At last, a great report on how Mobile Internet is changing our behaviour, from Ericsson. The comparison of our connected lives prior to smartphone and now is quite dramatic. Reading the full report, it is no surprise that the game changer is apps. The view from Ericsson’s research is the device does not matter but the apps… [Read more…]
May 9, 2011 by topbananas
The US Smartphone Grand Prix is getting exciting. At the previous corner Android slipped by Apple taking 2nd position (Dec 2010). Coming out this corner with speed Android has powered past BlackBerry to take first place (Mar 2011). Android is through the chicane taking a strong lead leaving the Apple in third battling with BlackBerry… [Read more…]
April 27, 2011 by topbananas
The battle between Google and Apple for the mass market of smartphones has for some had a clear outcome. The Google Android platform is available on many, many handsets, it has lower entry price points, cheaper contracts and as a platform has developed very quickly. Android was always going to get the biggest market share,… [Read more…]
April 11, 2011 by andyheadworth
It is interesting for me to review a mobile recruiting app. I am one of ‘those’ early adoptors of technology for sure, and I like to think I stay reasonably ahead of the curve in terms of innovation, but when it comes to companies using mobile apps for recruitment I have always been a little… [Read more…]
April 4, 2011 by topbananas
This morning on Mashable there is this article sharing old mobile TV ads. This is a great reminder to us all that the mobile Internet focus we have today has been a long time coming. It really highlights that mobile is far from hype but instead reaching maturity. Anyway, here are my favourites, enjoy. Motorola… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011 by topbananas
This is the first in a series of articles to explain mobile Internet from the ground up. If your an expert mobile guru then this is probably not for you – sorry. If you have just seen PepsiCo US Possibilities Apps and want to learn the fundamentals then this is part 1 for you! As mobile has… [Read more…]
March 17, 2011 by topbananas
Last week was the CareerJunction Information Exchange – CJiX – in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the 2nd year CJiX has run and was highly informative and full of interesting people. The big topics were economic recovery, social recruiting and mobile recruiting. As a visitor from Europe who is also familiar with the US market, it was very… [Read more…]
March 9, 2011 by topbananas
Today more stats have been released to back up last week’s data. The fact is Android is out selling Blackberry and iPhone in the US and other markets. This is based on ComScore’s release showing that iPhone’s market share is stable, Windows and Blackberry is dropping while Android is growing. Today at CJiX in South… [Read more…]
February 17, 2011 by topbananas
The 2010 Mobile Recruiting Survey is ready just in time for #TRULondon, where I will be talking about the rapidly growing mobile channel. A joint project from both sides of the Atlantic, Allthetopbananas.com and Job Board Doctor (Jeff Dickey-Chasins) developed and ran a survey to measure the temperature of the attitude towards the Mobile Channel… [Read more…]
February 10, 2011 by topbananas
By now I expect you have read somewhere the leaked memo from Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop? What does this mean to mobile recruiting? If you have not then Elop starts the memo with a story about a man on an oil platform in the North Sea, which is on fire. The man has a choice… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011 by topbananas
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