Introducing the Future of Web Development
Smartphone, tablet, and e-reader statistics are showing an unprecedented adoption rate, making the mobile web a very hot topic and requiring a new set of skills from web developers and designers. Mobile device usage is skyrocketing; according to Nielsen’s third-quarter 2011 Mobile Media Report, “44 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone device, compared to 18 percent just two years ago.” That’s more than double in two years, and “the number of smartphone subscribers using the mobile Internet has grown 45 percent since 2010.” As for tablets, in June 2011 AMI-Partners (Access Markets International) forecasted that “tablet adoption among businesses with between 1 and 1,000 employees will ...
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