Mobile Medical News Weekly - Week of December 5, 2011

The Mobile Medical News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to medical mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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ABI Research recently released a report which predicts that the sports and health mobile app market is on pace to hit $400 million in revenues by 2016. Read Original Content

In a bid to accommodate the aging population and the increasingly hectic lifestyles of their patients, physicians are embracing a broad spectrum of Web-based software solutions that are bringing healthcare services into the home. Read Original Content

According to a new report from Juniper Research, the number of downloads for health-related apps in 2012 will total 44 million by the end of next year. The research firm also predicts that the number of health app downloads will jump to 142 million by 2016. Read Original Content

Webalo technology eliminates the need for traditional mobile application development tools and custom programming to provide in hours, instead of weeks or months, mobile access to the specific enterprise data and functions that smartphone and tablet users rely on to do their jobs.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Webalo, www.webalo.com.

The wireless monitoring device industry in the U.S. has doubled in the past four years to a current value of $7.1 billion. It is expected to triple in the next four years, reaching $22.2 billion by 2015, according to a report by Kalorama. Read Original Content

Mobility News Weekly - Week of December 5, 2011

The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Google said its Android Market has accrued over 10 billion application downloads since its launch in October 2008. Apple has notched close to 20 billion downloads to its App Store.  Read Original Content

Verizon has decided to block its customers from installing Google's new, high-profile Wallet application on the carrier's smartphones.  Read Original Content

Originally Windows Phones were expected to launch in China sometime in 2011.  But as the final month of 2011 slides by, Microsoft has officially punted that launch until 2012.  Read Original Content

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Sales of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp dropped 30 percent in November from a month before as the world's No.4 smartphone brand struggled to compete against bigger rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics.  Read Original Content

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of December 5, 2011

The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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Mobile Media Buying Platform adsmobi released a new whitepaper about U.S. Mobile Advertising trends. The total mobile advertising spend in the U.S. will jump from $1.34 billion to $2.01 billion in 2012. Read Original Content

AOL Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong said he’s aiming to get at least 10 percent of revenue from mobile advertising in the next year and a half, up from a “tiny” portion now. Read Original Content

Mobile marketing is poised for dramatic growth in 2012, according to a survey of 501 marketing and advertising executives by AT&T, which predicts that much of the growth will be driven by smartphone applications and mobile bar codes. Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Pandora, the leading online radio station, is experiencing sharp growth through mobile advertising. Mobile users now account for 70 percent of Pandora’s business. Read Original Content

Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of December 5, 2011

The Mobile Commerce News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking and mobile security that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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Mobile commerce in the United States is expected to grow 91 percent to $6.1 billion compared to the value of the market throughout 2010. Read Original Content

Facebook is acquiring the team behind social networking service Gowalla as it continues to build out its location-based services and enter the mobile commerce market. Read Original Content

According to WSL/Strategic Retail shopping via smartphones is growing significantly. Currently half of smartphone owners are making purchases through their devices and mobile retail apps are one of the most popular apps being downloaded. Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Poland will soon be able to use NFC-enabled smartphones to pay for goods and services. Total value of transactions made via mobile phones in Central and Eastern Europe amounted to around €290 million in 2010. That is expected to grow to €22.7 billion by 2017, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan. Read Original Content

Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of December 5, 2011

The Mobility Charts Weekly is a weekly publication of charts depicting the current and future status of the enterprise mobility market.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

The above graphic illustrates the regions within China that are experiencing significant growth in the M2M market. China's Internet-of-things industry reached $193.3 billion in 2010. Read Original Content

As computers and mobile devices continue to play an ever increasingly role in the lives of consumers, this holiday season has been projected to lead with the highest grossing revenues in online shopping ever recorded.  This graph compares the level of growth in online shopping interest between the week before Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving week for 2010 and 2011, looking a sample covering hundreds of millions of ad impressions. Read Original Content

Online radio company Pandora has experienced significant growth in the past two years. This sharp increase in revenue can be explained by mobile advertising on Pandora’s mobile app. Read Original Content

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