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Andrew Wing Kosner of Forbes wrote an interesting column yesterday. In it, he delves into the mind of mobile designer and developer Josh Clark. More specifically, Kosner presents Clark -- with his recent conference presentation called "Seven Deadly Mobile Myths" -- as an opponent to usability expert Jakob Nielsen.

The big news in tech today: Research In Motion gave developers at its BlackBerry World conference in Orlando a first glimpse of its latest operating system, BlackBerry 10.

As Marin Perez of IntoMobile reported, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins called BlackBerry 10 “not just another mobile platform, as this is a new, revolutionary mobile computing platform." RIM gave all the developers at the conference a dev-alpha device that runs the software. 

With the rise of e-commerce over the past decade, following web analytics related to sales conversions has become a standard practice. Similarly, brick-and-mortar retailers have long used different methods of tracking foot traffic into their stores, comparing that data with sales figures to come up with appropriate staffing strategies.

Back in December, Amazon angered retailers with its Price Check App, which allows consumers to compare prices for items while in-store and buy them at a lower price online or via their mobile devices.

The retail industry is morphing incredibly fast.