Smartphones grew to account for almost 37% of traffic to media and entertainment sites in the US, Europe and Asia last year, reports Adobe Digital Index in its latest “Best of the Best” report. Smartphones alone comprised more than half of the traffic to the top 20% of M&E sites on this measure last year, … Continue reading »
Mobile Dominates Email With 65% Opens in The 4th Quarter
65 percent of B2C marketing emails were opened on a mobile device in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to data from Movable Ink. 48% of opens occurred on a smartphone, and over 16% on a tablet. Desktops accounted for 35% of email opens, down from 39% in the previous quarter. Additional key findings from … Continue reading »
Cell Phone Internet Usage – 2013 [survey]
57% of Americans Go Online With Their Cell Phones According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 63% of cell phone owners now go online using their mobile phones, an eight-point increase from the cell owners who did so at a similar point in 2012, and a two-fold … Continue reading »
Half of Cell Phone Owners Now Email, Download Apps [study]
9 in 10 American adults own a cell phone as of May, and these adults are using their phones for a variety of activities other than voice calls, according to new data from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Sending and receiving text messages (81% of cell phone owners) continues to be … Continue reading »
Mobile Accounts for One-Third of Online Conversions
A study of 100 million “conversion events” across 4 major verticals (telecom, retail, auto, and travel) and multiple devices – including mobile phones, desktop computers, and tablets – reveals that 31% of said conversions took place on a mobile device. The study, conducted by AOL in conjunction with the University of Virginia School of Engineering … Continue reading »
Search on Mobile Devices Often Leads to Purchase For Seniors & Boomers
Boomers and Seniors Favor the Web More activities conducted on smartphones and tablets The internet has become a way of life for baby boomers and seniors in the US, according to a March 2013 study conducted by Ipsos and Google. For the purposes of their poll, the companies defined baby boomers as those ages 45 … Continue reading »
Why Tablets and Smartphones Need To Be Considered Separately [report]
Fragmentation of mobile is a key 2013 trend Categorizing tablets has vexed marketers since Apple first introduced the iPad in 2010. Several years into the tablet market’s dramatic expansion, the distinctions between smart devices are becoming clearer. According to a new eMarketer report, “Key Digital Trends for Midyear 2013: The Fragmentation of Mobile,” diverging use … Continue reading »