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The growth of mobile retail is transforming the way consumers shop, and Best Buy Canada & Future Shop are leading the way with the launch of their Atimi-developed iPhone Apps, available for free in the App Store. The new apps offer customers instant access to all the latest products and deals, placing a “virtual shop” in the hands of Canadian iPhone and iPod Touch users.

“Mobile retail presents a significant opportunity for companies to tap into the needs of their customers, and increasingly mobile is at the top of those needs,” says Scott Michaels, Vice President of Atimi. “Developing the Best Buy Canada & Future Shop iPhone Apps meant creating a user-friendly design and interface to help increase customer satisfaction and sales.”

Vice President of Client Services, Scott Michaels, recently shared some thoughts on Apple's new iAd for Developers with Dan Butcher at Mobile Marketer:

"This is a major boon to the app developers and shops like Atimi, since the iAd platform allows for download and install directly from the ad unit, with no need to go out to the app store and provide that additional click, wait, and potentially lose the customer."

Apple recently added a section called Great Canadian Apps to the iPhone section of the Canadian App Store and the Atimi-develeoped Vancouver Canucks iPhone app is among the 31 featured apps chosen across all categories.

Earlier today Atimi Software's VP of Client Services, Scott Michaels, participated in a very lively panel discussion at the Interactive Ontario-hosted iP3 Forum in Toronto, Canada.

Mobile Marketer recently published a story talking about the role that mobile apps play in a brand's marketing strategy. Atimi VP of Client Services, Scott Michaels, weighed in on this issue:

The Vancouver Sun caught up with Atimi's VP of Client Services, Scott Michaels, to get his take on the iPad's Friday, May 28 launch in Canada:

If you plan on attending Vancouver Interactive Digital Week this week and want to learn more about everything iPad and mobile app-related, Atimi Software VP, Scott Michaels will be speaking on two different panels.

With one of every seven minutes of media consumption today through a mobile device, media outlets are increasingly turning to devices like the iPhone to distribute content and engage audiences. To utilize the mobile medium, the web’s technology news hub, GigaOM, recently turned to Vancouver-based Atimi Software Inc. to help develop GigaOM’s iPhone app.

Atimi Software's Scott Michaels recently addressed the future innovators of mobile development. BCIT's Technology in Computer Systems program is quickly becoming the go-to course for mobile development. Since speaking at the CBC / BCIT collaborated iPhone Forum, Scott has kept in close contact with program advisors - being updated on the progress of students, and was overjoyed to be asked to address the 2010 Graduating Class - sharing re-life insight to the mobile marketplace and his passion for progressing mobile development.

Atimi Software's Vice President of Client Services, Scott Michaels and some members of our development team will be attending the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, which takes place from June 7-11, 2010. Please contact us if you would like to arrange a meeting with Scott to discuss your iPhone, iPad and Macintosh development projects.