Joining Polaris Ventures Partners
August 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm | Comments

I am excited to announce that, starting Monday, I will be joining Polaris Venture Partners and will work out of the Dog Patch Lab on Pier 38. Over the last few years, I have had …

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ESPN’s Mobile Application Strategy (and Ad Campaign to Match)
December 29, 2009 – 8:37 am | Comments
ESPN’s Mobile Application Strategy (and Ad Campaign to Match)

ESPN’s Scorecenter iPhone App is the top sports application in iTunes, alongside several other successful ESPN apps: ESPN Radio ($2.99), ESPN Fantasy Football ($2.99), ESPN Zoom ($2.99), ESPN Streak for the Cash, ESPN 2010 World …

Electronic Arts has Seven of iPhone’s Top 25 Grossing iPhone Apps
December 18, 2009 – 8:55 am | Comments
Electronic Arts has Seven of iPhone’s Top 25 Grossing iPhone Apps

It’s no surprise that big brands represent a significant share of the iPhone’s top grossing iPhone applications. Here is another proof point: Electronc Arts itself represents seven of the iPhone’s twenty-five top grossing applications… each …

First Batch of Free iPhone Apps Show Up in Top Grossing
November 24, 2009 – 9:06 pm | Comments
First Batch of Free iPhone Apps Show Up in Top Grossing

Before Apple enabled in-application purchases, the hot debate was whether or not revenue maximization came from charging for downloads (and limiting distribution) or through in-app advertisements (and hoping for continued engagement).
For game and music …

Apple’s Latest iPhone Advertisement: All About Big Brands
November 22, 2009 – 1:08 pm | Comments
Apple’s Latest iPhone Advertisement: All About Big Brands

In March, I wrote about Apple’s full page advertisement in the New York Times touting the iPhone as a weekend tool: “Getting the most out of your weekend, one app at a time.”
In yesterday’s New …

7 Great iPhone Apps from Big Brands: From Paint to Coffee to Sneakers
November 18, 2009 – 1:09 pm | Comments
7 Great iPhone Apps from Big Brands: From Paint to Coffee to Sneakers

I spend a lot of time using mobile applications – in part to experience what is going on and in part to experience how brands and top players are thinking about mobile. There are plenty …

Top 20 Grossing iPhone Apps: Dominated by Brands and Games
October 12, 2009 – 11:23 am | Comments
Top 20 Grossing iPhone Apps: Dominated by Brands and Games

Apple recenly added a new sort / finding path for iPhone apps: Top Grossing Apps. It is far from perfect and not at all based on your habits or your friends’ (it should be Facebook …

Yelp’s Augmented Reality Easter Egg: An iPhone App First
August 29, 2009 – 2:44 pm | Comments
Yelp’s Augmented Reality Easter Egg: An iPhone App First

While you might disagree with Yelp’s method of getting their new iPhone Application upgrade through Apple’s review process – the fact remains that Yelp has innovated and pushed the boundaries from a consumer, development and …

iPhone is Flickr’s #1 Camera; Soon to be Facebook’s #1 Video
August 17, 2009 – 8:58 pm | Comments
iPhone is Flickr’s #1 Camera; Soon to be Facebook’s #1 Video

Mashable is reporting tonight that the iPhone is set to replace the Canon Rebel XTi as the #1 source of photographs on Flickr:
That smartphone, with its weak 2 MP camera and its lack of zoom, …

iPhone App Store: Top 25 Game Developers Evenly Distributed
July 29, 2009 – 3:40 pm | Comments
iPhone App Store: Top 25 Game Developers Evenly Distributed

Great blog post from Flurry about the ecosystem of iPhone Application developers and how it differs from other mobile storefronts: “Rise of the New Middle Class – Indie iPhone App Developers, Part I“. If you …

MLB At Bat Now Streams all MLB Games to iPhone
July 21, 2009 – 6:09 am | Comments
MLB At Bat Now Streams all MLB Games to iPhone

MLB.com’s At Bat 2009 iPhone App released a major update today that allows subscribers of both MLB.tv and the MLB At Bat app to stream all regular season games via the iPhone. Until today, At …

Facebook Connect: Making Mobile Gaming Social
July 7, 2009 – 3:45 am | Comments
Facebook Connect: Making Mobile Gaming Social

Note: this is the second post of a four-post series on how Facebook Connect in changing digital media and online marketing. See the others here
Playfish’s ‘Who Has the Biggest Brain’ is a wide popular Facebook …

InGameNow Adds Real Time Box Scores
March 25, 2009 – 4:28 pm | Comments
InGameNow Adds Real Time Box Scores

On the heals of the new live scoreboard integration within our iPhone Apps, InGameNow has added real-time boxs cores. The box scores appear on game pages – they update for live games and are chronicled …