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Self-driving cars are about platforms, not about cars

SlashData Team

Nov 16, 2015
5 min

Self-driving cars are about platforms, not about cars

There is growing consensus that fully autonomous cars will become a reality by 2020. Google self-driving cars have driven over 1.2...

The 3 unlikely lessons from the Microsoft/Nokia Adventure

SlashData Team

Jul 9, 2015
4 min

Platform wars

The 3 unlikely lessons from the Microsoft/Nokia Adventure

Microsoft has finally raised the white flag in the battle for smartphone dominance. Microsoft announced that the company will be scaling...

Will developers stop playing the app lottery?

SlashData Team

Aug 7, 2014
3 min

Platform wars

Will developers stop playing the app lottery?

[How long will developers be loyal to ecosystems that seemingly set them up for failure? The odds are clearly stacked against developers...

SlashData Team

Jun 6, 2014
4 min

Platform wars

iOS 8 – Apple’s Hidden Agenda

It’s abundantly clear from WWDC announcements that Apple is working hard to lock users into the system by combining devices into one...

The cross-platform platform: Facebook’s developer strategy

SlashData Team

May 26, 2014
4 min

Platform wars

The cross-platform platform: Facebook’s developer strategy

When Facebook was first listed on the stock exchange in 2012, investors were concerned. Had the company missed the mobile wave? 5 years...

The surprising business model of OTT2 messaging apps

SlashData Team

Apr 16, 2014
5 min

Platform wars

The surprising business model of OTT2 messaging apps

[In the first part of this two-part blog post, we introduced a second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems (after Android/iOS), mobile-first...

OTT2: the second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems

SlashData Team

Apr 1, 2014
3 min

Platform wars

OTT2: the second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems

[The mobile space is about to be shaken up again. Get ready for the second tidal wave of mobile ecosystems to reshuffle the market. These...

Flip of fortunes: making devices compatible with apps

SlashData Team

Mar 12, 2014
3 min

Platform wars

Flip of fortunes: making devices compatible with apps

There used to be a time when developers worked hard to make their apps compatible with devices. [tweetable]Nowadays, device makers are...

Facebook buys back over 100B monthly engagement minutes it lost to Whatsapp

SlashData Team

Feb 24, 2014
2 min

Platform wars

Facebook buys back over 100B monthly engagement minutes it lost to Whatsapp

[tweetable]Facebook will live or die by user engagement, especially on mobile[/tweetable]. Whatsapp sends 18 billion and receives 36...

HTML5 performance is fine, what we are missing is tools

SlashData Team

Dec 4, 2013
4 min

Platform wars

HTML5 performance is fine, what we are missing is tools

HTML5 is perceived as a lower quality platform, mainly because of performance. This comes both as a result of survey data, as well as...

SlashData Team

Nov 19, 2013
5 min

Platform wars

The Naked Android

It had become painfully clear to Android’s executives: they had officially lost control. Something had to be done. There was only one...

SlashData Team

Oct 28, 2013
2 min

Platform wars

Learning From Blackberry's Decline

After Blackberry announced disastrous Q2 results, news broke that Fairfax’s offer to take the company private had hit funding snags as...

Creating an Ecosystem: The Lessons from BREW OS

SlashData Team

Jul 24, 2013
3 min

Platform wars

Creating an Ecosystem: The Lessons from BREW OS

What can BREW OS teach us about ecosystems? Qualcomm’s Steve Sprigg takes us on a trip down memory lane and gives us an insider view of...

Back to the Future: How Facebook is challenging Google at the eyeball game

SlashData Team

Jun 26, 2013
7 min

Platform wars

Back to the Future: How Facebook is challenging Google at the eyeball game

[Facebook is competing for eyeballs on Google’s own turf: Android. Guest author Francisco Kattan explains why Facebook’s Home...

A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance

SlashData Team

May 22, 2013
8 min

Platform wars

A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance

[How do ecosystem economics shape the mobile competitive landscape? What are the key performance indicators and how should app ecosystem...

Mozilla Boot2Gecko: can the new HTML5 champion succeed where webOS failed?

SlashData Team

Mar 27, 2012
5 min

Platform wars

Mozilla Boot2Gecko: can the new HTML5 champion succeed where webOS failed?

[A new mobile operating system is born. Telefonica and Mozilla have teamed up to deliver Open Web Devices. The ambition is high: displace...

The Dead Platform Graveyard: Lessons Learned

SlashData Team

Jan 31, 2012
4 min

Platform wars

The Dead Platform Graveyard: Lessons Learned

[Besides the iOS and Android platforms grabbing the industry headlines, there is an abundance of (over 25) platforms that didn’t make it....

The death of Flash – 8 years in the making

SlashData Team

Nov 28, 2011
10 min

Platform wars

The death of Flash – 8 years in the making

[Adobe’s decision to stop developing Flash for mobile browsers is the talk of the day – but the reasons behind Flash’s ultimate failure...

[Report] Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems

SlashData Team

Nov 7, 2011
5 min

Platform wars

[Report] Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems

[We at VisionMobile have been researching and helping to educate the industry about mobile platforms for the last five years. In this...

The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

SlashData Team

Nov 2, 2011
5 min

Platform wars

The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

[The era of smartphones is upon us, as penetration increases from 11% in 2008 to over 25% in 2011. But what of the remaining three...

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