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SlashData Team
May 22, 20141 min read
Prize winners for the Apr/May developer survey
We’re happy to announce the winners of the prize draw from our April/May developer survey! A big thanks to everyone who took the survey...
SlashData Team
May 21, 20141 min read
VisionMobile publishes App Economy Profits report
We’ve just published our latest research report. App Economy Profits examines how choices in the app economy affect profitability and the...
SlashData Team
May 13, 20143 min read
How much does it cost to create a successful app?
The app stores contain a range of apps from hobbyist creations built for fun to the carefully crafted output of venture backed startups...
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 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
Apr 8, 20141 min read
7th Developer Economics survey!
We just launched our new Developer Economics survey! If you’re an app developer, take the survey and help shape the opinions of...
SlashData Team
Apr 7, 20145 min read
Emerging developer opportunities in Enterprise & Productivity apps
[Andreas Pappas shares our latest findings, from our Business & Productivity Apps report which takes a look at developer opportunities...
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 21, 20141 min read
New report published: Business and Productivity Apps
Business and Productivity Apps is a research report that explores the emerging enterprise app market and uncovers untapped opportunities...
SlashData Team
Mar 21, 20141 min read
Apps for connected cars? Your mileage may vary
Here’s our latest report, investigating the apps for cars market! What does it take to develop apps for connected cars? How can car...
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, 20147 min read
How We Learned to Built Hardware, the Agile way
I ‘m part of a hardware research group at Telefónica Digital called “Physical Internet Lab”. Three years ago we started a small group...
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
Feb 19, 20143 min read
Flappy Bird vs Angry Birds – a tale of Hobbyists and Hunters
Here are the stories of two successful birds on the app store. See if you can spot the difference. Flappy Bird was a mobile game...
SlashData Team
Feb 6, 20141 min read
Just published the new Developer Economics report!
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our new Developer Economics report: State of the Developer Nation Q1 2014. This, 6th edition...
SlashData Team
Feb 5, 20143 min read
Developer Economics: Ecosystem wars drawing to a close
Welcome to the brand new Developer Economics report! Now in its fourth year and 6th edition, the latest Developer Economics survey...
SlashData Team
Feb 4, 20143 min read
Will China take the lead in IoT?
In our June 2013 paper “The M2M Ecosystem Recipe” we argued that the Internet of Things is ready for a broad developer ecosystem. We may...
SlashData Team
Jan 30, 20143 min read
No, Google is not going 'horizontal' by selling Motorola
Another excellent move by Google: Offload Motorola Mobile Devices to Lenovo, while keeping the patents to themselves. Skimming through...
SlashData Team
Jan 28, 20145 min read
Mobile Money: Did T-Mobile just pull an Android on banks?
Operators have been trying for ages to launch mobile banking schemes hoping to create new revenue opportunities for themselves....
SlashData Team
Dec 30, 20131 min read
Top 5 VisionMobile articles for 2013
With 2013 drawing to a close, we’d like to present you with the top articles from our blog for this past year – and wish you a happy and...
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