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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...
SlashData Team
Jul 31, 20172 min read
Return on Developer Investment
My most fun job ever was as a C++ developer. Ok, I don’t have much grey hair yet, but I fondly remember the late 90s and the challenges...
SlashData Team
Oct 25, 20163 min read
Facebook’s next pivot
Facebook is now starting to hit physical limits to its digital growth. Three quarters of the company’s revenue are coming from North...
SlashData Team
Jul 27, 20153 min read
Voice: Breaking free from the telecom business models
It’s very clear that software companies took the lead in innovation around voice communications. The telecom industry is lost in the...
SlashData Team
May 26, 20154 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
May 26, 20144 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
Feb 24, 20142 min read
How to win in mobile without making your own OS
The battle for app ecosystems is over – iOS and Android have won. However, this is not the end of the war for mobile users....
SlashData Team
Oct 14, 20133 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
Jun 26, 20137 min read
The Art of One-line Pitching: A Study of AngelList
[An AngelList study about the top companies being referenced by startups in their one-line pitching. VisionMobile Sales Operation...
SlashData Team
Jun 12, 20134 min read
Bringing the 'social' out of the operator walled gardens
[Mobile services have long been a carefully guarded commodity, kept within the ‘walled gardens’ of network operators. But as innovation...
SlashData Team
Dec 5, 20105 min read
The Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators
[The PC-esque commodisation of the mobile industry has been prophesied many times before, but never before has it become so lucidly...
SlashData Team
Mar 8, 20106 min read
Location 101: breaking down the market for location-based apps
[People have got location all wrong, argues guest blogger Jane Sales, co-creator of flook. Rather than treating the market for...
SlashData Team
Feb 15, 201013 min read
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