Before the game Pokemon Go burst onto the screens of millions of smartphone owners, its developers at Niantic created Ingress, a location-based massively multiplayer online game. The real-life locations mapped for Ingress became part of Pokemon Go, which is why you are seeing Read more
For companies that have grown dramatically and can afford a six-figure price tag, offering a mobile app could be a critical piece allowing them to accelerate past the competition. We learned more about these from Oven Bits, who developed apps Read more
More people will sell secondhand items online this year because of the ease of mobile apps, according to Suzanne Wouk, founder of SnapPost. 2016 will be the year of mobile ecommerce, eventually eclipsing web commerce, according to GoDaddy executive Steven Read more
Reaching the 21st Century consumer audience means extending contact points to the places where people go online. It’s not just about mobile-friendly online selling sites ranking better in search. More direct calls-to-action in the form of “buy” buttons and similar objects Read more
New data from comScore shows mobile shopping is helping boost total ecommerce spending numbers, despite the fact that mobile commerce as a percentage of total digital commerce is only about 11%. Referencing the second-quarter 2014 period, the research firm said, Read more
As consumers increasingly shop with a smartphone or tablet, many mobile commerce applications lack mechanisms to resolve payment disputes and protect user privacy, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission. Staffers at the FTC evaluated 121 popular mobile apps Read more
Apple’s recent unveiling of its latest tweaks to the iPad line likely means its eager customer base will adopt some of their newest gadgets and put them to good use. Among those uses is shopping, something shown to be more Read more
