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Mobile Delivery @ Your Car

In a fresh twist on ‘mobility’ Volvo is piloting Roam Delivery, a mobile service which will deliver orders straight to your parked car. Aimed at busy professionals, the service puts Volvo in the middle of your deliveries, adding mobility to your delivery site and another use for your Volvo, a connected device.  It also could […]

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Facebook Buys Back Its Luster with WhatsApp

The news that Facebook is acquiring WhatsApp for $19 billion has many conjecturing that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is disrupting Faceboook before a competitor can by adding new messaging capabilities.  This is one interpretation but only part of the picture.

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Mcommerce: A Retail Rocket – Infographic

Mobile devices have taken retail to a whole new level, raising both opportunity and expectations for retailers and consumers.  Retailers who offer a good mobile experience are seeing a boost in brand perception and a boost in sales. Growth in mobile commerce is outpacing traditional ecommerce growth by a healthy 200%.  A recent infographic produced […]

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Wearables for Everything

Wearable tech is a big trend in mobile with ABI Research predicting 90 million wearable device shipments in 2014, almost doubling to 165 million in 2015.  This post explores some examples of devices and purposes across the growing spectrum of wearables.

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Mobile A Must for Retailers

Mobile devices are revolutionizing the way people shop, connect with brands, and purchase goods and services.  While e-commerce represented a shift that added an online channel to physical stores, m-commerce represents a paradigm shift for retail. Here are a few reasons why:

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