…and how web innovation will challenge Apples control Everyone in mobile knows that to sell something on the iOS platform you must pay your 30% tax to Apple, and that Apple has final say over whether your app will be published to iPhone users – they have control over the developer’s destiny. But just how [...]
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With Gartner forecasting that the tablet market is set to grow from 63.6 million sales in 2011 to 326.3 million by the end of 2015, it comes as a bit of a surprise that Asustek, Acer and Dell all announce they are out of the Android tablet market. One has to wonder whether their decision [...]
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…and why getting enough juice in the morning is important Ever since I read a BBC news article over nine years ago, about the cashless society and how we would all soon be shopping for everything with our mobile phones, I have been looking forward to throwing away my bulky wallet and only carrying my [...]
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It appears that there have been further developments following on from the recent court injunction by Apple blocking the sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Motorola Xoom Android tablets in Europe, covered in my blog post earlier this week. Firstly our friends in Australia have also been blocked from buying the shiny new Galaxy [...]
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I have to admit that Apple is currently one of my favourite entertainment companies – not because of all the movies and music they sell, but simply because they make me laugh so much… so entertaining. Apples latest comical escapades centre on their court injunction in Germany, which prevents Samsung from selling their shiny new [...]
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Following on from my post “Apple iTunes – the only place to shop… literally?”, it would appear that my predictions about large brands rushing to release HTML5 versions of their stores is starting to happen, only much quicker than I expected. Both Amazon and Wal-Mart recently launched excellent new HTML5 stores that reach iPad and [...]
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One thing that any visitor to the Bango head offices cannot fail to notice is the large wall-sized photograph of whiskey bottles for sale on a store shelf with the bold caption “Choice” below. Choice has been one of Bango’s core values since the start back in 1999, although I have yet to see such a [...]
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When Apple launched iTunes on April 28th 2003, who would have predicted that it would become the only place to shop online… Literally… Well, in Apple’s mind and plans at least. Last year we saw Apple enforce iTunes for the delivery and payment of apps – some people complained but everyone fell in line and [...]
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A growing number of app developers, publishers and brands increasingly rely on app stores and search as the primary method of discovery for their new apps, content and services. But this is proving to be a risky strategy for all but the smartest or luckiest companies.
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Publishers and the long wait ahead… With the arrival of tablets, large screen smartphones and e-readers many people in the publishing industry had high hopes that these devices would be the savior for their declining revenues. Major media corporations have invested heavily on dedicated tablet apps, as a way to boost revenues.
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