ExclusivePodcast - 6th January 2012 Podcasts Mark - January 5, 2012 Iain, James and Mark take a look back at the mobile industry's high points and low spots from 2011. Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung and RIM all come under the spotlight, along with legal action, mobile payments and tablet sales.
ExclusiveBRIT Awards introduce voting via mobile app from Noise Inc News Mark - January 5, 2012 Digital development company Noise Inc. has developed an iPhone app that will allow fans to vote in the BRIT Awards 2012. The agency has worked with MasterCard to create the first-ever application that allows fans to vote via their mobile phones.
ExclusiveMobile coupon redemption rates expected to be 8 times better than paper coupons News Mark - January 4, 2012 A new report from Juniper Research expects the redemption rate of mobile coupons to average at over 8% by 2016. That’s an eight-fold increase over the best paper coupons campaigns. It means there’ll be over 600 million regular mobile coupon users worldwide in four years’ time, with the total redemption value expected to exceed $43 billion (£27.5 billion) by 2016.
ExclusiveApple iPad reaches three billion app downloads News Mark - January 4, 2012 ABI Research estimates that Apple iPad users have downloaded a total of three billion applications since the tablet was launched in April 2010. This is almost a fifth of all downloads by Apple users - and has happened several months faster than the iPhone took to reach the same figure. There are currently thought to be over 120,000 apps available specifically for the iPad.
ExclusiveYahoo appoints PayPal president Scott Thompson as CEO News Mark - January 4, 2012 Yahoo! Inc is appointing Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer with effect from Monday 9th January. Interim CEO Tim Morse will then resume his role as Chief Financial Officer. The company removed Carol Bartz from the CEO role in October 2011.