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18/11/2011

Weekly industry news roundup 18th November 2011

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Steely Eye
Mid-November mobile news, counting down to the Mobile Meetup next week! Guess which London mobile agency is sponsoring it?
  • Another Android on the market: Motorola Droid Razr hits UK shelves | eWEEK Europe UK 
  • UK School Teachers Able to Search Pupils Mobile Phones | cellularnews
  • 98 Per Cent of Agencies Spending on Mobile Advertising |bit.ly/tGzzMD
  • Toyota owners can make car payments via new iPhone app | Mobile Commerce Daily 
  • Thrillist offers mobile deals via Absolut Vodka-sponsored app
  • Ticketsoft increases mobile ticket sales via Android, iPhone apps | Mobile Commerce Daily 
  • UM London’s study: Most of UK resistant to tablets, but owners are addicted | mobilesquared 
  • Mobile Consumer Trends: there will be 19.5 million m-commerce users in the UK aged 18-64 by end-June next year 
  • Lookout survey: The smartphone is more important than cars or laptops to 46% of the UK | Mobile Squared 
  • Audi lets car owners make payments via mobile banner ads | Mobile Commerce Daily
  • Ferragamo‘s fail on mobile: ads on the Times mobile sent to non-optimized website 
  • Luxury brands slow to improve their customers’ request for mobile presence. 
  • Nielsen data shows 62% of users aged 25-34 own smartphones |mobileMW
  • Infographic: Mobile Coupons & why 20% of Smartphone Users Redeem Them | mobileMW 
  • Just How Important Are Apple & Mobile Devices to Video Gaming? A lot. | mobileMW 
  • One week after the announce of Apple’s sandboxing, have you experienced problems? | thinq_ 
  • The Acquity Group found that 37% of the Internet Retailer Top 500 companies now have a mobile site.