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How virtual assistants will affect mobile marketing

A lot of people choose to buy the iPhone over everything else for a few reasons. First of all, you can use iTunes on the phone, which means instant access to all your favorite music, movies, and even TV shows anywhere you go. The other thing that really draws people into iPhone is Siri, one …

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The psychology of mobile marketing

In the course of just one decade, mobile devices have undergone a lot of big changes. When they were first starting out, they were an extremely useful tool that allowed people to make phone calls on the go. Today, a mobile device’s ability to make a phone call is taken for granted in light of …

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Mobile Marketing Political Candidates

The whole point of going into politics is to reach more people. You want them to show up to your rallies and listen to you speak. You want them to agree or even disagree with you, as long as they are involved. If nobody ever knows who you are, how are they going to be …

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Get a Nokia smartphone for practically nothing

Nokia has been well known for using the Windows operating system on all its phones, but recently, there has been a change. Now, Nokia is offering smartphones using the Android operating system, but that’s not all. Instead of making customers pay outrageous prices for a smartphone, the Nokia smartphone costs almost nothing. With just a …

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Value of Mobile Marketing Increasing

Mobile marketing is something all of our companies have to use to market our business, or at least we should all be using as a powerful means of marketing. If you haven’t already immersed yourself in mobile marketing or haven’t done any mobile marketing at all, you need to get started right away. The value …

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E-Cigarette Supersmoker keeps you connected

One of the best ways to market to your customers is through mobile marketing. Why, you ask? Because mobile marketing is a way to stay connected with your customers all the time. Since most people use their smartphones for everything, you can bet they’ll get that text message you just sent or see the post …

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T-Mobile making more enemies in marketing

T-Mobile has been in the news a lot lately with its new marketing strategies intended to bring in more business and, honestly, to steal customers from the competition. Between the change to an “uncarrier” approach and offers attempting specifically to target the competition, it might not be safe for T-Mobile much longer. Instead of playing …

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Jewelry-connected smart devices?

Maybe it’s just me, but it almost seems like the number of smart devices out there is getting way out of hand. I can probably handle going to the bathroom without the toilet seat warming up, and I can easily pull out my phone to check for messages on my own time. But I guess …

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More smartphone technology coming

You thought smartphones were as good as they could get. And honestly, they probably have come pretty close to the top. However, there are still a million other things that can be turned smart and controlled with your smartphone. Your homes, cars, and much more may be controlled with your smartphones soon. Apple and Google …

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Smartphones to order meals: marketing apps

As more and more businesses dive into smartphone advertising and marketing apps, we are starting to see creative ways of doing things. Retailers have been using apps to allow for easy online purchases while restaurants, like Dominos, make it easy to order pizza before you head home from work. The question, though, is whether or …

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Verizon More Everything plan to shape future

The future of smartphones is always changing based on new inventions and changes in the industry. A new phone or new app could make the difference between how we live our lives today and how we’ll live our lives tomorrow. With things moving so rapidly, it is a wonder we haven’t become more dependent on …

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Is your smartphone too addictive?

In the last day, have you checked your phone for missed calls or messages more than a few times? Do you spend more time than you should playing games or surfing the web through your phone? The real question is: is your smartphone too addictive? Well the answer to that might be yes, especially if …

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New Amazon Flow app technology

Have you heard about this new Amazon Flow technology? It is making smartphones smarter, which is something we love to see. The more our phones can do for us, the less we have to do for ourselves, which means we can have more fun. The new Amazon Flow app will let you find prices on …

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iPhone users at Verizon get Isis

Isis mobile wallet is one of the newest inventions that is trying to keep you from having to carry a wallet around. Instead of having a bunch of credit and debit cards in your wallet, you could just scan your phone and pay through Isis. Now, iPhone users are Verizon are getting a chance to …

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Mobile advertising to increase with mobile data traffic

Have you ever wondered how much mobile data traffic affects mobile advertising? There is a direct correlation, in fact. The more mobile data someone needs, the more time they are spending on their phone. The more time they are spending on their phone, the more you need to be advertising to them. Advertising is all …

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Apple iPhone sales lower than expected

With so much speculation as to whether or not Apple was having a good year last year with iPhone sales, we’re all ready to see what the final result was. Those who own Apple stock may not be pleased to hear that Apple isn’t doing that well. In fact, sales were much lower than expected. …

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Mobile spying through Angry Birds

Do you play Angry Birds on your phone? What else do you do on your phone? Do you check your email, send text messages, make phone calls, set up calendar notifications, and play other games? Well if so, the NSA is watching you. You’d think there would be nothing to gain by spying on people …

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FTC charges Apple for smartphone in-app purchases

It is so easy to make in-app purchases. You may have just accidentally pressed “get more levels” without realizing it is going to charge you for it, or maybe you just tapped the wrong button accidentally and all the sudden have a bunch of extra lives in Candy Crush. And if it is that easy …

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Do you run on Jelly Bean?

Android is releasing a new operating system regularly, including Jelly Bean. But the truth is, Jelly Bean isn’t even the most recent operating system for Android, though it does seem to finally be getting put on most Android devices. How come Android can’t seem to convince customers to switch over to phones with the new …

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Protect yourself with an iPhone case

Have you ever been out on the town or walking down an alley and thought, “What would I do if someone attacked me right now?” Have you ever tried saving your phone over yourself when you drop it? Well, if you’ve ever experienced either of these things, there is a new phone case that will …

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