SlashData TeamJan 13, 20165 minBusiness Models and StrategyDeveloping for wearables: from shrunken smartphone to wearable-first and beyond[The hype around wearables is giving way to new opportunities for developers. Wearables move from “smartphone copycats” to...
SlashData TeamJan 11, 20164 minBusiness Models and Strategy5 ways developers can extend your business modelDeveloper programs and third party software developers used to be important only for companies making computer operating systems like...
SlashData TeamJul 27, 20153 minBusiness Models and StrategyFacebook’s next pivotFacebook is now starting to hit physical limits to its digital growth. Three quarters of the company’s revenue are coming from North...
SlashData TeamJun 26, 20156 minBusiness Models and StrategyTo understand Internet of Things you need to understand ZenefitsInternet of Things is a buzzword in many board rooms in 2015. Enterprises from logistics to construction to healthcare, are seeing IoT as...
SlashData TeamJun 15, 20153 minBusiness Models and StrategyApple Music vs. Spotify: Don't repeat this common mistakeThe media and blogosphere reaction to Apple Music was mixed at best. Bob Lefsetz, who has written about the music business for over 25...
SlashData TeamJun 8, 20153 minBusiness Models and StrategyConnected car: A catch 22 for the car industryMore and more car makers understand that “digital” will bring profound change to the industry. Audi chairman Rupert Stadler recently said...
SlashData TeamMay 26, 20154 minBusiness Models and StrategyVoice: Breaking free from the telecom business modelsIt’s very clear that software companies took the lead in innovation around voice communications. The telecom industry is lost in the...
SlashData TeamMar 16, 20153 minBusiness Models and StrategyDeveloper Tools: 2014 M&A reviewFrom ad networks to customer support, developer tool startups have been popping up in the last few years to help app developers write...
SlashData TeamJan 22, 20153 minBusiness Models and Strategy“Only for fans”, or why Xiaomi is not what you think it isXiaomi was proclaimed the most valuable tech startup in the world after recent $1.1B funding at a monster $45B valuation. There is fair...
SlashData TeamDec 23, 20144 minBusiness Models and StrategyCan the app stores sustain 5.5 million developers?In our latest report, App Economy Forecasts 2015 – 2017, we estimate the number of mobile developers in 2014 at 5.5 million. Demand for...
SlashData TeamAug 21, 20144 minBusiness Models and StrategyUber API launch validates the “Gurley scenario”[With the release of Uber’s API, their ploy to achieve world domination has just gotten a lot more probable. The Uber API allows...
SlashData TeamMay 29, 20146 minBusiness Models and StrategyTo understand Beats you need to understand Lady GagaThe news are finally out — Apple is buying Beats for 3 Billion Dollars. Headphone sales? Music streaming service? Wearables? Music label...
SlashData TeamJan 30, 20143 minBusiness Models and StrategyNo, Google is not going 'horizontal' by selling MotorolaAnother excellent move by Google: Offload Motorola Mobile Devices to Lenovo, while keeping the patents to themselves. Skimming through...
SlashData TeamJan 28, 20145 minBusiness Models and StrategyMobile Money: Did T-Mobile just pull an Android on banks?Operators have been trying for ages to launch mobile banking schemes hoping to create new revenue opportunities for themselves....
SlashData TeamDec 19, 20137 minBusiness Models and StrategyIntrapreneurial: Five ingredients of the corporate innovation recipeThe survival of large enterprises calls for innovation. It requires continually creating a new set of businesses to sustain growth and...
SlashData TeamOct 14, 20133 minBusiness Models and StrategyHow to win in mobile without making your own OSThe battle for app ecosystems is over – iOS and Android have won. However, this is not the end of the war for mobile users....
SlashData TeamSep 4, 20135 minBusiness Models and StrategyMicrosoft + Nokia: the marriage of two broken business modelsMicrosoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s Devices division is the new beginning for both Microsoft and Nokia. But how does it make sense when...
SlashData TeamAug 5, 20136 minBusiness Models and StrategyThe evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channelThe evolution of the PC and mobile handset industry have been mirror images of each other, as both saw two distinct disruptions: a new...
SlashData TeamJun 17, 20133 minBusiness Models and StrategyProfits are Life Blood[Is profit share overrated as a measure of company viability? Guest author Jay Goldberg takes a contrasting viewpoint to our recent...
SlashData TeamJun 5, 20135 minBusiness Models and StrategyApple & Samsung's "Profit Share" Trap[Are the smartphone wars about profit share or market share? Guest author Sameer Singh argues that the case for profit is fundamentally...