via gigaom.com
So Android app developers are not happy with sales of their apps on this iPhone-competitor platform. Not enough buyers. No exposure for the apps. Fractured marketplace. Highly variable hardware. Proprietary carrier issues.
This is PRECISELY what Apple side-stepped in creating the iPhone and the App Store. All iPhones — including the iPod [...]
Archive for November, 2009
30 Nov
Apple must be laughing their butts off
24 Nov
Irresponsible acts of self-immolation
The future of media isn’t in The Wall Street Journal, no matter how much value it provides society. No, the future is in the web, fast-paced blogs, and social media. The future is in companies that realize that news a day old is, well, a day old. The future is in information [...]
23 Nov
Why social media and advertising don’t mix
One of the most popular ideas amongst social marketers is the idea that we will listen to commercial endorsements from our friends because we trust them. Thus, by putting brands into our friends’ mouths, we will somehow trust those brands more by extension. Not for the first time, the marketers have got it backwards. The [...]
9 Nov
Mobile advertising growth exploding
via businessinsider.com
The news of Google buying AdMob had some people scratching their heads today. But scratch no more: Silicon Alley Insider posted this informative little chart showing AdMob’s mobile ad sales skyrocketing in a down market.
People: Ads are moving online, and that includes mobile devices like the iPod Touch and the iPhone, [...]
