Finally Apple has released iOS4.2 on Monday(Nov. 22). It provides several new functions such as multitasking, folders, airprint and airplay. Now OS is getting more important than before. Especially after Google’s Froyo upgrade, many people expect Gingerbread would be nicer. A few days ago, Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, talked to De Telegraaf, a […]
Everyday I’ve read interesting news about commerce. According to the article of Reuters, there is the rumor that Groupon may be acquired by Google. It’s already started that the strategy of Google on commerce is progressing in detail. The representative example are acquisition of ‘Like.com’ and launching of ‘Boutiques.com.’ Groupon has already established its nationwide […]
Social shopping is widely used after the launch of Groupon. Many people frequently use this service for the reason why they can buy items cheap. So it makes people to buy items not by their needs but their competitive prices. For example, some people are busy to drop by shops and restaurants every weekends for […]
Check-in is not a simple function. After the continuous launch of LBS with check-in, LBS has made a turning point of LBS services. And ‘Foursquare’ is the representative example of these services. Even Facebook released ‘Places’ which has implemented chech-in. Based on this, Facebook will provide the service as a marketing tool. Gowalla is also […]
Online shopping market is rapidly growing in America. According to the report of Forrester, the market size would be 27 billion dollars, increasing by 17% appared to the past year. Until now, many people think that online shopping is driven by the price-competitiveness and customization. And the latter is induced by a buying record or […]
A few months ago, Steve Jobs told that 7″ screen is ambiguous for tablet PCs. But 10″ screen would be more difficult to beat down the juggernaut, Apple’s iPad. Toshiba’s tablet computer, the Folio 100, has been withdrawn from Dixons stores in the UK because of a high return rate. It has a powerful functions […]
Google’s next Android OS, Gingerbread, will support NFC(Near Field Communication) based services. Especially, Eric Schmidt told that Google will cooperate with payment processing companies rather than compete with them. NFC is de facto standard of a mobile payment service. But because of distributing mobile infra, it has not been widely used except some countries including […]
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the unveiled communication service on November 15th at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California. He has called this communication service not a simple e-mail offering but the “seamless messaging” service which includes text messages, instant messages, e-mails. Someone call it “Gmail killer”. But its service feature is different with Gmail, […]
After the active distribution of smartphones, cameras, music players (so-called MP3 players), and navigators, these devices are no longer the 1st device. Manufacturers have already installed all of these functions such as GPS, CODEC, and camera lens into smartphones. Most people who have smartphones don’t need to buy additional gadgets for other usage such as […]
Google’s mobile chief denied that the company is developing a SNS platform against Facebook. Google has an interest on SNS and is making some applications. But it’s not a platform, so-called ‘Google Me’. After Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, started a rumour, Google has been quiet without any official response. Whether Google make a […]