SAN FRANCISCO - By 2020, 5.4 billion people around the world will have a phone, more people than will have electricity, running water or cars on the road. This sobering prediction comes from Cisco’s annual report on mobile traffic growth. Cisco's report forecasts a tenfold growth in mobile data traffic to 366.8 exabytes by 2020. What
GRAND RAPIDS - New numbers Pinterest released recently point that traffic has shifted to mobile in a big way. According to Pinterest 4/5 of Pinterest's traffic now comes from Mobile, and 2/3 of the content people pin is from a business website. Listen as Michigan Mobile Musings Host Melissa Birnie interviews Karen Horrigan, a Social
DETROIT - MTAM member, IZI Mobile, is currently seeking Beta Testers for a new mobile app, Tagly, an app for following exactly what you want from modern fashion & lifestyle brands. Follow whatever is relevant to you whether that’s Warby Parker for new frame releases or designer Yumi Kim for upcoming sample sales. Tagly is
GRAND RAPIDS - To help us understand the expected impact of the 'Internet of Things' and to share with us information about the world's first IoT Virtual Conference and Exhibition, Bill Mortimer, Conference Chair for IoT Slam 2015 joins host, Melissa Birnie to discuss the Dec. 9 webinar open to all. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mtam/2015/11/23/are-you-going-to-the-worlds-1st-iot-virtual-conference-exhibition
DETROIT - Part of the work we do at the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan is educate our members, and Michigan’s larger mobile/wireless technology community of technologists and technology users, on matters that can be beneficial to their businesses. One opportunity that most mobile/wireless tech firms & mobile/wireless tech user firms we’ve spoken with are
GRAND RAPIDS – Michigan Mobile Musings Host Melissa Birnie interviews Len Gauger, founder and CEO of Ann Arbor-based startup Message Blocks, an easy-to-use platform that streamlines documents, registration, and event information online. With over 1,100 registrants already in Michigan to-date, Message Blocks software has been used to plan major events across Michigan working with TedX
DETROIT - To help the Southeast Michigan mobile community get a clearer picture of the importance of mobile app and mobile web performance testing and monitoring, Mobile Monday Detroit is presenting Michigan-based experts in the field at its November 9th event at the OU Incubator on the campus of Oakland University. Key statistics indicate the
GRAND RAPIDS - If you want to build a successful mobile app, several Michigan groups are hosting a bootcamp on December 3 aimed at helping you do just that. The Michigan Small Business Development Center, the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, Logic Solutions and Automation Alley are partnering to host a “How to Build a
GRAND RAPIDS - Michael Antaran, CEO of MTAM-member firm, Marvel Apps of Royal Oak, was with us in April 2015 after recently launching a a new product called CARROT Pass that takes advantage of Apple's HealthKit feature, Beacons, and Bluetooth Low Energy technology to give consumers relevant and immediate financial rewards for leading an active lifestyle.
GRAND RAPIDS – Melissa Birnie interviews New Foundry’s CEO Rich Chang about the company’s new driver safety application that streams in vehicles and relays to the information to client applications, creating an interactive map-based user-interface. The result is an engaging, educational experience that allows the audience to see the power of V2X technology and the future of the
