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Mobile Linux is not about free software
[part 3 of the series on five traits of open source and its impact in the mobile industry. See also part 1 and part 2.] Linux is by far...
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SlashData Team
Sep 8, 20076 min read
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Amobee CMO Talks Up New Models For Selling Mobile Content; Is The Pay-Off Bigge
[The Msearchgroove mobile advertising podcast series and close collaboration with VisionMobile continues with a look at ad-funded content...
SlashData Team
Sep 5, 20073 min read
Turning corporate software development on its head
[part 2 of the series on five traits of open source and its impact in the mobile industry. See also part 1] Open source is in many ways...
SlashData Team
Sep 3, 20073 min read
What on earth is open source ?
[Over the next two weeks leading to the Informa’s open source conference, I ‘ll be looking at five traits which characterise open source...
SlashData Team
Aug 31, 20075 min read
Interview: AdMob CEO Reveals Stats & Plans For An "Ad Lab" With Apple; Provides Sure-
[The Msearchgroove exclusive mobile advertising podcast series in close cooperation with VisionMobile continues with AdMob CEO & Founder...
SlashData Team
Aug 30, 20075 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Where’s The "M" In CPM? Millennial Media VP Talks About Targeting, Reach
Continuing with our mobile advertising podcast series, we take a look at Millennial Media, the cross-platform mobile advertising company...
SlashData Team
Aug 28, 20075 min read
i-mode: the beginning of the end
i-mode, once the mobile industry’s role model for data services has been dealt with three swift blows in July from O2, KPN and Telstra....
SlashData Team
Jul 26, 20078 min read
GPLv3: is anti-Tivoisation flawed?
GPLv3 is the latest incarnation of the Free Software Foundation s (FSF) GNU General Public License (GPL), published in June 2007. Its...
SlashData Team
Jul 21, 20074 min read
Flash-Inside (R)
Adobe’s Flash Lite has a enviable history of market penetration. Starting from DoCoMo handsets in May 2003, Flash Lite is quickly...
SlashData Team
Jul 6, 20073 min read
How iPhone is impacting the mobile industry
As an analyst working inside the mobile industry I ‘ve witnessed to hubbub of cheering, admiration and idolatry for the iPhone in the...
SlashData Team
Jun 24, 20071 min read
Five upsell strategies for mobile ISVs
Mobile software vendors (ISVs) who develop software for mobile handsets are competing in an increasingly crowded market; on-device...
SlashData Team
Jun 14, 20076 min read
Activating the Idle Screen
We recently researched and authored an extensive research paper on the subject of active idle screens; that is, the technology that turns...
SlashData Team
Jun 2, 20077 min read
Container projects: The next chapter in handset customisation
The history book of the mobile handset industry has gone through two turbulent chapters to date; the first na ve years of manufacturer...
SlashData Team
May 28, 20074 min read
Carnival of the Mobilists 75
Welcome to the 75th Carnival of the Mobilists ! This week’s edition is brought to you by Hampus Jakobsson and Andreas Constantinou at the...
SlashData Team
May 11, 20074 min read
Flash Lite: Facts and Figures
Adobe s Flash Lite is widely recognized as one of the most pervasive software platforms in the mobile market. It s fast penetrating the...
SlashData Team
Apr 29, 20077 min read
Prague or Berlin ? Behind the scenes of the SIM industry
SIM cards, the tiny chips that authenticate the subscriber to the network, are a market of 2 billion unit sales per year. A market which...
SlashData Team
Apr 12, 20075 min read
The headaches of being a handset OEM
Some things remain true: Markets always shift and the lord giveth and the lord taketh. In the mobile handset industry we have seen...
SlashData Team
Apr 7, 20075 min read
Bye Bye Browser
The mobile browser business has been dealt with a swift blow within the space of a week: Teleca announced that it halts investments into...
SlashData Team
Mar 29, 20075 min read
To Build or to buy? To Patent or not to?
The mobile software industry is never short of challenges. Manufacturers and software vendors are constantly riddled with the question of...
SlashData Team
Mar 14, 20075 min read
Rethinking application environments
Handset software is a fascinating topic in the mobile industry, albeit one that is often misunderstood. Application environments like...
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