Internet privacy issues are making major headlines at the moment – the hacking of Sony and Amazon’s website problems being the two most recent – but the ongoing worries about Facebook and privacy are still playing a major part. How we share our personal data is changing significantly because we are wondering just how safe… Continue reading »
Apr
08
Premier Inn – app success?
Premier Inn has just reported an astonishing £1million revenue from their app in the space of 3 months. Not a bad feat by any means. But what is most striking is this is one of the first apps to have its value measured (note here that the top downloads are for sites like Facebook, Amazon,… Continue reading »
Mar
17
The power of mobile internet
Insight Express, an American digital market research company, has just produced a Mobile consumer research report which has uncovered some remarkable information. The author, Joy Liuzzo, has covered a wide range of topics, from the growing ubiquity of smartphones to habits, including QR codes and the results are very revealing. Below I have extracted some… Continue reading »
Mar
04
Friday mobile trivia – did you know…?
There have been quite a few apps launched over the last week or so. In fact there has been a flurry of activity in general since the World Mobile Conference in Barcelona in the mobile world, especially with the recent launch of the Ipad 2.
Jan
24
Restoring the High Street
In last Friday’s Independent, I read a fascinating article about the decline of the high street thanks to the recession. Local retailers and large multi-outlet retailers are moving away at an alarming rate, leaving many high streets with boarded up premises.