It’s Time For A Larger iPhone
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The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. But Apple can do this. When Apple debuted the iPhone in 2007 it was a…
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How Many Daily Downloads Does It Take To Reach The Top Of The App Store?
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It’s hard to underestimate how important ranking in Apple’s top 25 in the iTunes store is for mobile app developers. Since then, though, Apple has been working hard to shut down various scams and bots that automatically…
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Path CEO Dave Morin Joins Eventbrite Board
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Morin, whose background includes time as the former head of the Facebook Platform and several years at Apple, will bring his knowledge of social to the ticketing company, says Eventbrite. Path co-founder and CEO Dave Morin is joining the board of…
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HTC One X And EVO 4G LTE Delayed In Customs, Sprint Pushes Back EVO Release Date
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After HTC was originally slammed with allegations that they infringed 10 of Apple’s patents with their “personal data and mobile communications devices. International Trade Commission Judge Carl Charneski ruled in
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Apple And China Mobile Are Talking iPhone, Might Not Reach An Agreement This Year
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Apple needs China Mobile and China Mobile needs Apple. China Mobile and Apple both have the will to strengthen cooperation,” Xi said. Revenue in China is up threefold year-over-year…
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Nielsen: U.S. Consumers App Downloads Up 28% To 41; 4 Of The 5 Most Popular Still Belong To Google
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Going back to the increase in app downloads noted by Nielsen, this is something that has been pointed out by the app store owners in a different way: Google says it has now passed 15 billion downloads announced this month, and Apple noted 25…
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Gartner: Q1 2012 Phone Sales Declined 2%, Dragged Down By Asia-Pacific. Samsung Leads All
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Overall, Samsung and Apple were the only two vendors in the top 1o mobile rankings to have gained market share: the rest all declined.as you can see from the list below. Together, Samsung and Apple now represent 49.3…
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Sweden's iZettle launches mobile card reader in the UK
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To participate in iZettle’s beta programme you can download the app from the Apple App Store and request an invitation or sign-up via iZettle’s UK website. There’s been much excitement in the world of mobile payments around Square, a chip and PIN…
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Video Paywalls, Mobile Momentum, Optimizing Views & More [Reel Web #39]
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www.reelseo.com There are currently channels that YouTube is streaming live events overseas, but despite rumors of other platforms providing this (including the iPanel from Apple), we have yet to see this provided here in America.
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Ask A VC: Spark’s Nabeel Hyatt On Hyper-Growth And Whether Facebook Is Fueling Future Rivals
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Several of these channels are now banned by Apple, which is making more room for apps that are genuinely engaging or are getting users virally. Ask a VC is back this month (finally! after a long hiatus.
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Flipboard Expands: Adds Audio From NPR, Public Radio Introduces Japanese Version
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And there’s an update which will matter a lot to a smaller number of users: integration of Apple’s VoiceOver controls to provide better access for the visually impaired. There’s a reason why iTunes/Apple users often turn…
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Smule Finally Makes Their Android Debut With The Auto-Tuning Songify App
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The iOS version peaked at #1 on Apple’s Top Free Apps chart shortly after its launch in July 2011, and Smule now hopes for similar success as it expands into new territory. Smule has been churning out scores of popular music-making iOS apps for…
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Baidu’s New Forked Android Phone: China’s Search Giant Wants To Make Windows Phone, iOS Versions Too
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That is likely a nod to Apple and how Baidu could develop its platform on iOS without completely ruining its relationship with the iPhone giant. The phone is being made by Foxconn and that in itself is an interesting development and shows how the…
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Velti: In Mobile Ads, iOS Widens Its Lead Over Android
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But not everything looks rosy for Apple. Last month, mobile marketing company Velti reported that iOS had pulled slightly of Android in mobile ad impressions, after being tied at the end of last year.
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Remember Jitterbug Phones For Seniors? Here’s The iPad Equivalent
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Sure, grandma and gramps might need a demo at the Apple Store or from you before they get it. Well it looks like someone has gone out and built the equivalent for the iPad. Which literally made me laugh out loud when I read the news, because the…
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Apple focusing more on security as Macs and iOS devices become targets
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The Flashback botnet made headlines, but many were quick to point out that the infected machines became vulnerable through Java, not Apple's OS, suggesting that Apple wasn't to blame.
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Adobe Cloud Gets Creative, Brings PrimeTime with it
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This new platform delivers premium video and ad content consistently across all major platforms, including Apple iOS, Google Android, desktop operating systems and connected TVs. I’m tracking several things coming from Adobe presently.
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Facebook's App Center: the exciting bit is mobile
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Much like Apple and Google also do. We won’t know much more until this rolls out, but till then, developers can start to prepare ‘details pages’, a requirement for listing in the App Center (again, drawing inspiration from
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6 Reasons to Make Your Big Idea Small
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But the fact that there have been 14 possible bites of the media apple instead of one makes a big difference. It’s not the Dos Equis guy, it’s Brad. Sheena Navigates the Market in Nebaj, Guatemala A former product engineer for WL Gore re from).
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Mobile – Facebook And Google Can’t Live With It And They Can’t Live Without It
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Apple has a platform that will soon be numbered in the hundreds of millions. It seems likely that Facebook will have many of the same challenges as Google as it contemplates the rise of Apple, and the rise of mobile.