Apple is said to be working on two curved display iPhone models for the “second half of next year,” according to a source speaking to Bloomberg, with a likely released planned for the third quarter, and building better touchscreen sensors that introduce fine pressure sensitivity for later devices to be introduced after that.

When it comes to your mobile marketing strategy, new research shows why marketing toward women is more important than ever. As Beans has written about before on this blog, women and moms are a key demographic in the marketing world. Not only are women overall much more active and engaged with brands on social media than men, but moms are also top users of social media and mobile devices, and they love to recommend and gain recommendations for brands. With this new study, we see a similar trend amongst

Late to the online consumer market, the retail giant is expanding its web presence to challenge the online shopping king.

In terms of sheer revenue and size, it’s hard to challenge Walmart when it comes to retail (an expected $500 billion in revenue this year). However, in the growing online marketplace Walmart is still playing catch-up.

As difficult as it is to believe, Walmart is still learning e-commerce as they prepare to challenge the online retail king, Amazon. To gain some leverage, Walmart has established @WalmartLabs at Walmart Global E-Commerce in California.

It’s often said that a smartphone contains all the computing power NASA used to put people on the moon. But while today’s computer chips are incredibly capable, they’re still not as energy efficient as they could be.

For some of us, rising with the sun is second nature and is often filled with energy and enthusiasm. For others, the sound of the alarm in the morning is an alert that we dread as it signifies the time to rise from our slumber.

One of the clunkier aspects of the mobile experience is the lack of a seamless transition from app to app.

For instance, when LinkedIn sends you an email about a new connection, the accompanying link sends you to LinkedIn's homepage rather than its app. If you're a retailer advertising on mobile, those who click through will either go to your homepage or to the front door of your app, rather than to a page where they can buy a product.

A quick glance between the iPhone’s new iOS 7 and its predecessor will show you two troubling trends in graphic design:
Flat and simple is hot.
Dimension and dynamic is not.

Well-respected mobile app analytics firm Flurry has just released a deep dive report on the Korean mobile market, and it makes for fascinating reading.

Among the nuggets is a chart which shows that — according to Flurry analytics — 41 percent of smartphones and tablets in Korea are phablets, i.e. smartphones that are between 5 and 7-inches in length. That’s compared to a global average of just 7 percent.

Recently, there has been much debate as to whether developers are better served beginning mobile software production iOS- or Android-first.

While this may be different for each developer, and certainly there are good reasons for each approach depending upon specific circumstances, we at Sensopia chose an iOS-first approach for the development of MagicPlan. We are now releasing our software on Android, after having developed and iterated on iOS for a while. Our software is unique in a number of ways, and may offer some insights into the current debate among developers, or at least illustrate some of the deeper concerns when choosing between the two platforms.