Over at BusinessInsider the Chart of the Day: “Apps More And More Important Than Mobile Web” reveals some interesting statistic. Mobile applications become more important for people compared to the Mobile Web (and I assume that this includes HTML5-based applications).…
Campus Party 2012 Berlin: Fail Spectacularly
Really great talk by Jamie Finn of Telefonica/O2 at the Campus Party 2012 in Berlin describing his experiences with failing applications and how to turn them into a success. He also describes their use of A.D.S – the Application Definition…
Starbucks picks Square for payments
Great news for mobile payment startup Square. As reported by AllThingsDigital Starbucks picks Square for payment and invests in the company. Success of an excellent and elegant end-to-end mobile payment solution.
Follow-up on Predictions: Mobile Payments
Collecting a few bits and pieces around mobile payments over the last weeks as follow-up on the 2012 Predictions. Google Wallet It just seems that Google wallet is taking some personal (via AllThingsDigital) – Head of Consumer Payments resigning –…
Mobile Monday Munich: Mobile Security and the Smartphone
The interesting presentations and discussions of yesterday’s Mobile Monday in Munich on “Mobile Striptease: Your Mobile under Attack: Privacy & Security” definitely need a follow-up. Yesterday already started with some interesting insights into mobile security with the report in the…
Follow-up on Predictions: Starbucks claims to be global leader in mobile payments
According to this report Starbucks claims to be leader in global mobile payment transactions, with 26 mio mobile transactions since the launch of the program in January 2011. So as said here, there is probably more to come in 2012.
1 Thought (was 10 Predictions) for 2012
This originally started as 10 predictations for 2012, but while thinking about and refining it, these turned into one thought / prediction with several proof points. The Rise of the User Experience – Design Thinking 2012 will be the year…
WAC push with Tizen
The launch of Tizen (collecting the remains of MeeGo and LiMo) explicitely mentions the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) APIs as one element of the solution. The other one mentioned was HTML5. Could this give WAC another push besides the Apple, Amazon,…
Square processing $2bn in payments per year
Interesting update on previous post on how Square is doing with their smartphone based credit card terminal business.
Windows Phone chief Andy Lees: “Customer want choice” – Not too much!
Interesting interview with Windows Phone chief Andy Lees in the Seattle Times. “Q: Do you think the iPhone 4S (running on iOS 5) gives you an opening? Do you think they missed an opportunity there? A: Yes I do. I think, from an…