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Indoor Venues Are The Next Frontier For Location-Based Services
Location is a cornerstone of mobile experiences and enables some of the most widely used mobile apps, such as Foursquare and Yelp. Location has also become a new battleground as Apple, Google, and...
Forrester partners with Shop.org annually to survey online retail executives on their adoption of various web-related technologies and the investment levels associated with those initiatives. This...

Policy And Procedures: The Mobile App Development Playbook
This report outlines best practices in mobile app design that application development & delivery professionals can use to design great mobile apps. Customer expectations for mobile apps have never...
The Next Devices And Platforms That Matter To Your Product Strategy
Consumers are adopting technology faster than ever: Witness the rapid mainstreaming of devices such as the Apple iPad and Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360. Wearable devices will be next, but right now...

As four of the largest and arguably most currently influential technology companies — Google, Amazon.com, Apple, and Facebook — continue to exhibit ambitious tendencies to capture...

Mobile Devices And Interactive Displays Are Redefining The In-Store Experience For Sales Associates And Customers Alike
Retailers are ditching the term multichannel. Instead, in the era of agile commerce, they talk about delivering a "buy anywhere, fulfill anywhere" experience to their customers. In pursuit of this...

A Framework For Managing Innovation Opportunities In eBusiness
From the sudden rise of Groupon to Google's opportunity to turn every Android phone into a wallet, rapid innovation is turning eBusiness on its head. When facing waves of disruption, how can...
US eBook Forecast, 2010 To 2015
Since Amazon.com introduced the Kindle eReader in 2007, all of the industry's attention has focused on the rapid adoption and proliferation of eReaders. However, the success of the devices has been...
An Analysis Of US eBusiness International Expansion
It used to be that international expansion for US-based retailers meant shipping to Canada. Today, however, the majority of the top 50 online retailers in the US have a presence outside the country...
US Consumers Have Little Clue About Their Phone's Software
In the white-hot US smartphone market, the once-invisible underlying software platforms have become one of the fiercest areas of competition. RIM and Apple lead this market, while platforms from...
The mobile industry is in full swing. Its center of gravity is shifting from hardware to software, from voice to data and services, and from traditional telecom stakeholders to new entrants. Google's...
As Barnes & Noble Enters The Fray, eBook Sales Are Still Anybody's Game
When Barnes & Noble (B&N) launched its nook eReader at the aggressive price of $259 — a full $140 cheaper than other eReaders on the market with similar features — it drew attention to...