From mobile payments to voice-enabled apps, 2016 was a year that saw mobile technology develop fast. With competition fierce in the world of mobile, mobile tech companies are keeping their pedals to the metal in a bid to deliver new technologies that enhance the user experience.
To say mobile technology is beloved by millennials is hardly shocking. Whether a smartphone, tablet, smartwatch, or any other device with the word “smart” attached, it’s favored by millennials. Businesses should pay close attention to millennials’ buying habits and create campaigns that cater to this group’s ongoing love affair with everything mobile.
Looking for ways to enhance the retail experience for your customers? Wondering how you can get those customers into your store, given the myriad of online shopping venues that are offering one deal after another? Turn to technology and join the digital age party.
Mobile security is on everyone’s mind lately, especially after Apple resisted cracking open an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting last December.
The most recent example of a deployed chatbot is also a good example of what happens when a chatbot goes completely bonkers. In late March, Microsoft launched Tay—a female Twitter bot designed to communicate with millennials about everyday topics. Tay is a sophisticated AI that adapts through learning interactions on Twitter.
The Mobile World Conference, an international exhibit representing mobile operators, software companies, Internet providers, manufactures, retailers and other interests involved in the mobile ecosystem, gathered late last month in Barcelona, Spain.
The sharing economy developing across almost every mobile device is sharing its success with another business: mobile payment. Whether one cares for the other is irrelevant; what matters is that this relationship will usher in an entirely new era of mobile technology—potentially the quickest and most convenient way in history to make pay stores, friends, and family.
The mobile revolution continues to spread to all corners of the globe and remains a significant presence in Africa. The African continent was once considered a huge risk on the business front, but that idea is changing daily thanks to mobile technology. Africa is currently the second-largest mobile phone market on the planet, with African companies focusing on the growing demand for mobile services, cloud computing, and digital entertainment.
When we look back on this decade and its technology, what will stand out? What, retrospectively, will be the obvious, defining feature of the 2010s, in the way television was for the 50s, and the Internet for the 90s?