With an increase in confidence by advertisers in the mobile platform,  nearly double the amount spent on mobile advertising over last year, (1.23B vs 743mil), will more than likely occur this year, according to an article by PaidContent.org.  As we approach the Holidays, brace for more creative advertising on your smartphones and smartpads... Especially on the "free sites" like Facebook, Google and Yahoo!

In an article by Chloe Albanesius, of PC Magazine,  the Reader Privacy Act of 2011 will require government agencies to obtain a court order before they access customer records from book stores or online retailers. It will officially become law on January 1.

Consumers are finding and purchasing products/services online but the trust or relevance in the ad sometimes hinders the click-through.
In a report from Emarketer, online advertising has become more influential and consumers aren't bypassing relevant ads.  They are actually clicking on them.

According to an article from Kurzweil News, Google has begun roll out their Wallet app on the Sprint network to all Sprint Nexus S 4G phones with plans for more phones and possible other wireless networks in the future. 

Competition for English Keywords and content is around 50 to 80%, according to current reports.  In an article on Search Engine Watch,  Christian Arno explains how it is possible to achieve higher rankings using foreign language keywords.

According to an article by Aaron Smith, a national survey of Americans indicated that nearly a third of adults prefer receiving texts on their mobile device rather than having to a real voice call.

In the near future, consumers will have the ability to pay for most things from their smartphones.  The predicted growth of Mobile Payments is 3 fold over the next 4 years.  Siting information from Juniper Research, it is predicted  mobile payments will grow because of remote mobile payments and payments made by mobile phones at the point of sale.
The need to carry credit cards will eventually become a thing of the past as our smartphones are able to verify who we are and that we have sufficient funds or credit the complete a transaction.

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More and more consumers are using social media as well as their mobile devices to shop for items before they purchase.  In an article on Internet Retailer, consumers are turning to social websites as well as site like Gooogle Shopper to find pricing for products before they purchase.

As more and more people look to the internet for information, the demand for a  fast and reliable connection continues to increase.  As mentioned in an article from Kurzweil News,  global internet traffic is set to quadruple by 2015!  Here is a chart from Cisco Systems to put it into perspective: