Back in September, Facebook closed its acquisition of Instagram, the uber-popular and quickly growing mobile online photo sharing social network with links to Facebook and Twitter.
But the iPad took the lead with an impressive 105% growth this year from 4.8% market share last year, clearly accelerating as the preferred mobile online shopping device.
Mobile and online applications for improving health are fast, simple and accessible anytime and anywhere.
The worlds of digital advertising and mobile and online payments are on a collision course.
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Sagan says the company continues to benefit from four key trends: cloud, Web security, mobile and online video.
And, as mobile and online video become more and more ingrained within the business model, display seems poised to continue to lead the way in online advertising growth.
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With over 500 million downloads of the casual mobile and online game franchise, Rovio is also aligning with major brands like Wonderful Pistachios, Google Chrome and 20th Century Fox.
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But more than that, Adyen has the potential to follow the merchant across their sales channels, devices and geographies with an optimized solution for all channels, not just mobile or online.
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"In addition to content creation, the joint venture will pursue business opportunities in the areas of live entertainment, theme parks, mobile, online, interactive games and consumer products, " DreamWorks Animation said in its announcement.
As CMOs do their best to address existing digital concerns such as their Facebook and Twitter strategies and mobile and online video, to name a few, they are relentlessly being slammed with new issues to figure out.
"Mobile and online have become significant markets in their own right and we expect all forms of networked games exploitation to account for 20% of the total Western world market by 2008, " said Ben Keen, Screen Digest analyst.
"We thought we could replicate" the same games business model on mobile as online, said Doug Purdy, a Facebook director of product management, before discovering that developers were building stand-alone apps, tailored to the Android and Apple operating systems.
Chief Executive Patrick Doyle, speaking to analysts in a conference call last week, said such savings are showing up now that mobile and online orders combined have reached a "critical mass" of more than a third of total sales.
Consumers now want the ability to transfer money, view balances, submit online payments, make deposits, and execute purchases remotely, requiring banks and other financial institutions to step forward to meet these demands with a wide range of mobile and online offerings.
The interactive shopping network, which reaches 95 million U.S. homes, plans to air 72 hours of programming dedicated to featuring products geared around the movie, in addition to delivering the experience through alternative platforms such as mobile, online, events and print mail.
However, as PC growth slows and more users adopt smartphones to stay connected on the move, an increasing number of Internet searches will be performed on mobile phones and online ad dollars will shift to mobile advertising.
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Thanks to the rise of mobile applications and online gaming this is an increasingly common situation.
And mobile access to online information and services could be particularly helpful to seniors.
Another site, Grovo.com, offers one-minute video lessons on recent changes to websites, mobile apps and online tools.
Everyday it seems like we hear about another social media widget, mobile application or online video offering.
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Target is working at creating a platform that would integrate its stores, online mobile platforms and social media.
Modern nomads carry almost no paper because they access their documents on their laptop computers, mobile phones or online.
Games consoles, online PC and online mobile account for the rest of the 9.43 media hours they consume each day.
But it is truly incredible what we can do today with all these gadget, mobile networks and online services.
The data will be uploaded to BodyMedia's mobile app and online Activity Manager, providing one-stop information access from a single interface.
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And, third, the data evidences, at least as of Black Friday 2012, the preferred mobile device for online shopping is the iPad.
Impacted residents and business owners in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey can apply for federal assistance by phone, mobile devices or online at www.
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These mobile users go online not just to find information but to share what they find and even create new content much more than they did before.
Additionally, women are the largest consumers of online video content and continue to be early adopters of new media, driving increases in the use of apps, mobile gaming and online coupons.
Whether the choice of payment is by debit or credit card, gift card, check or mobile phone, online or at the checkout counter, First Data takes every opportunity to go beyond the transaction.
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