written by Andrew McGarry

Despite suffering from a headcold and not particularly looking forward to my Monday morning 6.45am start, let’s distract ourselves for a few minutes with the latest mCommerce stories hitting the web.

Seeing as it’s Sunday, there may be a few links to things that have cropped up in the last week or so that I have yet to highlight. Apologies for the lack of commentary so far but once I’ve developed the site some more it won’t be long before more in-depth rants analysis naturally takes over.

• Why Your Business Needs a Mobile Website Right Now – Mashable set out the key reasons why businesses need to sort out their mobile strategy while pimping Hubspot and linking to obvious places like Google’s HowToGoMo

• Building a Mobile Ecommerce Dashboard in Google Analytics – Businesses of all sizes should be constantly looking for ways to improve their analytics capabilities and this guide sets out the basics for a custom dashboard.

• An IE6 Option: Treat As Mobile – Microsoft are working on a solution to “silently” upgrade all pre-IE9 users to the latest version. Regardless, this is an interesting take on the old problem of IE6.

• Mobify Brings Mobile Commerce to Online Merchants – While it may look like an advertorial, Mobify’s mobile web platform is picking up some cool clients like Threadless and if the interview here is anything to go by, they know their stuff.

• Desktop vs. Mobile Websites: Know the Differences – This is a dummies guide to mobile websites and the type of design considerations you may wish to consider. Only read this if you’re not tech-savvy or you’re the MD/CEO of a company who thinks LinkedIn profiles are accurate.

written by Andrew McGarry

We’re only a week away from Christmas Eve so Need Mobile is breaking out the snowman images.

Don’t worry, there will be plenty of time in 2012 for blogposts debating whether female tech cover stars like @oliviamunn help magazines like T3 to survive.

But let’s put our cynicism aside and catch up on the latest mcommerce stories making the news.

• Canadian mobile payment technology reaches over $1 million in daily credit card processing - More data around online shopping trends.

• “The Mobile Cloud Computing Market Will Generate 45 Billion Dollars in Revenues by 2016″ Says the Latest Visiongain Report - There’s a link to the report itself contained in the article.

• Travel & hospitality brands need to make mobile a top priority for 2012 - Tourism markets, if they haven’t already, need to sort out their mobile strategy for 2012 or get left behind.

• How does Nokia Money mobile payment service work in India? - More information on Nokia Money mobile payment services, following up on previous update.

• Do Shoppers Using Cell Phones and Tablets Need More Protections? - Privacy concerns discussed by medicaldaily.com so no Daily Mail style OTT nonsense.

• Shopping While You Tweet – Payvment Supports Mobile Shopping on Twitter - Payvment pushing ecommerce via Twitter.

• Best Magento Mobile eCommerce App - Magento may be every php developer’s nightmare but worth keeping tabs on latest developments.

• Hubspot.tv Video Discusses Mobile Ecommerce Stats for Christmas 2011 - If you can get past the cringe-worthiness of the Hubspot video series, they do discuss some interesting points.

• How to Design a Mobile e-Commerce Site: Our Experience with JQuery Mobile - One site’s experience of a mobile ecommerce solution.

Olivia Munn about to make a mobile site purchase. Possibly.

written by Andrew McGarry

Below is what has caught my eye (not literally, that’d be painful) during the latest mobile ecommerce research.

I’d like to say this will become a daily fixture but let’s instead be realistic and call it the ‘Almost Daily’ update.

So if you’re looking for the top stories around mobile websites, tablet solutions and platforms – visit here regularly!

• 40 must-read mobile posts from 2011
  Econsultancy list all their best mobile market insights in one handy, link-bait ready place. And it worked because I’ve just linked to it. Worth scanning at least.

• Ecommerce options may open more mobile wallets
  “New data finds consumers are spending with mobile content – magazines, newspapers, etc. – than they are with printed copies. That news will push more brands into the mobile space, to engage consumers with more content as well as shopping options.”

• New TapBuy Technology Increases Conversion by Simplifying Checkout for Shoppers on Mobile Phones
  With conversion optimisation not being a high enough priority for desktop business websites, will mobile website designers get it right this time around? Always worth reading up on latest techniques and tips.

• Nokia enters mobile wallet service
  The idea of alternative methods of payment prompts Nokia India to launch its own solution. Fits in very much with the ideas discussed in my Google Wallet post this week.