iPad Web Usage Drastically Different from other Devices

iPad Use
What these statistics suggest is that the iPad is establishing itself as a truly recreational device. The work and school days are now ended with the types of casual web surfing, news and book reading and game playing that the iPad excels at. I believe users crave the ease of use after having their brains engaged all day. We don’t want to boot laptops, plug things in, balance them on our laps… we just want a little Internet and some entertainment.

via padgadget.com

 

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7 Solutions for Tracking Mobile Analytics

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is most famous for providing a free and powerful analytics platform for websites, but unknown to most, it also offers a leading mobile analytics platform. The platform is easily incorporated into a mobile app for Android and iPhone, in addition to mobile web applications and sites. Their mobile web analytics are available to developers in PHP, JSP, ASP.NET and Perl to allow for easy implementation. The service is free and the interface is very similar to their website analytics.

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Starbucks bolsters mcommerce strategy via mobile gifting app

Starbucks is showing that mobile plays a critical role in its overall initiatives by unveiling a new application that features gift card capabilities.

The app includes the company’s eGift feature and combines the features of its iPhone my Starbucks and Starbucks Card mobile apps. The app is available for free download in Apple’s App Store.  

“Conceptually the ability to send a coffee gift card to someone else via mobile would only help enhance the customers use of a Starbucks mobile app,” said Marci Troutman, CEO of Siteminis, Atlanta.

“Also, since you have to create an account to send it, and have an account to use it, this locks in more dedicated customers for Starbucks,” she said. “The ease of using PayPal for the transaction and the ‘email the card’ makes this a brilliant mobile move for Starbucks.”

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El iPhone y el iPad están liderando la revolución de la publicidad móvil

Según el estudio, los iPhones lideran la revolución de la publicidad vía teléfono móvil alcanzando ratios de clic más altos que los dispositivos con otros sistemas operativos.

MediaMind analizó más de 230 millones de impresiones móviles entre octubre de 2010 y marzo de 2011 y descubrió que los dispositivos basados en el sistema operativo iOS de Apple alcanzaban el doble de rendimiento que los teléfonos con Android de Google, y cinco veces más que los teléfonos BlackBerry.

Además, los anuncios por móvil obtuvieron un impresionante 0,61% de CTR, cifra bastante superior al 0,07% de CTR que registraron los banners de display estándar para PC.

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