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Self-driving cars are about platforms, not about cars
There is growing consensus that fully autonomous cars will become a reality by 2020. Google self-driving cars have driven over 1.2...
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SlashData Team
Jul 9, 20154 min read
The 3 unlikely lessons from the Microsoft/Nokia Adventure
Microsoft has finally raised the white flag in the battle for smartphone dominance. Microsoft announced that the company will be scaling...
SlashData Team
Aug 7, 20143 min read
Will developers stop playing the app lottery?
[How long will developers be loyal to ecosystems that seemingly set them up for failure? The odds are clearly stacked against developers...
SlashData Team
Jun 6, 20144 min read
iOS 8 – Apple’s Hidden Agenda
It’s abundantly clear from WWDC announcements that Apple is working hard to lock users into the system by combining devices into one...
SlashData Team
May 26, 20144 min read
The cross-platform platform: Facebook’s developer strategy
When Facebook was first listed on the stock exchange in 2012, investors were concerned. Had the company missed the mobile wave? 5 years...
SlashData Team
Apr 16, 20145 min read
The surprising business model of OTT2 messaging apps
[In the first part of this two-part blog post, we introduced a second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems (after Android/iOS), mobile-first...
SlashData Team
Apr 1, 20143 min read
OTT2: the second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems
[The mobile space is about to be shaken up again. Get ready for the second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems to reshuffle the market. These...
SlashData Team
Mar 12, 20143 min read
Flip of fortunes: making devices compatible with apps
There used to be a time when developers worked hard to make their apps compatible with devices. [tweetable]Nowadays, device makers are...
SlashData Team
Feb 24, 20142 min read
Facebook buys back over 100B monthly engagement minutes it lost to Whatsapp
[tweetable]Facebook will live or die by user engagement, especially on mobile[/tweetable]. Whatsapp sends 18 billion and receives 36...
SlashData Team
Dec 4, 20134 min read
HTML5 performance is fine, what we are missing is tools
HTML5 is perceived as a lower quality platform, mainly because of performance. This comes both as a result of survey data, as well as...
SlashData Team
Nov 19, 20135 min read
The Naked Android
It had become painfully clear to Android’s executives: they had officially lost control. Something had to be done. There was only one...
SlashData Team
Oct 28, 20132 min read
Learning From Blackberry's Decline
After Blackberry announced disastrous Q2 results, news broke that Fairfax’s offer to take the company private had hit funding snags as...
SlashData Team
Jul 24, 20133 min read
Creating an Ecosystem: The Lessons from BREW OS
What can BREW OS teach us about ecosystems? Qualcomm’s Steve Sprigg takes us on a trip down memory lane and gives us an insider view of...
SlashData Team
Jun 26, 20137 min read
Back to the Future: How Facebook is challenging Google at the eyeball game
[Facebook is competing for eyeballs on Google’s own turf: Android. Guest author Francisco Kattan explains why Facebook’s Home...
SlashData Team
May 21, 20138 min read
A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance
[How do ecosystem economics shape the mobile competitive landscape? What are the key performance indicators and how should app ecosystem...
SlashData Team
Mar 27, 20125 min read
Mozilla Boot2Gecko: can the new HTML5 champion succeed where webOS failed?
[A new mobile operating system is born. Telefonica and Mozilla have teamed up to deliver Open Web Devices. The ambition is high: displace...
SlashData Team
Jan 31, 20124 min read
The Dead Platform Graveyard: Lessons Learned
[Besides the iOS and Android platforms grabbing the industry headlines, there is an abundance of (over 25) platforms that didn’t make it....
SlashData Team
Nov 28, 201110 min read
The death of Flash – 8 years in the making
[Adobe’s decision to stop developing Flash for mobile browsers is the talk of the day – but the reasons behind Flash’s ultimate failure...
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SlashData Team
Nov 7, 20115 min read
[Report] Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems
[We at VisionMobile have been researching and helping to educate the industry about mobile platforms for the last five years. In this...
SlashData Team
Nov 2, 20115 min read
The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments
[The era of smartphones is upon us, as penetration increases from 11% in 2008 to over 25% in 2011. But what of the remaining three...
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