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Wednesday, 25th April 2012

Read This Before You Move Your Business to Google Drive

The launch of Google Drive is great news for teams. The pricing is competitive, and it does more than just sync files. The whole suite of Google applications is built in, but for teams with sensitive data, that’s precisely the problem. It’s worth revisiting Google’s new unified privacy policy before moving your data to Google Drive.

Jon Mitchell comments

Mobile Payments

5 Experts Weigh In on the Future of Mobile Money [Part 2]

5 Experts Weigh In on the Future of Mobile Money [Part 2]

What will money look like in 2020 and beyond? Will smartphones, smart cards and digital wallets kill the paper bill? The infrastructure needed to change the nature of transactions is already being built. There are issues to be tackled. The evolution of currency is not something that will happen overnight. But if the technologists and transaction…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

“Will Work for $1 Billion”

When Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion earlier this month, casual observers scratched their heads. “A billion dollars for a company with a photo-sharing app and zero revenue? WTF?” But the acquisition was not all about the app. Important as the app is to Facebook’s mobile strategy, Facebook is also paying for the people behind…

Social Tim Devaney and Tom Stein comments

How Social-Networked Photos of Kids Alters Memory

The digital age is redefining the idea of memories. The line between public and private is constantly blurring, and digitally native parents are claiming their kids' brands at an early age. What impact does posting images to social networks have on a child's future perception of their own childhood memories? The idea of memory is evolving and…

Social Alicia Eler comments

Tuesday, 24th April 2012

Defining the Post-App Economy

Even as the battle rages over native apps vs. the mobile Web, the real question is already becoming "What comes next?" Developers are looking for ways to disrupt the so-called "App Economy," especially as it pertains to Apple's handling of the App Store. Assuming that the mobile Web's cross-platform openness carries the day, as it has so many times…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

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