Mobile websites and applications with co-host Dave Peckens. Everything you wanted to know about whether you should have a mobile website or mobile application for your business.
Show notes. Here are the links we discussed in the podcast:
- ComScore: Mobile Social Networking App Audience Grows 126% In Past Year (ReadWriteWeb)
- Half of adult cell phone owners have apps on their phones (Pew Internet)
- Internet Trends via Mary Meeker — October 2011
- Why Mobile Social Media Matters – Statistics, Trends, Technologies
- Google GoMo Helps Businesses Go Mobile (Mashable)
- List of countries by number of mobile phones in use (wikipedia)
- WPtouch Pro (mobile plugin for WordPress)
- 11 Ways to Create a Mobile Friendly WordPress Site (wpbeginner)
- 10 Mobile Plugins for WordPress (DailyBlogTips)
- Lifehacker.com (good mobile site)
- Wunderground (good mobile site)
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