Tech

Is bending and twisting how we will be interacting with our phones? 

NFC on the rise. MasterCard have PayPass, Visa have payWave. The leaders of the pack will embrace this now, not in 2013 post Apple releasing the iphone5 that will surely (finally) have an NFC chip.
http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/content/rim-scores-mastercard-nfc-certification 

Sony buy Sony Ericsson to take total control of their mobile offerings.
http://phandroid.com/2011/10/27/breaking-sony-buys-sony-ericsson-for-e1-05-billion/ 

Apperently it cost $1.64 to acquire a “loyal” app user. A loyal app user is somebody that opens the app three times.
http://www.insidemobileapps.com/2011/10/26/fiksu-cost-loyal-user/

Amazon to cut the publisher out?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gadgets/rewriting-the-rules-how-amazon-could-cut-e-book-prices-by-cutting-out-publishers/

Coming soon to a GoogleTV near you - Android apps.
http://mobiputing.com/2011/10/android-market-coming-soon-to-google-tv/ - 

The re-birth of Nokia and Windows mobile? Pleased to see another device and strong OS on the scene.
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/10/26/nokia-lumia-800-handson-get-load-first-real-windows-phone/  [with video] 

[infographic] Android’s rapid rise.
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/10/24/infographic-androids-rise-top/ - 

HTML5 love. ”Ebook designers will be able to make use of CSS3 support and fixed layouts, as well as embedded fonts for a wider variety of typefaces.”
http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/portable-media/amazon-kindle-ebooks-to-get-html5-support-1036159 - 

Android now lead Apple in app downloads, not that Apple will be worried. They still have a more apps downloaded per person and they have the better apps.
http://www.businessinsider.com/android-apple-mobile-downloads-2011-10

F-commerce to rule the web?
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2011/10/21/facebook-credits-for-websites/

[infographic] Tablets in the workplace, it’s only just begun really.
http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/21/how-the-enterprise-is-adopting-tablets-infographic/

It wont be long before almost everybody in facebook is working on their mobile offerings.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/22/bret-taylor-facebook-mobile/

1 in 15 searches were mobile in 2010, now it’s 1 in 7.
http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/content/1-7-search-queries-mobile

The co-founder and CEO of the brains behind the only talking point of the iphone4S, Siri, has left Apple.
http://allthingsd.com/20111023/exclusive-siri-co-founder-kittlaus-departs-from-apple/

Google to swallow up Yahoo? If monopolies were encourage. (Oh wait…)
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/google-linked-to-yahoo-bid-1036007

Marketing

60 percent of consumers researching products through multiple online sources learned about a specific brand or retailer through social networking sites.
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/how-social-media-impacts-brand-marketing/

AR being used by VW, following up on the lovely “HTML5” website.
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/volkswagen-new-beetle-augmented-reality-ads/

Useful & Cool

A great collection of websites using css media queries
http://mediaqueri.es/

Slide show guide for optimising for mobile.
http://www.slideshare.net/andreasbovens/optimizing-your-layout-for-phones-and-tablets-using-viewport-and-media-queries

SEO explained in plain English and drawings. Nice.
http://www.commoncraft.com/video/search-engine-optimization-seo

50 free PSD web UI elements to help you design the next best thing.
http://designyoutrust.com/2011/10/20/50-free-and-high-quality-psd-web-ui-elements-to-speed-up-your-design-process/

Finally - if online check out was off line.