Mobile is BIG. In fact, mobile — with a deeper penetration than electricity and safe drinking water — is the most pervasive technology ever invented. If 2011 was the year when mobile data, specifically mobile apps and mobile Web, reached the masses, then 2012 will be the year that companies everywhere on the planet do more than merely ‘go mobile.’ ’ They will focus efforts and resources on providing people an optimized experience on mobile. Today, the same is true with a mobile website.  ways to more mobile traffic. MORE >>

Tweet As yesterday’s tip on our Facebook page advised, the SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile) revolution of how we interact on social media platforms refers to the need of an intensified focus on use of mobile devices in daily life of social media. Lately, Facebook upgraded their mobile app to better incorporate the new Timeline design with an increased focus on visual content. Yesterday, Facebook reinforced their analytics module, Insights, to encompass reach data on users interacting via a mobile device: What’s the big deal? Not sure about this talk of mobile yet? MORE >>

Any retailer – digital or bricks-and-mortar – who isn’t serious about offering consumers mobile comparison shopping apps could find themselves funding expensive real estate, trained sales staff, and fancy product displays only to educate smart shoppers who may walk out of those stores and turn to Amazon’s “One Click” application through the mobile web. This year mobile changes all the rules! They order their finger food and open their mobile phones to compare the prices. Mobile puts control in the hands of the consumers. Mobile Data Systems. MORE >>

What is the state of mobile retail readiness in Europe? How are Europe’s biggest retail brands extending their brand experience through mobile? Get the inside track by joining MobileGroove and Acquity Group executives this Wednesday (June 22) for Global Insight: European Retail Goes Mobile. The 30-minute online webinar (12-12:30 CST or click here to see the time in your region) will deep dive into the trends and mobile intelligence gleaned from Acquity’s first-ever European Mobile Audit of the top 300 European retail brands. Mobile Audit findings. MORE >>

Some of the smartest minds in mobile marketing and advertising recently gave their 2012 predictions for mobile during a webinar conducted by Mobile Marketer and sponsored by Hipcricket. All speakers agreed that mobile plays a more central role in marketing, impacting people and influencing their actions throughout the purchase funnel (from awareness to conversion and commerce). However, there was a lack of consensus when it came to answering THE big question: how will mobile play out in 2012? 2012 will be the year of the mobile web. MORE >>