amongst …
Read more »A recent report by the IMRG & British Population Survey has indicated that ‘the popularity of online shopping is continuing to grow rapidly’, with UK shoppers opting to find the cheapest deals possible online instead of shopping around on high streets. The major findings of their report shows that over half of British Adults have …
Read more »Following on from recent posts on advancements in the mobile shopping and price comparison market (see More Help for Mobile Shoppers and On-the-Go Comparison Shopping), Network Intellect can reveal that Sccoope (www.sccoope.com) is launching a price comparison and barcode-scanning app for both iPhone and Blackberry mobile devices. The tool allows users to simply take a …
Read more »The trouble with using mobile devices to make purchases is that not all online retailers have mobile-compatible storefronts. Become.com, one of the leaders in online comparison shopping, has helped to resolve this issue by producing a program which tells shoppers which retailers they can purchase from on their mobile devices. A fast growing trend amongst …
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