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Mobile Leadership Strategies

Mobile is Facebook’s Focus for 2013, VP Says

Daily Insight | Carl Howe | February 13, 2013

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Facebook has spent the past year or so playing catch up in the mobile space, as it works to better leverage the millions of users who access the social network through a mobile device. This year, gaining a better mobile presence will be the top priority for the company.

 

Speaking at All Things D’s recent conference, D: Dive Into Media, Facebook Vice President of Partnerships Dan Rose said the company will look to move from a “mobile first” to a “mobile best” company this year. “So many things are unlocked on mobile,” he said at the conference, according to All Things D.

 

A big part of Facebook’s mobile plan could be working with app developers and promoting their software. Facebook sends 140 million clicks to the Apple App Store and Google Play marketplace each day, Rose said.

 

Yankee Group VP of Research Carl Howe comments

 

“Facebook has to get from its high level vision of ‘mobile best’ to deployed and working mobile services to win mobile users over to Facebook. If Facebook had focused on mobile earlier in its corporate life, it could have pre-empted Twitter, Instagram and Vine with Facebook services. Instead, Facebook is now having to play catch up against smaller but more focused players who have already become a habit with mobile users. Interviews claiming ‘mobile best’ aren’t going to win that battle; deployed best-of-class native mobile apps, services and user experiences will.”

Mobile Broadband Strategies

More Choice Coming to LTE Chip Market

Daily Insight | Rich Karpinski | February 13, 2013

 

Qualcomm has pretty much had the LTE chip market won over, but another company, Broadcom, had announced its building its first LTE chip. Broadcom’s chip will be the smallest offering in the field according to the company, taking 35 percent less space on a circuit board than other chips.

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Mobile and Connected Device Strategies

Does Nokia, LG Launches Portend More Dual-SIM Phones?

Daily Insight | Wally Swain | February 13, 2013

 

With smartphone penetration marching forward, device manufacturers are now developing the next great innovation. Judging by recent Nokia and LG releases, that could mean more dual-SIM devices.

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Mobile Application and Cloud Strategies

Google Overhauls AdWords, Ends Tablet-Based Ads

Daily Insight | Jason Armitage | February 13, 2013

 

Google has made a decision to change up its popular service AdWords, a key engine of online advertising. However, some advertisers aren’t too pleased with the changes, especially one that no longer lets them create search ad campaigns aimed specifically at tablets.

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Mobile Marketing and Commerce Strategies

AmEx Extends Twitter Sync for Payments

Daily Insight | Nick Holland | February 13, 2013

 

American Express cardholders who have already synced their accounts with Twitter will now be able to make purchases simply by tweeting. The capability is an extension of a Twitter sync program AmEx launched in 2012.

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