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How to Go Viral – Step #1: Have a Great Product
September 9, 2009 – 9:04 am | 393 Comments
How to Go Viral – Step #1: Have a Great Product

In the days of social media, marketers and brands are continually focused on ‘going viral’ – gaining enough momentum on the web that it begins to spread organically and quickly. There are several ways to …

Yelp’s Augmented Reality Easter Egg: An iPhone App First
August 29, 2009 – 2:44 pm | 664 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 | 67 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 | 316 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 …

iPhone and iPod Touch Account for +42% of Mobile Advertising Calls in US
July 23, 2009 – 10:53 am | Comments Off
iPhone and iPod Touch Account for +42% of Mobile Advertising Calls in US

Each month, I look forward to reading AdMob‘s detailed ‘Mobile Metrics’ report. It is a comprehensive report of mobile usage by geography, device, OS, and so forth – and based on the size of AdMob’s …

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

Google Buying, Muscling Market Share for AdSense for Mobile?
June 29, 2009 – 2:38 pm | 329 Comments
Google Buying, Muscling Market Share for AdSense for Mobile?

“One app. Lots of stuff.”
That’s Google’s tagline for their Google Mobile application… but it really should be: “One app. Lots of promotion.” If you have been to any tech blog over the past two weeks, …

After iPhone 3GS Upgrade, Apple Asks me to Insure my 3G
June 22, 2009 – 8:00 pm | 258 Comments
After iPhone 3GS Upgrade, Apple Asks me to Insure my 3G

I have criticized Apple’s email marketing efforts before (here and here)… but this one takes the cake:
Your iPhone 3G hardware coverage is about to expire
Don’t say good-bye.
Extend your coverage with the AppleCare Protection Plan.
This email …

iPhone 3GS Launch: Advertisers Join the Consumers
June 19, 2009 – 2:38 pm | 11 Comments
iPhone 3GS Launch: Advertisers Join the Consumers

Early indications are that the iPhone 3GS launch has been a success – there were “100,000s of pre-orders” and, thanks to Apple’s pre-launch reservations and purchases, the experience was clean and efficient. But just as …

For 40% of Users, Mobile Web has Replaced the Regular Web
June 16, 2009 – 7:53 pm | 288 Comments

It is time to start thinking of mobile devices as netbooks or, for that matter, laptops. Data from AdMob suggests that users of the iPhone and iPod Touch are highly captive consumers of content and …

Sony PSP Go Launches… But the Time has Passed
May 30, 2009 – 11:11 am | 420 Comments
Sony PSP Go Launches… But the Time has Passed

Let me preface by saying that, while I do not consider myself a video game buff, I am the proud owner of a Sony Playstation 3 (used both for Blu Ray and infrequent gaming). It …

iPhone Game Play Goes Retro; Gets Mixed Results
May 24, 2009 – 5:53 pm | 771 Comments
iPhone Game Play Goes Retro; Gets Mixed Results

In late March, I wrote that the next step for iPhone game developers was to go ‘backwards’ by mimicking control pads found on old gaming systems like Nintendo NES and GameBoy:

Well the iPhone has really …