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Unity leads the way in developer satisfaction
As software continues to eat the world (to paraphrase Marc Andreessen), software developers fulfill an ever more critical role in the...
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SlashData Team
Sep 10, 20144 min read
The 3 key Apple Watch features that nobody talks about. Yet.
[If Apple wants to create a new, large product category out of smart watches, they need to create mass-market demand for their new...
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Jul 9, 20148 min read
The trillion dollar choice for car makers: control or cooperate?
[Will the car become little more than a smartphone accessory on wheels? This question is highly relevant after the recent CarPlay and...
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Jun 26, 20145 min read
Who will be the iOS and Android of IoT?
[Put together, the announcements at Google I/O and from Apple, Samsung, Nest, Quirky and others in the past weeks paint a crystal clear...
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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...
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May 29, 20146 min read
To understand Beats you need to understand Lady Gaga
The news are finally out — Apple is buying Beats for 3 Billion Dollars. Headphone sales? Music streaming service? Wearables? Music label...
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Apr 14, 20143 min read
From 4 to 4000 apps: disruption deja-vu in the car industry?
[What if cars were like mobile phones? There are some eerie similarities between the approaches of car makers in 2014, and operators and...
SlashData Team
Aug 5, 20136 min read
The evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channel
The evolution of the PC and mobile handset industry have been mirror images of each other, as both saw two distinct disruptions: a new...
SlashData Team
Jun 17, 20133 min read
Profits are Life Blood
[Is profit share overrated as a measure of company viability? Guest author Jay Goldberg takes a contrasting viewpoint to our recent...
SlashData Team
Jun 5, 20135 min read
Apple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap
[Are the smartphone wars about profit share or market share? Guest author Sameer Singh argues that the case for profit is fundamentally...
SlashData Team
Jan 16, 20136 min read
The Xiaomi Tribe: New hope for handset makers?
[Chinese handset maker entrant Xiaomi is putting itself in the spotlight with impressive first year sales and innovation across hardware,...
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Dec 19, 20126 min read
The changing landscape of app discovery
[The explosive growth of app ecosystems is creating serious bottlenecks in app discovery that only popular apps can overcome. Having 700...
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Dec 5, 20127 min read
The Apple and Samsung Profit Recipe
[Apple and Samsung are sucking the oxygen out of the room. What’s the recipe of their profits and why are all the other OEMs struggling?...
SlashData Team
Sep 10, 20124 min read
The Kindelization of Tablets – Part 1
[Did you think that the Kindle Fire and the iPad are in direct competition? Think again! VisionMobile Product Manager, Stijn Schuermans,...
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Jul 31, 20125 min read
The yellow brick road of app store monetisation
[Apple and Google dominate the app store game – but only in terms of size. Senior Analyst Andreas Pappas discusses the key success...
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Jun 8, 20123 min read
Beyond Siri: Breaking down the Virtual Assistant market
[Helped by Apple’s successful launch of its Siri technology in 2011, voice-activated mobile virtual assistants (VAs) have crossed the...
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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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Sep 29, 20114 min read
Discovery kills distribution: why the web needs a new leader
[Apple and Google have locked app discovery and distribution within their app stores. VisionMobile’s Andreas Constantinou explains how...
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Apr 17, 20114 min read
The mobile services landscape: Can OEMs compete with platform vendors?
[Growing competition and price pressures push handset makers to seek new ways to differentiate. This increasingly means services....
SlashData Team
Oct 31, 20105 min read
The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?
[The UI of Android mobile devices is at the epicenter of a conflict between Google and the OEM struggle for differentiation. Guest author...
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