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Note: this article originally appeared on TechCrunch: Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow
As an investor, I’ve seen hundreds of mobile application pitches. And as a consumer, I’ve downloaded hundreds more – some …
I’ve long argued that Apple’s iTunes and the app store are woefully unintelligent. They are akin to merchandising in a storefront… when there is data available to make the store experience more compelling and better …
Beats Audio has been a tremendous story. They have done for headphones and device sound what Intel did years ago for computing. And they leveraged celebrity endorsers and users to become ultra popular: Dre, …
It’s that time of year when iTunes – and countless other retailers / merchandisers – publish their “Best of 2011″ lists. It’s fun to review the lists, particularly when a great merchant / voice crafts …
By now you have surely heard of P90x – the ultra-popular home workout program that become famous for the never-ending infomercials. After the success of P90x, parent company Beachbody recently released P90x 2… and in …
The most important part about Facebook’s new iOS apps that they unveiled yesterday? For starters, the app actually works and I had given up using Facebook for iPhone (which failed 90+% of the time.
Not entirely sure what to make of it but I am seeing an significant number of empty Apple ad units: “Test Advertisement: This confirms that test ads are running correctly”. It also (potentially) confirms that …
It’s been a year of chess moves between Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. For example, look at the last few weeks alone:
- Google+ launches as Google’s social effort (and its good)
- iOS5 is announced with …
One of the top iPhone Applications at the moment is Roger Ebert’s Great Movies (currently featured by Apple / iTunes). With all due respect to Roger Ebert – who has a long career of movie …
I like to check in on Apple’s top grossing applications – it’s a good indication of mobile app and publisher trends. And from time to time, I have written about those trends.
There is nothing groundbreaking about what I am about to say… but: it is easy to overlook how simple and powerful making purchases with a single-click is.
Today Amazon launched the Amazon Appstore for Android (more here and here). At this point, there are a slew of app stores (from your phone, computer, tablet, browser, television, alarm clock, etc.
