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a silicon bracelet that carries a QR (quick response) code. Emergency responders and health care providers can use a smartphone to scan the QR code, which also can be printed on a necklace or wallet card, and call up the patient's personal website, maintained by Richardson's Edmond-based company.The website “basically gives customers the ability to create a profile, and they can choose to show or hide illnesses, medication and emergency contacts

The company plans to sell the wristband or necklace for about $10, with a $5 monthly subscription to the website containing the client's medical information, Richardson said. Each customer would fill out a template on the company website, then the client can determine how much of that information will be displayed when the code is scanned, Richardson said.

We talk about "the web" and "the mobile web" as if the two are different, but they aren't.

The most common mistake I see is when site owners aggressively optimize their sites for very specific platforms.

2. If you're not embracing social media, get in the game.

5. Be mobile.

6. QR Codes explode

With 40 percent of smartphone owners browsing the Internet more frequently on their phones – using their devices to make holiday charity donations and buy gifts online – it only makes sense to ensure mobile purchases are available anywhere at any time.

The No. 1 thing is brand cohesiveness. Use the same URL on mobile as on your desktop site, as opposed to m. or .mobi. All it takes is a simple redirect script.

product reviews and testimonials, which could even be presented in the form of videos. Additionally, incentives like discounts for an opt-in for future communication and for taking a survey or participating in a poll.

Be Prepared

Respond in a Timely Manner

Handle Public Grievances Privately

Less than two-thirds of black and Hispanic respondents reported living in a household with computer and/or Internet access, compared with more than three-quarters of other ethnic groups, and about 86 percent of Asian Americans.

Holders of bachelor's degrees or higher were found to be more than twice as likely to live in households with a computer and/or Internet access as were people who had not completed high school.

New program helps visitors to learn more about the city.

QR code use is the ideal way to share this information.

It allows visitors to the city to play a game where they must scan the barcodes at various different locations found throughout Dallas. When they perform a scan, they are provided with a trivia question or a task that must be completed. Each time they answer correctly or finish the required activity, they gain points. Those can be accumulated in order to earn prizes.

When the customers used the QR codes to reach the portal, they now have many options available. Those who scan the QR codes are able to pay their bills on the internet, but they can also have a look at detailed information regarding their energy use, and read about rebate programs and energy savings tips that can help them to reduce the amount they are spending on this service. House added that “It’s a kind of one-stop-shop for members.”

The Pew survey also showed that the majority of cell phone users experiencing glitches are African Americans and Hispanics. “This might be tied to the fact that African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely than whites to rely on their cell phones as their primary or exclusive phones for calling and for Internet access,” a note in the survey said.

The survey revealed that 72% of mobile phone users have complained about dropped calls, with some of them having the problem more than once a week. Some 68%, on the other hand, reported spam messages and unwanted sales and marketing calls. When it comes to mobile web browsing, 77% of people surfing the Internet using their cellphones have been struggling with slow download speeds.

he latest ABI Research report has shown that mobile commerce will make up about 24.4 percent of all of the online revenue by the close of 2017.

Last year, the size of the mobile commerce marketplace doubled, reaching $65.6 billion.

SpyderLynk came up with a simple design — a company logo inside a circle with breaks in it — that consumers can photograph with their mobile phones to connect to online promotions.

Pew also found that 53 percent of Americans who use their phones to go online do so at least once per day. That's more than 47 million daily mobile internet users in the U.S.

Age matters. About 65 percent of U.S. cell phone users ages 18-29 go online from their phones, compared with 43 percent of those aged 30-49.