Category Archives: Android

Tesco Korea uses QR codes to create mind blowing smartphone superstore

This is a superb example of technology and marketing.  Tesco Korea has adopted an innovative way to gain market share by creating a virtual shopping mall in one of the many Korean subways.  Whilst waiting for a tube, travellers can … Continue reading

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2011- the year of the tablet?

Since the launch of the iPad back in the summer, Apple hasn’t really had much in the way of competition.  Of course we had the launch of the Android based Samsung Galaxy Tab last month and an unlikely contender in the … Continue reading

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News: My Taptu launches aggregation service for smartphones

Trying to find relevant content on your phone can be a bit like walking around IKEA looking through a Smartie tube trying to find the elusive Tjusig shoe rack.  You know its out there somewhere and you want it.  More precisely, you … Continue reading

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Apple iPad hits 95% market share: caption competition

The Apple iPad’s dominance of the tablet world has been confirmed by new figures from technology analysts, Strategy Analytics, which puts global sales of the iPad at a 95% market share.  That said, its no secret that our shops are … Continue reading

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Does Android have a dude problem?

Belinda Parmar, Founder of Lady Geek and Lady Geek TV, a marketing agency that helps companies understand and sell to women thinks that the Google mobile OS, Android, has a dude problem and is the preserve of the man geek. The … Continue reading

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Mobile handset warfare – update The Patent Thicket

Last week we submitted a piece that displayed visually who is suing whom in the mobile handset space.  It wasn’t pretty.  Now it seems that the original graphic taken from The Guardian was actually a tad innacurate as the excellent high-tech blog … Continue reading

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Mobile handset warfare – who is suing who?

Microsoft sues Motorola over Android.  Yet another lawsuit in the world of mobile technology.  The folks at the Media Guardian have put together this interesting visual on who is suing who.  If proof were ever needed that there is a whole … Continue reading

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The Five…reasons why the future of mobile apps is browser based

Mobile apps or mobile web? mobile apps or mobile web?  mobile apps or mobile web? or both?  Figuring out a mobile strategy for brands can be confusing.  Not least because the installed user base of smartphones is only a fragment of the … Continue reading

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