Media outlets love to post 2010 lists this time of year. CNN posted its Top 10 Tech Trends of 2010 yesterday, and it was a good one. While some like to say “that’s cool’ after seeing a list like this, my mind started thinking of how a business leader could take advantage of these trends to [...]
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The talk around my professional network continues to be what retailers are doing to sell to their on-the-go consumers at the time an impulse purchase arises. It’s definitely an opportunity. And huge challenge. Where to begin? It’s a new channel, so many retailers I speak with are reluctant to dedicate a large initial investment and [...]
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2010 will be the year that mobile marketing is all grown up. All key stakeholders are on board – consumers are buying smartphones and rapidly experimenting with new applications, developers are churning out applications that deliver more value than gimmick, brands finally realize mobile can help them influence consumers at point of sale, and marketers [...]
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Check out the new iPhone app called RedLaser that lets you use your mobile camera or video camera to scan any UPC code (aka bar code) and receive helpful information back. Mobile cameras have traditionally had serious difficulties accurately processing the UPC images. But RedLaser bills itself as the first accurate iPhone barcode scanner. And [...]
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M-commerce is finally hitting its stride. At least according to this very insightful BusinessWeek article from October 11th entitled “M-commerce’s big moment“, which says that the hockey-stick-shaped growth pattern expected for 2010 is already here. And that the forecast for m-commerce has been upped from $544 million to $800 million. The article explains how consumers [...]
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Came across a company called Contxts while I was searching for a free provider of digital business cards. I like these guys since it only took me a few effortless minutes to sign up and then have a working text messaging solution for people to receive my digital business card. If you want to see [...]
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I hadn’t seen this yet, but I could have guessed that it was coming. The ability to run everything on your home computer from your mobile device. Of course this signals where things are clearly headed – which is the nirvana that consumers demand: everything anyone needs will be with them at all times, no [...]
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