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Double-Weekly Industry Roundup 19th December 2011

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Steely Eye
Before the long festive season break, some interesting news you may have missed!
  • Why Best Buy is losing profits not being on mobile | Mobile Minute
  • Top mobile shopping apps for holiday 2011 | Mobile Commerce Daily
  • Most Consumers Don’t Know what a QR Code is | Mobile Marketing Magazine 
  • Buick test drives augmented reality to bolster holiday sales | M Commerce Daily
  • Mobile payments more trusted than credit cards: study | M Commerce Daily 
  • Expedia increases hotels bookings via iPad, Android tablet app | M Commerce 
  • US M-Commerce Sales to Grow 91% to $6.7 Billion in 2011 | EMarketer 
  • iPad-enabled shopping carts designed for live sports
  • Top 10 Small Business Predictions for 2012  | entmagazine
  • How ever more pervasive, personal, immersive and interactive screens will change our lives in 2012
  • BBC iPlayer app comes to the iPhone with 3G streaming on all networks
  • Another charity goes mobile: Salvation Army boosts holiday donations via SMS | Mobile Commerce Daily
  • One in Four Starbucks Transactions Now Done Via Card, Including Mobile
  • ZTE to Launch High-End Smartphone in U.S. | WSJ.com
  • Renault Opens Up the ‘Car as Platform’ | Tech Europe
  • Google’s ‘Currents’, A New Way To Enjoy Your Favorite Sites On The Go
  • Renault: Android is now a vehicle platform | Android Academy
  • Kindle Fire is already #2 in tablet wars | TG Daily 
  • comScore Reports October 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
  • Chumby brings app network to LG Smart TV platform, more living rooms – Engadget
  • Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-Handed – Tricia Duryee | AllThingsD
  • Google’s Eric Schmidt sees Google TV embedded in most new TVs by summer of 2012 | Engadget
  • Is Eric Schmidt right? Will developers prefer Android in 6 months? j.mp/s6bGzR
  • Android Developers’ Blog Gives Us A Closer Look At 10 Billion App Downloads j.mp/rSda6U
  • webOS open-sourced to death | QuirksBlog 
  • Here’s How Android Has Destroyed Symbian In China | mocoNews 
  • RIM offers $99 PlayBook to employees, Best Buy stops selling them | geekdotcom
  • Mobile Marketing Hams It Up For The Holidays | MobileMW 
  • Siri’s implications for marketers? One is the elimination of the excuse: “My audience isn’t on mobile” ht.ly/7LhCH
  • Student can’t afford tablet for girlfriend, so builds her one for $125 ht.ly/7JU04
  • M&S scores 100% in m-commerce study | New Media Age
  • A mobile first strategy in 2012 is the only option for platforms, advertisers and content providers | MediaPost 
  • InMobi latest impressions on mobile market: Android’s lead in EU grows, Apple on the rise again | cellularnews
  • Arcadia launches HTML5-powered mag “Topman Generation” to reach users across multiple platforms | New Media Age
  • eBay counts 1m mobile uploads a week | New Media Age
  • Gap brings together music and mobile to drive in-store sales | Mobile Commerce Daily 
  • How many iOS devices will be sold in 2012? | asymco 
  • Google study: People use their tablets for fun at home | Poynter 
  • Stats: Apple iOS devs earn more than Android.. maybe
  • Another example of m- commerce app: Staples addresses shoppers’ pain points | Mobile Commerce Daily 
  • Mobile Apps Now the Job Search Tool of Choice for Professionals | cmswire 
  • iPad conversion rates twice as high as desktop | Econsultancy 
  • Nielsen data shows sustained domination in mobile | MobileMW
  • How The Mobile Web Changes The SEO Landscape | Forbes 
  • Facebook reportedly acquires Gowalla | Digital Media | CNET News
  • Qt’s Mobile Resurgence, RIM, Android, iOS and the “Next Billion” at QT Developer Days 2011 | Wap Review
  • WebKit-based version of NetFront browser aims at IPTVs, STBs | Linux for Devices
  • Nokia bets on ‘Lumia’ to regain market share in smartphone segment | Economic Times
  • 7 Keys to Startup Survival in Today’s Now Economy | Forbes