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How is Mobile Commerce Growing Around the World? [Infographic]
In the summer of 2015, we saw two major developments in mobile marketing: First, Google announced a major algorithm update that rewards mobile-friendly websites, and penalizes those that aren’t fully optimized for mobile in mobile search results.
A few weeks later, we saw the number of Google search queries on smartphones surpass the number of queries on desktop computers and tablets.
Since then, the number of consumers researching and buying on their mobile devices has only increased. Global mobile commerce now makes up 34% of all ecommerce transactions around the world, and it’s predicted to grow 31% in 2017.
What are the fastest growing mobile commerce markets? Which countries have the highest number of mobile shoppers? To learn the answers to these questions and more about mobile commerce (sometimes referred to as mCommerce), check out the infographic below from Coupofy.
Purported iPhone 7 photos claims to show new touch-sensitive Home Button
A purported image of the front of an iPhone 7 has appeared on the Internet today, via mobipicker.com. Blurry cams and bad photography aside, the picture claims to a major new detail for the upcoming flagship iPhone 7 launch, which is expected to mostly resemble an iPhone 6s in appearance.
The image shows a tweaked Home Button that appears to be flat with the bezel, meaning Apple will drop the physical click in favor of a fully touch-sensitive capacitive Home Button. Noting that the image could quite easily be faked, it does appear to show a button that has no depth …
Filed under: AAPL Company, iOS, iOS Devices, Tech Industry Tagged: iPhone, iPhone 7
Apple’s Back to School promotion launches in Europe, free Beats headphones with Mac/iPad/iPhone purchase
Apple’s 2016 Back to School Beats kicked off in the United States at the beginning of the month and has today expanded internationally across Europe. Students in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands and more can now take advantage of the summer promotion at Apple Stores in their country as well as online.
Like the US, eligible purchases of certain Macs come with free Beats Solo2 wireless headphones worth $299 at retail. For iPad and iPhone, select iOS device purchases come with free Beats Powerbeats2 wireless headphones, worth $199 at retail.
Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: Apple, Back to School, deal, Education, iOS, saving
Solving For the Future of Social Media: How to Keep Your Strategy Ahead of the Curve [Free Master Class]
Instagram? Snapchat? Facebook Messenger? What’s next? I was just getting started on Twitter and Facebook!
That’s how most of us feel when we’re rethinking our social media strategy. Social networks are changing, but not as fast as user behavior and content are, and that’s leading to completely new networks that are disrupting the status quo.
There’s no question that social media has changed the way buyers shop and learn about new products and services. These channels play a vital part in your inbound marketing strategy. Unlike the scheduled updates to Google’s search engine algorithms we’ve grown accustomed to, our social media channels evolve rapidly as new networks spring up and old networks settle.
How can busy marketers separate “trends” from new must-have social channels?
This month, HubSpot Academy and Buffer are presenting a live Google Hangout featuring HubSpot’s Social Media Manager, Chelsea Hunersen, and HubSpot Academy’s Social Media Professor Markiesha Ollison to explore how they’re thinking about social media marketing in 2017 and beyond.
Need help future-proofing your social media strategy? Click here to reserve your seat.
26 Tips to Improve Your Pinterest Marketing
Could your Pinterest marketing use a jumpstart? Are you curious about what’s working for other businesses? Tweaking techniques that have been successful for others can help you drive traffic, connect with your target audience, and increase sales. In this article, you’ll discover 26 tips to improve your Pinterest marketing. #1: Share Pin It for Later Links […]
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Phil Schiller & Craig Federighi talk deleting apps in iOS 10, iMessage, more in new interview
Following Apple’s jam-packed WWDC keynote, Apple executives Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi sat down with John Gruber on ‘The Talk Show’ to discuss the company’s recent announcements. Schiller and Federighi addressed some of the unknowns that remained after the keynote and went into more details regarding the announcements.
Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: craig federighi, interview, phil, Phil Schiller
Apple shares full WWDC 2016 keynote on YouTube
After sharing the video on its own website yesterday, Apple this evening has uploaded the full WWDC 2016 keynote to its YouTube channel this evening for your viewing pleasure, as well.
Filed under: AAPL Company Tagged: WWDC 2016
Resources found in macOS Sierra hint at upcoming OLED touch bar, Touch ID support, more
Hidden inside all of the changes that are coming with macOS Sierra are several notable additions to the developer side of things. On Apple’s API differences webpage, you can see several new resources that hint at potential features that could be coming with future Macs, including that OLED touch bar and Touch ID support.
Filed under: Mac Tagged: MacBook Pro, OLED touch bar, Touch ID
iOS 10 proactively remembers where you left your vehicle with Parked Car feature in Maps
Third party solutions like Automatic and various apps on the App Store can already do this, but iOS 10 builds finding where you parked your car right into the operating system. The new Parked Car feature proactively remembers where you left your vehicle and offers new features in Maps for adding more context.
With Safari 10 on macOS Sierra, Adobe Flash will be disabled by default when browsing the web
Alongside various new features (Siri, Auto Unlock, Apple Pay) coming in macOS Sierra, Apple’s next major desktop operating system, it also ships with the brand new version of Safari, Safari 10. Safari 10 introduces a major change in the way the browser handles plugins. In short, proprietary plugins like Adobe Flash will be disabled by default when browsing the web.
This means that websites will serve modern HTML5 representations of content as often as possible as they will not be able to detect an installation of Flash at all. Safari is smart however — it will allow you to enable Flash temporarily on demand …
Filed under: AAPL Company, iOS, iOS Devices, Tech Industry Tagged: Adobe Flash, Apple, designer, Flash, iOS
Netflix for iPad now works with iOS 9’s Picture-In-Picture multitasking feature
Apple introduced a built-in Picture-In-Picture feature for iPads on iOS 9 a year ago and released it last fall. We’re getting deep into iOS 10 territory at this point, but some apps are still updating to support the latest features from the current version of iOS. Netflix delivered on that today with official support for PIP on iOS 9.3.2 or later. (The version number requirement may suggest that earlier versions didn’t support what Netflix would need.)
Filed under: Apps Tagged: iOS 9, iPad, Netflix, Picture in Picture
CarPlay in iOS 10: Improved Apple Music, removing & rearranging apps, more
CarPlay is something I’ve been following (and using) since it launched it late 2014. It was better than the status quo in many ways when it launched but had obvious room for improvements. iOS 9.3 made significant improvements to CarPlay by including the full Apple Music experience and upgraded Maps features. When iOS 10 debuts later this fall, CarPlay will get even better thanks to a variety of small improvements that add up to simpler experience.
9to5Toys Lunch Break: iPhone 6/s Battery Case $11, 13″ MacBook Air 256GB $829, Philips Lightning Headphones $140, more
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Smartphone Accessories: 1byone 3100mAh Battery Case for iPhone 6/6s $11 Prime shipped (Reg. $25), more
Daily Deals: MacBook Air 13.3-inch Laptop 1.6GHz/4GB/256GB $829, JBL Charge 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker $80, more
Don’t wait on the iPhone 7, these Philips headphones have a built-in Lightning cable: $140 shipped (Reg. $240+)
Sling TV offers new users a 32GB Apple TV for $89 when you pre-pay for 3 mos. of service ($209 value)
Now you can get the UE Boom 2 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker for $150 ($50 off)
Best Buy is taking up to $200 off Apple Watch Stainless Steel: 38mm from $349, 42mm starts at $399
Pebble Steel Smartwatch for iOS and Android $80 shipped, Apple Watches up to $200 off, more
Start your week with a $100 discount on iPad mini 4 & Air 2, priced from $300 shipped
App Store Free App of the Week: Drop Flip puzzler goes free for the first time ever (Reg. $2)
Rovio’s Bad Piggies for iPhone/iPad goes free for the first time in years (Reg. $1)
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Square Enix brings human augmentations and hacking to iOS with the new Deus Ex Go
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Amazon Gold Box saves everyone’s Father’s Day with tools, watches, grooming, drones and dad clothes
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iOS 10 allows live streaming from apps for gameplay & screencast videos w/ ReplayKit
Apple introduced ReplayKit with iOS 9, allowing apps to offer users the ability to record and share gameplay or screencast videos directly from within the app. With iOS 10, Apple is introducing ReplayKit Streaming, allowing users to also live stream video of what’s on their iPhone screen for the first time.
Filed under: Apple TV, Apps, iOS Tagged: gameplay, iOS 10, live streaming, ReplayKit, replaykit streaming
iOS 10 adds three-pane split-view appearance for Mail and Notes on iPad Pro 12.9 inch
iOS 10 has a lot of small features dotted around, beyond the headline changes announced on stage yesterday. One of these changes is exclusive to the big 12.9 inch iPad Pro and will no doubt please its user base: Apple has added three-pane views to Notes and Mail to better take advantage of the larger canvas.
This triple split view feature is only available on the 12.9 inch iPad Pro and is not offered on the 9.7 inch iPad Pro, because it requires a larger display to be useful …
Filed under: AAPL Company, iOS, iOS Devices Tagged: iOS, iOS 10, iPad, Split View, three pane
Opinion: Despite lack of hardware and surprises, yesterday’s keynote didn’t disappoint
Reactions to yesterday’s keynote have, as usual, been mixed – but there has been a distinctly disappointed note to much of it. In particular, those not following the rumors as closely as 9to5Mac readers have expressed frustration at the lack of hardware announcements. One Reddit thread along these lines was at 1550 comments and counting at the time of writing.
Who needs hardware when you get emojis?
RIP Mac Pro
What have we done to anger the apple hardware gods? Do we need to sacrifice an apple II ?
This is really really disappointing. Unbelievable that the rMBP hasn’t been updated in over a year and the prices have stayed the same.
Others weren’t happy about what they saw as the limited focus on Macs in general, one commenting that ‘they spent longer on iMessage than they did on macOS.’ But despite the lack of hardware, and of major surprises in general, my view is that yesterday’s announcements didn’t disappoint …
Filed under: Opinion Tagged: iOS, iOS 10, iOS 10 Beta 1, MacOs, macOS 10.12, macOS Sierra, Opinion, WWDC, WWDC 2016
Download iOS 10 and macOS 10.12 Sierra wallpapers for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Yesterday Apple released developer betas of iOS 10 and macOS 10.12 Sierra with loads of new features, but you may want to hold off until the official release in the fall or at least the public beta release in July as the first few builds also include loads of bugs. Decreases in speed, much worse battery life, and frequent app crashing is typical on early betas. In the meantime, you can still copy the iOS 10 and macOS 10.12 Sierra look by using the new ocean wave and mountain scene wallpapers.
Filed under: iOS Devices Tagged: iOS 10, macOS 10.12, macOS Sierra, WWDC 2016
8 Signs You Are Managing Your Project The Wrong Way
Project Management is an essential tool for any organization. It enables you to avoid chaos, minimize risks, improve quality, and also to learn from failure. And despite all this, unfortunately, many businesses still see it as needless or costly, or they just do it the wrong way for lack of experience or knowledge.
If you are among those who aren’t sure if you are managing your project the right way, you will be happy to know that there several signs that you can use to spot any problems before they become a big issue. And they won’t mean any extra work or resources from you or your team, as you will see.
# 1 – Milestones aren’t being met
The first sign that should get your attention if your project milestones aren’t being met. And yet, it is very tempting to overlook it, thinking that this is just a question of time, that the team is adjusting, etc.
And while this is true, it is also true that, when you were creating your project and defining your milestones, you should have taken this adaptation time into consideration (if this really is the case). If you haven’t, your project won’t be reaching its goals in the scheduled time, so you better start making adjustments right now.
# 2 – There is a lot of miscommunication happening
If you feel like you have to repeat everything that you say, or if you catch your team resending emails, or not giving priority to what you think they should, you might have a problem there.
Lack of communication or a poor one is an evident sign that you are managing your project wrong, as it is mandatory that information flows as perfectly as possible. Otherwise, your project will suffer from stagnation and mistakes that could be easily avoided.
#3 – Too much overtime
Do you or your team tend to stay in the office after your shift is over, and still take a bit of work to finish at home? If your answer is yes, you need to rethink what you are doing.
It is understandable if it happens eventually, or if it is a specific person of your team who is doing overtime frequently (meaning, that they have a problem, not your project). But when staying late becomes a norm, it is evident that you have to re-evaluate your goals and milestones.
# 4 – You always need extra resources
Are you constantly asking someone to buy an extra resource so to get things done, from paper-clip to a new computer? In this scenario, it is obvious that you have miscalculated the materials you would need when you were planning your project.
If you spot this sign draining your project, it is time for you to look again at your project and verify if there is anything else missing. This way you will have time to adapt your budget, or even try to request an extra amount from your board of directors in one goal and before it becomes another last-minute demand.
# 5 – Your team is bored
Playing safe hardly is a mark of great achievements. Just have a look at any story of success behind any business. If nothing else, the injection of adrenaline that comes with risk taking keeps your team motivated and engaged with your project.
You also don’t want to bore your team to death by giving them only repetitive and predictive tasks. So if you spot people sleeping on their desks or going too often to the coffee room, maybe you need to check how you are managing your project.
# 6 – You need to figure out extra assistance in the last minute
If when a sensitive matter comes up, you need to run around the place and desperately find out extra assistance, it is a sign that your project management skills need an update.
This kind of situation exposes the fact that you haven’t predicted all possible variables of your project. And that you haven’t spent the time you should looking for all personnel you need so to have them available when required. So go back to your contacts list now and start making phone calls or sending emails to people you think you might eventually need along the way, so you can negotiate with them and get everything ready in advance.
# 7 – You don’t know where your budget is going to
Of course, you know what is going on when it comes to the big numbers. But what about the small expenses? Is there a lot of things going on that you haven’t expected and that demand payment? Can you tell out of the top of your head how much money you spend per day to make your project happen? If you don’t, you got a problem in your hands.
So, make sure that you have your accounting always updated and that you aren’t getting your budget drained by coffee, transport, and stationery – these items usually are among the silent enemies of any successful project.
# 8 – You feel like you are babysitting
If you feel like you need to be controlling everything that happens in your project, you certainly are managing your project wrong. Micromanaging is one of the most destructive ways to ruin a project so don’t you ever feel tempted to follow this dangerous road.
There are two possible scenarios here: one where your team actually needs babysitting; and another one where this is happening for your own choice. If you are dealing with the first case, you probably need a new team or to find ways to make them feel empowered. But if this is just the way you are, it is time for you to change your attitude before you put the project in jeopardy.
The bottom line
As you can see, it is easy to spot a faulty project management. It doesn’t require many skills to see signs such as those mentioned above, and you probably already got your to-do list ready at this stage. But, what is going to prove that you know your job is the way you will deal with it and ensure that it won’t happen again. So start working right now and get your project back on the right way as soon as possible.
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