Hands down, the most anticipated presentation for all of us in the mobile and Internet space comes from Mary Meeker, a former analyst at Morgan Stanley and now a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Silicon Valley. And her most repeated forecast — the prediction that more people will access the Internet on a mobile device than on a personal computer by 2015 — is a key data point that continues to get play in industry presentations, conferences and research around the globe. How I See It: Many people make bold predictions when it comes to mobile. MORE >>

Tweet As we all know the web is constantly changing, new platforms seem to launch every day, and new development techniques are being touted as the future of live as we know it most weeks. common question we are asked when speaking about mobile strategy is: Should we build a mobile app or a mobile version of our site/product? Well, first we need to define exactly what we are talking about when speaking about a mobile app and mobile web. Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages: Mobile App Advantages. Mobile Web Features. MORE >>

Twitter’s US Mobile Ad Revenues Top Facebook’s — But Facebook Will Win Next Year. Twitter takes the lead over Facebook in US mobile advertising revenues in 2012, according to the latest eMarketer forecast. ” Both companies earn significantly less mobile revenue than those with more established mobile platforms, like Google and Pandora. Twitter’s mobile advertising revenues in the US will total $129.7 million this year, while Facebook – in its first year of mobile ads – will bring in just $72.7 via  CNET. MORE >>

Because of social, mobile and local, the pressure to woo us, to incentivize us and to convert us, has never been greater. Theese social tools and platforms and these mobile devices have combined to strike fear into retailers far and wide. Mobile marketing social media social retail local mobile Search socialYou don’t know this but you are really driving the train. Retailers and advertisers and marketers used to be able to dictate and call the shots and we as consumers responded like we were pavlov’s favorite dogs. Those times are over. MORE >>

Mobile is huge. And so is the value marketers and companies can wring out of a comprehensive mobile strategy that starts with a mobile-optimized website. products on the move, and the number of businesses that have invested in a mobile-optimized website to satisfy their customer requirements. Richard Edwards surveyed mobile authorities and practitioners to get the answers. Are businesses mobile ready? Only a fraction of businesses in the five countries surveyed report having mobile optimized sites. ” Mobile in the fast-lane. MORE >>