E-Commerce Is the Tablet E-Commerce Revolution Coming? A new infographic published by Monetate pinpoints a key finding: Conversion rates are higher for tablet buyers than desktop buyers. Is this surprising? Not in the least. In September 2011 alone, nearly half of tablet owners made purchases on their devices. Already 12% of the Internet-using U.S. owns a tablet and, according to Forrester, "tablet… Alicia Eler View comments
APIs 17 Alternatives to Klout As we wrote about earlier this week, Klout has reworked its algorithms, and your scores have changed. Some have gone up, some down. Despite claiming more transparency with their algorithms, they are still mostly opaque and mysterious. As one of our readers commented, "Klout just pulled a Netflix, taking trust off the table." So while they tinker… Hack David Strom View comments
Google Yahoo, Google Launching Flipboard Competitors If Flipboard thought it had enough competition in the social news-reading tablet app space, it's got a thing or two coming. Well, one from Google and one from Yahoo, reportedly. The two Web giants are working on their own such applications, the first of which may drop next week. Livestand is Yahoo's take on the personalized reading app for… John Paul Titlow View comments
Apps Nokia Lumia to Lure Devs to Windows Phone? Microsoft is known to pay a developer ecosystem to stay loyal to its platforms and products. That has become no different with Windows Phone. On the other end, Nokia has a worldwide base of developers that are very loyal to the device maker, especially in emerging markets. The question remains though, can Nokia and Microsoft capture the hearts… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Cloud Computing Heroku CEO Byron Sebastian: The Rise of the Polyglot Cloud There's a notable absence of (conclusive) studies comparing the current acceptance rate of Heroku, the fast-growing cloud platform for dynamic language-based apps, to that of Windows Azure, DotCloud, CloudFoundry and the numerous other players in the suddenly stormy PaaS space. Perhaps only now are these players beginning to be seriously… Scott M. Fulton View comments