Mobile Should Be Defined By People’s Behavior Not Product Features | New Comm Biz. What is a mobile device? The Zuck recently created quite the stir when he claimed stated that the iPad was not a mobile device. Kara Swisher and many others disagree with him, including the maker of the iPad, Steve Jobs. You can even take Kara’s poll on the subject. The argument that people make as to why the iPad should be considered “mobile” is based on facts like the OS that it it doesn’t have a keyboard or, the most important argument, they carry it around. But since Kara said the point of her survey is for us to define “mobile” I’ll take a stab at it. My background is in anthropological research so I believe that we should define mobile by how people use the device and I think most non-engineers will agree with me. Kara even tried to take a similar approach: But actual civilians don’t make these kinds of distinctions and, if one spends any time watching consumers use tablets, mobile is entirely how they think of it.
I don’t care so much how they think of it but more how they use it. Mary Meeker: Mobile Internet Will Soon Overtake Fixed Internet: Tech News and Analysis « Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley isn’t just any Internet analyst. She was covering the sector when the brokerage firm was the lead underwriter for Netscape Communications’ initial public offering in 1995, was dubbed the “Queen of the Net” by Barron’s magazine in 1998 and was covering the space in 2004, when Morgan Stanley helped launch the Google IPO.
Now a managing director at Morgan Stanley and head of the global technology research team, she has released her latest massively detailed “State of the Internet” report, which she has been putting out periodically since 1995. She presented the report during an event this afternoon at Google, which was streamed live as part of the Events@Google series (the presentation is embedded below). And what does Meeker see in her crystal ball this year? Two overwhelming trends that will affect consumers, the hardware/infrastructure industry and the commercial potential of the web: mobile and social networking.
Mary Meeker’s presentation: 2010_Chicone_Keynote.pdf (application/pdf Object) Mobile Users More Susceptible to Phishing Scams. Smartphones and tablets are all the rage these days and that's great news for malware purveyors because, according to security software vendor Trusteer, people are far more likely to let down their guard when accessing the Internet with their iPhones, BlackBerrys and other mobile devices. Whether it's a false sense of security people have when using their smartphones or the fact that they're mainly using them outside the office to check their Facebook pages or shop or to check email, Trusteer's new report concludes that smartphone users are three-times more likely to share their various account login and password credentials on malicious phishing sites.
Trusteer's security research team examined the log files of several web servers hosting numerous phishing sites to ascertain exactly how many people were visiting these corrupt sites, when they were visiting them and what type of computing device they were using when they did it. Small Business News, Tips, Advice – Small Business Trends » 10 Ways to Use Mobile Devices to Run Your Business » Print. Mobile devices –- from the straightforward mobile phone with a camera… to iPhones stuffed with apps — have given smaller businesses the ability to operate nimbly and cost effectively. Are you using handheld mobile devices to run your business? Now I’m not talking simply about using a smartphone to retrieve and answer short emails, or take voice calls while out of the office.
Today those kinds of activities are a given and I will assume you already use mobile phones in that way. Rather, what I am referring to here are innovative uses of mobile devices to operate your business — to close sales; to source the right repair parts and get them into the hands of your repair staff; to deliver goods and services to customers; to manage inventory and supply levels; take payments outside the office; and much more. If your staff is currently using mobile devices to such ends, give yourself a star. How are you using mobile devices in your business? 10 ways to turn your mobile phone into an efficient business tool. Increasingly sophisticated smartphone capabilities are making it easier for road warriors to accomplish business tasks.
Polly Traylor offers some tips on maximizing your mobile phone productivity. Increasingly sophisticated smartphone capabilities are making it easier for road warriors to accomplish business tasks. Polly Traylor offers some tips on maximizing your mobile phone productivity. When you're away from the office with only a mobile phone in hand, the application you most desire is email -- or for those with less patience, SMS. But beyond messaging, you need much more from your phone if you view it as your business partner.
Some requirements are crucial, such as security tools. Other additions just make life much easier, such as my fascination with mobile voice recorders, which let me dictate a note or task and give my thumbs a break, or Google Maps, since I'm often lost in the car driving to an appointment. Note: This article is also available as a PDF download. 1. Polly S. MyESC Home. Twitter. Microblogging.