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mercredi 9 janvier 2013

Payments the biggest breakthrough in the mobile industry for 2013?

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By Ivory King January 08, 2013 mobile device with credit card inside
The growth of mobile has now reached the point where it is inextricable from the larger digital economy. For 2013, mobile payments should be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the field.

With the number of mobile subscriptions fast approaching the human population in 2013, mobile is becoming a mainstream driver of business productivity and social interaction. The next generation of faster network speeds is making mobile broadband more available in order to further this growth and consumption of data. The Mobile Industry Predictions Survey from tech and strategy consulting firm Chetan Sharma asked app developers, startup entrepreneurs, and infrastructure, device and mobile operator industry players about the most notable relevant events that occurred last year or can be expected to arise in the year to come. Among these predictions, the biggest breakthrough for mobile is expected to be in payments.
Mobile payments are expected to be disrupted…
Nearly 35 percent of respondents believe that mobile payments will be a breakthrough category in 2013. Besides the expected impact of payments, 31 percent believe that cloud services be the biggest breakthrough in mobile this year. Nearly 30 percent support mobile commerce, 27 percent are for big data, and connected services have about 26 percent of the vote. Expanding the outlook from breakthroughs to newsworthy developments, most plan to follow the continued growth of global mobile data. Other hot topics are the continued competition between Google and Apple, as well as mobile devices’ (both tablets and smartphones) growing dominance in computing.
…And to be most likely dominated by financial corporations rather than tech companies
Industry leaders overwhelmingly expect financial companies such as VISA to dominate mobile payments in growing numbers; from 30 percent in 2011 to 39 percent in 2013. Nobody else came close in presence than that, but PayPal has 13 percent support for presence in 2013. There are many others that are expected to have a small presence in the new year for mobile payments: operators like Isis, startups, and Google. Amazon and Apple did not have any impact on this area in 2011, but entered the scene in 2012 and are both expected to grow this influence this year, though they only have 11 and 6 percent of support from those surveyed, respectively.

jeudi 22 novembre 2012

Smartphone owners lead the adoption of mobile heath

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By L'Atelier - San Francisco November 21, 2012 mobile phone with a stethoscope
Smartphone ownership encourages people to research health or download wellness apps. Besides key demographics that increase mobile health engagement, medical events or conditions are a key growth driver.

Much of the growth in the digital health industry has been within mobile, mobility being very valuable for all the different stakeholders in this area. But adoption is different among cell phone owners and the sub-category of smartphone owners, the ladder leading the way. A Pew Internet research on mobile health shows that 85 percent of adults own a cell phone, half of these own smartphones, which increase the possibilities for Internet access and application usage. 31 percent of regular cell phone owners have used their phone to research health information with their handset, which is nearly double that of two years ago (17 percent). But smartphone owners look for health information through their phones much more often - 52 percent, compared to 6 percent of non-smartphone owners.
Usage of mobile health services depends on context
Usages vary depending on context and demographics. Latino or African American groups, those between the ages of 18-49, and those with a college degree or higher are all more likely to use their phone to gather health information. Some groups also use text messages related to health more often than others: women, those between 30 and 64 years old, and smartphone owners. Besides demographics, people most often engage with mobile health when they are more likely to be involved with health-related situations. Typically, health changes within the last twelve months increase the likelihood of a smartphone owner to download a health app.
Smartphone owners more often download health apps than use medical texts
Although 80 percent of general cell phone owners use text messages to communicate, only 9 percent use them to get health related information. Caregivers, patients with chronic conditions, or people who have faced a medical crisis or a significant health change are more likely to receive medical information via text. However, health applications are generally more popular than text messages. 19 percent of smartphone owners have installed an app that relates to exercise, diet or weight. As of April of this year, 84 percent of smartphone owners have downloaded a health or wellness app. For health apps, the demographics skew towards women, those under 50 years old, and those with a household income over $75,000.