Kevin Benedict

Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search for the latest market numbers such as market size, growth and trends in and around the M2M market. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobile Health News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly The cellular M2M connectivity service market grew 26.2 percent in 2011, rising from 87.7 million cumulative connections in 2010 to 110.6 million cumulative connections globally in 2011. Read Original Content Japan's Tokyo Electric Power plans to in... (more)

Mobile Expert Video Series: Zenware's Jody Sedrick

I had the honor of being invited to be the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Idaho Business League yesterday.  It is a rare time that I get to attend an event close to home.  The conference was packed, and we had a great time together discussing enterprise mobility and what it means to the businesses of Idaho. While attending the conference, I met up with Jody Sedrick, one of the founders of Zenware.  Zenware develops cloud based mobile applications that are integrated with Quickbooks, a huge market!  This video is an interview that I did with Mr. Sedrick. Upcoming ... (more)

Mobility News Weekly - Week of January 23, 2012

The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly Also read Mobile Health News Weekly Also read Mobility Charts Weekly Nielsen says that 44.5 percent of consumers who purchased a smartphone in the last three months bo... (more)

What's New in HTML5?

AT&T to Launch HTML5 App Store, Offers SDK for Mobile Web Developers AT&T’s new AppCenter is an Android app store which will sell “unwrapped” HTML5 apps, promoting HTML5 as an alternative to native mobile apps.  The AppCenter was launched January 9, 2012, and is available in beta form on Android devices, with plans for additional platforms in 2012.  According to a January 11, 2011 article in Ars Technica, “AT&T Offers HTML5 SDK for Third-party Mobile Web App Developers”, the company has also “released a set of JavaScript APIs and a software development kit (SDK) that provide Web ... (more)

What's New in HTML5

Each week I conduct market research on HTML5 that includes news, quotes, market growth and developments around HTML5 and share the more interesting ones here with you.  I hope you find it useful. A new survey from Evans Data shows that 43 percent of developers in North America and 58% in the Asia Pacific region are using HTML5.  The trend is expected to grow even further in 2012. Read Original Content CEO of web framework and tool provider Sencha, Michael Mullany, states “Looking at the phenomenal rise of HTML5 as the next industry standard for Web development, it's clear that 2011... (more)