According to the data, 84 percent of smartphone shoppers use their devices to help shop while in the store. Eighty-two percent of smartphone shoppers use mobile search to help make purchase decisions, Google reports.
Consumers are making more of their purchasing decisions on mobile devices – whether on a smartphone or tablet – in addition to making it one of their primary channels to research products. This shopper uses their smartphone to compare prices either...
When you consider that 60 percent of consumers already consult their smartphone on their way to a brick and mortar store (according to Deloitte Digital), it's undeniable local SEO will play an increasingly dominant role in every marketing strategy.
Of the smartphone users studied, more than 60 percent (approximately 77 million) relied on apps for local content online. And it’s not just smartphone users that are shaking things up. While it took about 10 years for smartphone ownership to reach...
Some designs have floated bluetooth-enabled units that are able to sync with a smartphone to provide additional information and control options. Google has filed for a patent, which, if developed, could bring a wearable smartwatch device to its...
In addition, the data on Think Insights reports: percent of Gen C sleeps next to a smartphone.percent of Gen C has a social profile, and 65 percent update it daily.percent of the members of Gen C with a smartphone watch YouTube on it.percent of...
For most consumers, even if they are searching on their PC, they still have their smartphone in the other hand to call a business or conduct parallel research,” he said. Sixty percent of smartphone users across the categories examined in the study...
The Guardian delivers specialized content to their mobile site, but that content is the same for tablet and smartphone users. In general, smartphone users look for local information while they're on the go.
With little more than a smartphone and some video editing software, a small business can produce a video with a limited budget that can be uploaded to YouTube for free. Competing with the big names, giant retailers, and pop up chains can be a tall...
Alibaba Reboots Its Cloud-based Mobile OS Strategy – AlizilaCompany outlines new plans seven months after Google blocked a smartphone featuring Alibaba's OS software in China. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding.
So when planning to build out the experience, screen size can make quite a difference ‐ compare a little 4-inch smartphone to a 10-inch or even a 7-inch tablet screen. Increasingly, your audience is spending time interacting with your brand on...
The smartphone maker earned the search giant a little over $1bn for the quarter. Google posted a 31 percent increase in year-over-year revenue for the first quarter of 2013. The search giant reported revenues of over $13 billion for Q1 2013.
According to a recent study, 70 percent get most of their news from friends and family on Facebook and 36 percent get most of their news links from friends and family on Twitter, with more of the Twitter crowd using a smartphone.
The Android software allows users to skin their smartphone with a Facebook overlay that puts social networking front and center. Annual U.S.social ad revenue is expected to reach $11 billion by 2017, according to a recent study by BIA/Kelsey.
Just like we can all think of some way to make a smartphone useful to anyone, so we can imagine that Google Glass will have a similar impact. For all the hype about Google Glass, not much has been said about how it's going to change Internet...
Here are three great bookmarklets to view a site's source code from your smartphone: Smartphone users are very task-oriented, whereas tablet users are very interactive-oriented, so they'll be interested in sites that actually have the gestures and...
Quick stats about local mobile use: percent of mobile search is local.percent of local searches result in purchases.percent of smartphone shoppers use a GPS/mapping app to find a retail location. With more than 1 billion smartphone users around the...
When it comes to global smartphone share, Android leads at 51.2 percent, followed by iOS at 43.5 percent, and Windows at 4.1 percent, Kantar Worldpanel reported. Bing hits back on AdWords enhanced campaigns.
Facebook Home, an app and series of core services integrated into select Android devices, will be preloaded on the HTC First, a new smartphone that AT Zuckerberg said. The Facebook phone has arrived, or will arrive on April 12, giving the social...
Researchers have estimated that globally Chrome holds some 37 percent of the browser market, while Android has in many markets surpassed Apple's iOS as the most popular smartphone brand. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has squashed talk that...
