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| Aug 31, 2015 | Mobile + web apps: It’s all about the blend | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Business users shift multiple times a day between computers and mobile devices, so it’s not surprising that the winning business applic... |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Mobile + web apps: It’s all about the blend | Business users shift multiple times a day between computers and mobile devices, so it’s not surprising that the winning business applications have figured out how to seamlessly blend the experiences by relying on persistent underlying data ... |
| Jul 8, 2015 | The Revenge Of The Desktop App | Bret Taylor had a chart that was going the wrong way.
The CEO of Quip, a startup whose namesake app promised to redefine word processing for the mobile era, had seen a curious trend: Desktop usage of Quip, which was minimal at first, had be... |
| Jun 13, 2015 | Mobile App Enablers: Who Will Be The Winners? | Joe Floyd Contributor
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| Dec 10, 2014 | ‘WhatsApp For the Workplace’ Cotap Adds Universal Chat Feature Accessible Via URLs | Cotap, the enterprise messaging app founded by ex-Yammer execs that bills itself as a ‘WhatsApp for the workplace’, has launched a new feature to expand the circle of people who use the app: it now lets others send messages to those users v... |
| Oct 17, 2014 | The fractured state of enterprise messaging: Why can’t anyone get it right? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Picture this: You’re part of a new project at you... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Cotap, A WhatsApp For The Workplace, Adds Box, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive And Desktop App | Cotap, a startup founded by former Yammer executives Jim Patterson and Zack Parker that launched last year with the premise of becoming a “WhatsApp for the workplace“, is today unveiling a new build of its product, and a wider remit. Cotap ... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Cotap plugs into Box to make enterprise file-sharing as easy as sending a text | Normally, I can’t stand to hear about yet another messaging app — how many times are we going to reinvent the wheel? — but Cotap is a little different, and it added a cool new feature today.
Unlike most other messaging services, Cotap is fo... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Cotap plugs into Box to make enterprise file-sharing as easy as sending a text | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Normally, I can’t stand to hear about yet another messaging app — how many times are we going to reinvent the wheel? — but Cotap is a l... |
| Jul 22, 2014 | Redefining friction in a mobile-first world | This sponsored post is produced by Jim Patterson, co-founder & CEO, Cotap.
“Faster and easier” has long been the new-and-improved mantra of technology marketing. When reducing friction for users meant switching from a desktop computer t... |
| Jul 7, 2014 | Upsight & Grindr: Creating loyal mobile users with the power of location | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Studies have shown that mobile users not only expect mobile apps to be designed for their convenience, but they also expect their apps ... |
| Jul 7, 2014 | Upsight & Grindr: Creating loyal mobile users with the power of location | Studies have shown that mobile users not only expect mobile apps to be designed for their convenience, but they also expect their apps to take advantage mobile-specific features like location.
Location offers a massive opportunity for mobil... |
| Jul 6, 2014 | The time for deep linking standards is now | Year after year since the big app stores launched, native apps have asserted their hegemony over the mobile web. One big drawback of native apps was the inability then the difficulty to seamlessly access any content from one app to the othe... |
| Jul 5, 2014 | Driving commerce with mobile: increasing savings & shortening in-store visits | Walmart has sought to revolutionize the in-store experience by adding navigation, voice commands, shopping lists, price comparisons, and other useful tools to its mobile applications.
At next week’s MobileBeat — July 8-9 in San Francisco — ... |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Learn how leading mobile publishers find the right users at the right time | Our seventh annual MobileBeat event is just around the corner on July 8-9 in San Francisco, and we’ve got a limited number of tickets left for what we believe is the must-attend mobile event of the year.
We’re thrilled to announce a session... |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Fighting the mobile retail war: How to meet customers every step of the way | The stakes are high in mobile retail, because suddenly more people are shopping on their mobile phone than ever before.
And with people using their phones more than desktops. the game has completely changed for the traditional giants of ret... |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Fighting the mobile retail war: How to meet customers every step of the way | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The stakes are high in mobile retail, because suddenly more people are shopping on their mobile phone than ever before.
And with people... |
| Jul 2, 2014 | Yo founders to unveil how the stupidly simple app got such stupidly huge growth | They say good design is about doing more with less.
Yo is pushing that adage to the limit with a single-purpose app that the founders claim has garnered over 1 million users — 750,000 of them in just a few days of furious viral activity.
Se... |
| Jul 1, 2014 | Announcing the MobileBeat Innovation Showdown finalists | We received over 100 quality startup applicants to the MobileBeat Innovation Showdown, one of the highlights of VentureBeat’s seventh annual event on the future of mobile (next Tuesday and Wednesday, July 8 and July 9, in San Francisco).
We... |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 12 major brands show off their customer-conversion strategies at MobileBeat | Consumer traffic is spiking on mobile devices. It’s shifting away from the desktop, which is dangerous for brands that took the PC experience granted for so long.
So brands are scrambling to manage the shift, seeking to build mobile experie... |
| Jun 30, 2014 | Yahoo Mobile's careful use of push messaging pays off | So you have a great mobile app or product. But how do you attract users? And more importantly, how do you retain users? One key aspect is mastering the balance between push and pull.
There’s a fine line between whether a notification will h... |
| Jun 27, 2014 | 30 new MobileBeat speakers, and tickets shoot up $200 at 5 p.m. Pacific today | MobileBeat is coming right up, and the price shoots up today (June 27) at 5 p.m. Pacific!
This is your last to chance to save $200. Sign up here.
Our goal this year is to highlight winning strategies for tracking and serving customers along... |
| Jun 26, 2014 | L'Oreal & Shopkick explore how brands can benefit from the sharp rise of consumer traffic on mobile | Consumer traffic on mobile devices is accelerating at a rapid pace, rising 81 percent in the last year alone.
As a result, mobile is becoming the No. 1 medium for companies to reach their target markets — any time, any place. But as a fairl... |
| Jun 25, 2014 | AT&T on how the 'Internet of things' will drive the next wave of growth on mobile | Mobile- and web-industry experts constantly speculate about where the next big wave of growth will come from.
Will it be Google Glass? A new type of sensor? Smart-home devices like Nest or Dropcam? The future appears to be pointing to the g... |
| Jun 25, 2014 | CEOs of four of the hottest predictive app companies join MobileBeat lineup | A powerful trend in mobile is taking shape: Smaller, faster, less expensive, and more intelligent connected devices are everywhere. Backing them up is increasingly powerful cloud software that leverages machine learning to draw inferences a... |
| Jun 24, 2014 | Here's why MobileBeat is the must-attend mobile event of the year | Our seventh annual MobileBeat event is coming right up on July 8-9 in San Francisco, and we’re confident we’ve put together the must-attend mobile event of the year.
We’re highlighting winning strategies for tracking and serving customers a... |
| Jun 23, 2014 | Here's how national brands are using mobile to market in your hometown, store by store | In mobile marketing, local campaigns can drive sales at the store level, but the challenge lies in scaling these benefits at national level.
Brands, retailers, and agencies work together to explore how mobile platforms can help businesses a... |
| Jun 23, 2014 | How LivingSocial baked marketing into its mobile-first approach | Mobile has the fastest adoption of any new medium ever. Companies are watching as consumption on mobile screens rapidly outpaces consumption on the desktop.
While mobile commerce is growing, it is clearly behind when compared to consumption... |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Location is the 'mobile cookie' | Location, considered by many to be the “mobile cookie,” is being used in increasingly sophisticated ways to help brands better connect with consumers.
VentureBeat’s upcoming MobileBeat event — July 8-9 in SF — is featuring a panel on how lo... |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Google’s head of performance media explores what’s really driving growth on mobile | Businesspeople are talking about the important role mobile is playing in driving growth across sectors—such as retail, services, and entertainment. But with so many disparate data sources, it’s hard to know exactly what is going on with reg... |
| Jun 17, 2014 | Case study in mobile marketing: How Trulia partnered with top mobile app Pandora | Marketers are struggling to keep up with the explosion in mobile users.
In an effort to reach the largest audience possible, they’re focusing their efforts on the mobile apps with the most users. Facebook and Twitter are, of course, the top... |
| Jun 11, 2014 | Zula, The Team Communication App From VoIP Pioneer Jeff Pulver, Raises Further $3M | Israeli startup Zula, the team communication app founded by VoIP pioneers Jeff Pulver (Vonage) and Jacob Ner-David (Delta Three), has closed a $3 million series A round. The round was led by Morton Meyerson of 2M, who is joined by Ourcrowd,... |
| Jun 10, 2014 | With $800,000 In Seed Funding, Pie Wants To Take A Slice Of The Enterprise Collaboration Market | Pie, the latest contender in the enterprise collaboration space, competes with services like Slack, which recently raised an impressive $42.75 million, as well as a host of other companies such as Convo, Hipchat, Hall, and CoTap. So how doe... |
| May 28, 2014 | Desktop usage is cratering. Here's how to get ahead on mobile | Mobile has become almost cliché among Silicon Valley companies. Everyone’s talking about their “mobile first” strategy.
Facebook now makes a majority of its revenue from mobile, up from almost nothing three years ago. And evidence about the... |
| May 24, 2014 | The Promise, Progress And Pain Of Collaboration Software | Jason Green Contributor
Jason Green is a founder and general partner of Emergence Capital.
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| May 23, 2014 | Mobile startups: Get noticed at the MobileBeat Innovation Showdown | Nominations have just opened for the Innovation Showdown, one of the highlights of our seventh annual MobileBeat event (July 8 and July 9) at the Hilton in San Francisco.
We’re looking for companies — from young startups to more established... |
| Apr 2, 2014 | ‘WhatsApp For The Workplace’ App Cotap Adds Analytics, Security And Alerts As Its First Paid Services | Cotap, an enterprise messaging startup founded by ex-Yammer execs, launched last year with ambitions to be the “WhatsApp for the workplace” — a free app that was as ubiquitous as the popular messaging service bought by Facebook in February ... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | Cotap Raises $10M in Second Financing Round |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Leading enterprise mobile messaging service, today announced it received $10 million in its second round of funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on Cotap
>> To export Cotap funding data to PDF and ... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | Cotap grabs $10M to bring business messaging to all employees — even your barista | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Major enterprises like Starbucks and Walmart have... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | Enterprise Messaging App Cotap Nabs $10M To Make ‘Every Worker A Knowledge Worker’ | Cotap, a messaging startup co-founded by two ex-Yammer executives, came out of stealth last year with a very specific aim: using the boom in smartphone usage to break down communication barriers between “knowledge workers” chained to comput... |
| Jan 28, 2014 | Cotap Raises $10M in Second Funding | Cotap, a San Francisco, CA-based enterprise mobile messaging service, raised $10m in second funding.
The round was led by Emergence Capital Partners, with participation from existing investor Charles River Ventures.
The company, which has n... |
| Oct 3, 2013 | Cotap Launches Mobile Messaging Service For The Business World | Cotap, a startup that strives to be the GroupMe of the business world, has launched its mobile messaging service designed for corporate customers.
The service, available as an iPhone app and later on Android, allows users to invite people i... |
| May 29, 2013 | CoTap Raises $5.5M in Series A Funding | CoTap, a San Francisco-based workplace mobile messaging startup, raised $5.5m in Series A funding.
Backers included Charles River Ventures and Emergence Capital.
The company will use the funds to hire iOS, Android, and Rails engineers to bu... |
| May 29, 2013 | CoTap Completes $5.5M Series A |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Company created by former Yammer Execs, today announced that it has raised a $5.5 million Series A round.
>> Click here for more funding data on CoTap
>> To export CoTap funding data to PDF and Excel, clic... |
| May 29, 2013 | Former Yammer execs raise $5.5M to build a work-friendly texting app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Six billion SMS messages are sent every day in the United States, and increasingly these texts are for work purposes.
CoTap has tapped ... |
| May 29, 2013 | Ex-Yammer Execs Raise $5.5M For CoTap, A Mobile Messaging App Aiming To Be WhatsApp For The Workplace | The rush of new mobile messaging apps, building on the popularity of services like WhatsApp and Line, continues apace, with the latest twist a service for business users. CoTap, an app co-founded by Yammer ex-chief product officer Jim Patte... |
| May 29, 2013 | Former Yammer execs raise $5.5M to build a work-friendly texting app | Six billion SMS messages are sent every day in the United States, and increasingly these texts are for work purposes.
CoTap has tapped into $5.5 million to speed up development of its mobile messaging app for the enterprise. The company was... |
