WorldWide Tourism Market

Worldwide Tourism Market:

Image Source: Paris Tourism Map
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Tourism_in_Paris.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24431382@N03/4671584999/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624209158632/map/
Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourisme_en_%C3%8Ele-de-France

France: #1 visited country
Paris: #1 visited city

Top 10 most visited Countries in the World
(in Million of tourists / year):
France (76.8, ~9% of Total)
USA (54.9)
Spain (52.2)
China (50.9)
Italy (43.2)
UK (28.8)
Turkey (25.5)
Germany (24.2)
Malaisia (23.6)
Mexico (21.5)
Total worlwide (880.5)
Source: 2009 Data http://www.tourisme.gouv.fr/stat_etudes/c_cles/chiffres_cles10.pdf

Top 10 most visited Cities in the World
(in Million of visitors / year):
Paris - France (15.6)
London - UK (14.8)
Bangkok - Thailand (10.84)
Singapore - Singapore (10.1)
New York City - USA (9.5)
Hong Kong - China (7.94)
Istanbul - Turkey (7.05)
Dubai - United Arab Emirates (6.9)
Shanghai - China (6.66)
Rome - Italy (6.12)
Source: http://www.vacationideas.me/travel-tips/top-10-most-visited-cities-in-the-world/

The most visited (> 0.5 M) places in France
(in Million of visitors / year):
Disneyland Resort Paris (13.1)
Notre-Dame de Paris (10.0)
Musée du Louvre (8.423)
Tour Eiffel (6.930)
Château de Versailles (5.614)
Centre Pompidou (5.484)
Aquaboulevard (5.1)
Cité des Sciences de la Villette (3.042)
Musée d'Orsay (3.025)
Muséum d'histoire naturelle (2.2)
Parc Astérix (1.8)
Arc de Triomphe (1.570)
Musée du Quai Branly (1.389)
Château et musée des Ducs de Bretagne / Nantes (1.339)
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais (1.280)
Musée de l'Armée (1.266)
Merveille de l'abbaye / Mont Saint Michel (1.203)
Sainte Chapelle (0.830)
Institut du Monde Arabe (0.823)
Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris (0.810)
Musée Rodin (0.751)
Musée Grévin (0.740)
Musée Carnavalet (0.730)
Château / Chambord (0.718)
Palais de la Découverte (0.658)
Tour Montparnasse (0.644)
Palais des Papes / Avignon (0.599)
Petit Palais (0.580)
Musée du Luxembourg (0.560)
Panthéon (0.558)
Musée de l'Orangerie (0.544)
Château du Haut Koenigsbourg / Orschwiller (0.516)
Palais Garnier (0.500)
Source: http://www.idf.pref.gouv.fr/donnees/tourisme.htm
http://www.tourisme.gouv.fr/stat_etudes/memento/2009/sites-touristiques.xls

Top 10 Congress cities in the World
(number of meetings)
Paris (228)
Bruxelles (196)
Londres (171)
Vienne (165)
Singapore (137)
Copenhague (137)
Barcelona (129)
Geneva (112)
Berlin (105)
Sydney (94)
Source: http://www.idf.pref.gouv.fr/donnees/tourisme.htm

"Autonomie Mobile" day at IBM France H.Q. in Bois Colombes the 14th of december

MobiNear will present at "Autonomie Mobile" day at IBM France H.Q. in Bois Colombes the 14th of december.
Program is here: http://www.mobinear.com/corporate/MobiNear_IBM_Autonomie_Mobile.pdf
If you need invitations, please contact us at: contact (at) mobinear.com

Payment Open Application Programming Interfaces (i.e. Open APIs) "History"

Here is a quick "History" of the Payment Open Application Programming Interfaces (i.e. Open APIs):

PAYPAL
20 June 2005:
PayPal Announces Website Payments Pro, A New Payment Product For Small Businesses
"Website Payments Pro features three new functions: Express Checkout, Direct Payment API and Virtual Terminal."
"For buyers who don't have PayPal accounts, Direct Payment API lets merchants accept credit card transactions just as they would with traditional merchant accounts."
https://www.paypal-media.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=166510

GOOGLE
29 June 2006:
Google Checkout Opens for Business
"These integration options include cut-and-paste buy buttons, as well as an advanced API that integrates with existing merchant shopping carts and order management systems."
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/checkout.html

AMAZON
2 August 2007:
Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Amazon FPS) - Limited Beta
"The set of web services APIs allows the movement of money between any two entities, humans or computers."
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2007/08/02/amazon-flexible-payments-service-amazon-fps---limited-beta/

PAYPAL Adaptive Payments
23 July 2009:
PayPal to Become First Truly Global Payment Platform Open to Third-Party Developers
"Today PayPal announced plans to open its payment platform to third-party developers with the release of new APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that allow developers to embed PayPal's secure global payment system into their applications and platforms."
https://www.paypal-media.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=398758

YAHOO
28 August 2009:
Order and Payment APIs General Release
"Order and Payment APIs are now available to all Merchant Solutions Standard, Professional, and Yahoo! Store merchants."
http://www.ystoreblog.com/blog/2009/08/access-manager-order-and-payment-apis-general-release-and-checkout-enhancements/

MASTERCARD
25 May 2010:
MasterCard to Unleash Payment Innovation by Launching New Open API Developer Portal
"Select MasterCard Payment and Data Services Will be Released via Open API to Worldwide Software Developer Community to Create New, Innovative Payment Applications"
"The new Open API program is the first initiative from the newly created MasterCard Labs."
http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/newsroom/mc_launching_new_open_api_developer_portal.html

VISA
25 October 2010:
Visa Opens World's Leading Payments Network to Independent Developers
"Authorize.Net Developer Center Enhanced to Facilitate Creation of Innovative Electronic Payments Applications"
http://developer.authorize.net/api
http://investor.visa.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=215693&p=irol-newsArticle&id=1486449

MobiNear RetailBox is already compatible with PayPal X.

Henri SEYDOUX is Speaker at Le Web Paris 10

Henri SEYDOUX will present at LeWeb Paris 10, December 8th & 9th, 2010, Les Docks, Paris.
P.S.: Henri SEYDOUX is a Business Angel & Administrator of MobiNear S.A..

http://www.leweb.net/speakers/2010/henri-seydoux

Article in "Point de Vente" Magazine (in French)

Borne multi-protocoles

MobiNear Box. C’est le nom d’une borne de communication multi-protocoles (Bluetooth, BlueNFC, NFC, WiFi, Codes à Barres 1D et 2D, GSM/NearGSM) développée par MobiNear afin d’interagir avec les téléphones mobiles. En conformité avec les recommandations de la CNIL, elle permet de recueillir par un acte volontaire le consentement préalable de l’utilisateur par une détection du mobile à moins de 10 cm. Les utilisateurs peuvent, ainsi, accéder à des services mobiles tels que le paiement, la
carte de fidélité, les coupons ou les contenus multimédia sur mobile.

Source: "Points de Vente" du 20 Septembre 2010 http://www.pointsdevente.fr/magasin-du-futur-c-est-deja-demain-art281533-16.html

MobiNear at EquipMag 2010 RetailBox Experience

EquipMag 2010

MobiNear Demos at EquipMag 2010 show two approach of Mobile interaction at the Point of Sale:
1. Mobile IDentification for the mass market via Bluetooth BlueNFC:
MobiNear Bluetooth BlueNFC support about 80% of Mobile phones (Source: Internet mobile, Slide 9).
2. Mobile IDentification for Smartphones via QR Code:
Only applicable to high-end Smartphones, about 15% of the Mobile phones.

Videos:
MobiNear m-Payment via Bluetooth BlueNFC Demo EquipMag 2010 RetailBox
MobiNear m-Payment via QR-Code Demo EquipMag 2010 RetailBox

Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/MobiNear/EquipMag2010RetailBox#

EquipMag 2010 / Exhibitors List

http://www.salon-equipmag.com/lang/en/to-visit/exhibitors-list/

MobiNear at EquipMag 2010 RetailBox Experience

Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/MobiNear/EquipMag2010RetailBox#

WebKit

WebKit is a Open Source rendering engine.
It is very Fast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit

It is, for example, used in Google Chrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/images/big/12.jpg

At MobiNear, we use the WebKit (Open Source) in all our TouchScreen Kiosks
(i.e. MobiNear Box Touch)

Rapid History of the Web Browsers

#1 (~50%) Internet Explorer from Microsoft (originally came from Mosaic)

#2 (~30%) FireFox from Mozilla also originally came from Mosaic (Based on Gecko layout engine)

#3 (~8%) Chrome from Google (Based WebKit layout engine)

#4 (~4%) Safari from Apple (Based WebKit layout engine)

#5 (~2%) Opera from Opera Software

Others ( < 1%)

Market Shares:

WorldWide: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200909-201008-bar

US: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-US-monthly-200909-201008-bar

Europe: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-200909-201008-bar

France: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-FR-monthly-200909-201008-bar

History of Web Browsers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_web_browsers

Retail Scenarios for NFC Mobile Payment

ERGOSUM Group (Auchan, Banque Accord, Bouygues Telecom, Carrefour, Castorama, COFIDIS, E.Leclerc, Finaref, Fnac, Groupe Casino, Le Groupement des Mousquetaires, Jules, Kinepolis Cinémas, LaSer-Cofinoga, Leroy Merlin, Printemps, Orange, SFR et Système-U)

from PICOM (French Cluster for the Retail Industry) propose 2 Scenarios for NFC Mobile Payment:

http://www.picom.fr/ergosum/swf/Cinematique_1.html

http://www.picom.fr/ergosum/swf/Cinematique_2.html

http://www.picom.fr/ergosum

Combo Connectivity Chipsets Market

Combo Connectivity Chipsets

Combo means : Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and UWB & FM,

including Low Energy Bluetooth (or Bluetooth Low Energy – BLE)

ABI Research / Short Range Wireless Research Service.

http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Short_Range_Wireless_Research_Service/AI~

forecasts that :

Almost 280 Million Chipsets to Ship by end of 2010

More than 979 million such chipsets will ship in 2015.

http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003030

Wi-Fi & Bluetooth integration in a single Chipset make a lot of sense as they share the same 2.4GHz band making RF parts mutualisation a direct reduction of the BOM of the Mobile Device.

The 10 mobile technologies to watch in 2010 and 2011: Bluetooth is #1

Gartner Outlines 10 Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2010 and 2011

The 10 mobile technologies to watch in 2010 and 2011 include:

Bluetooth (3 and 4) as #1

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1328113

The future of money ?

PayPal Mobile :
2008: $25 million
2009: $141 million
https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2010/03/paypal-launches-send-money-2-0-for-iphone-the-best-app-for-mobile-money-transactions/

Google IO 2010: Android Momentum

Daily Activation Rate > 100 000 / day
21 OEMs
48 Countries
59 Carriers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3U2GXhz44
http://code.google.com/events/io/2010

Apple Store App

iPhone Application to facilitate in Store experience:
+ store locator
+ schedule appointments
Menu include:
+ Featured
+ Products
+ Stores
+ Search
+ Cart (with a Check Out button)
But why is it limited to US users ?
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/06/15applestoreapp.html

iPhone 4: No NFC !

Despite Rumors & Patents (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2010/04/apple-gearing-up-for-the-coming-nfc--iphone-revolution.html), iPhone 4 has no NFC !
One more year to wait ?
So, Not a single "Hype" SmartPhone with NFC in 2010.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/iphone-4-vs-the-smartphone-elite-evo-4g-n8-pre-plus-and-hd2/
NB: Bluetooth is still there on ALL of them, for the foreseeable future.
NFC in iPhone 5 ?
http://www.economist.com/node/21007272
Stay tuned: Real "NFC-like" Payment arrive on standard iPhone ... soon !

Mobile P2P Payment

John Donahoe mentioned Bump (iPhone P2P) & NFC. Did not mention Bump is using Bluetooth. Don't know NFC-like usage with BlueNFC exist ? http://d8.allthingsd.com/20100604/donahoe-ipad-digital-wallet/

Mobile Payment will become a reality

John Donahoe, CEO of eBay & PayPal think Mobile Payment will be a reality in 2-3 years. http://lnkd.in/qKNmzq

Innovation is NOT linear

Innovation: the multi-touch on iPhone came out from iPad: http://lnkd.in/gaDK2z

Cartes 2010

Contactless Technologies logo on Cartes 2010 website (http://www.cartes.com
) is Bluetooth (NFC have a separate session).

Appel d'Offre IPER SMSC 2010

MobiNear a présenté ses bornes MobiNear Box compatibles Bluetooth, BlueNFC, NFC, NearGSM et WiFi à la réunion d'information AAP IPER SMSC du mardi 9 mars 2010 à la DGCIS, salle Vauban 1062 Sud 4 au 139 rue de Bercy – 75012 Paris

Deux réalisations de partenaires MobiNear présentent à CLIC

Club Innovation & Culture / CLIC France lance les premières “Rencontres Nationales Culture & Innovation(s)”
Table-ronde 3 « quand la culture devient mobile » avec 3 cas pratiques : Grand Palais (application iPhone), Palais de Tokyo (MyARtCELL) et RMN (applications iPhone et bluetooth)
Précédée de la présentation de l’étude « Musées et mobiles » (Audiovisit / Sinapses Conseils)
http://www.club-innovation-culture.fr/clic-france-lance-les-premieres-rencontres-nationales-culture-innovations-le-vendredi-29-janvier-2010/