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Click here for past Wordpreneur Tools Friday recommendations. Didn’t get much in the way of “Wordpreneur Tools testing time” this week, so didn’t. No need for that to keep you away from putting some cool tools to work for your respective enterprises though. I’ve discarded the crappy “tools” that have crossed my desk; here are the [...]
Is your blog suitable for a mobile device? In 2012, mobile users spent 63% more time on their devices accessing mobile websites and apps and this is set to increase.. An increasing number of your readers will access your blog from their mobile devices. Smartphone usage will continue to increase and don’t be surprised if [...]
Revenue from apps is expected to reach $25 billion in 2013, according to a new forecast from ABI Research… [R]evenue from apps sold on tablets is expected to reach $8.8 billion this year, while smartphone apps are expected to bring in $16.4 billion… Apple [will] dominate the app marketplace and bring in 65 percent of [...]
Global revenue from app sales is expected to increase 62 percent this year to $25 billion, according to new research from Gartner. The Wall Street Journal has the report: ‘App stores run by Apple and Google Inc… now offer more than 700,000 apps each. With so many apps to choose from, consumers are estimated to [...]
Here”s to a great 2013 for all of us… and I’m not kidding, 13 really is one of my lucky numbers (who said we’re only allowed one?), so no doubt whatsoever, this year is going to be a blast! Took a nice little holiday break from regular Wordpreneur duties, so haven’t been posting new Wordpreneur [...]
Target is rolling out QR codes so shoppers can scan and buy toys on their cellphones. Walmart is dabbling with same-day service while Toys R Us and Best Buy are introducing their own tablet products all in the hopes that consumers won’t treat their stores as three-dimensional catalogs for Amazon. Just as mobile is changing [...]
Organizations are pouring money into apps and mobile websites, which diverts money and time from an integrated Internet marketing strategy. Focusing on mobile as a separate channel is a distraction that turns the platform into an either/or proposition that hurts results. You don’t have to do that anymore.” Read full article @ Forbes »»» AD: [...]
‘Tablet PCs have offered consumers what they have been requesting from the notebook market for years, instant-on activation, long battery life and sleeker designs… These attributes are the basis for enabling greater and easier accessibility to content and services. [Clearly], ultra-slim PCs are the notebook market’s response to tablets and aim to balance performance and [...]
It looks like there are 30m iPads in the USA (depending on how many you think have been replaced by newer models but not handed on). If one assumes 10m Fires, 2.5m Nooks and 5m ‘Pure Android’ tablets (i.e. excluding the Android-based Fire and Nook), that gets 47.5m total, Amazon to 21%, Apple to 63% [...]
Here is this week’s installment of the Wordpreneur Reader, with links to articles elsewhere I found informative and useful. Enjoy, go forth and learn, Grasshopper! Copyright Facts Every Author Should Know (SellingBooks) — “[I]n this digital age, stealing someone’s work is easier than it has ever been. Authors may find it in their best interests [...]
