SlashData TeamJul 31, 20172 minBusiness Models and StrategyUnity leads the way in developer satisfactionAs software continues to eat the world (to paraphrase Marc Andreessen), software developers fulfill an ever more critical role in the...
SlashData TeamOct 25, 20163 minReturn on Developer InvestmentMy most fun job ever was as a C++ developer. Ok, I don’t have much grey hair yet, but I fondly remember the late 90s and the challenges...
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 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 TeamMay 26, 20144 minPlatform warsThe cross-platform platform: Facebook’s developer strategyWhen Facebook was first listed on the stock exchange in 2012, investors were concerned. Had the company missed the mobile wave? 5 years...
SlashData TeamFeb 24, 20142 minPlatform warsFacebook 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...
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 TeamJun 26, 20137 minPlatform warsBack 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...
SlashData TeamJun 12, 20134 minGeneralThe Art of One-line Pitching: A Study of AngelList[An AngelList study about the top companies being referenced by startups in their one-line pitching. VisionMobile Sales Operation...
SlashData TeamDec 5, 20105 minBusiness Models and StrategyBringing the 'social' out of the operator walled gardens[Mobile services have long been a carefully guarded commodity, kept within the ‘walled gardens’ of network operators. But as innovation...
SlashData TeamMar 8, 20106 minBusiness Models and StrategyThe Wintel future for mobile: a wake up call for network operators[The PC-esque commodisation of the mobile industry has been prophesied many times before, but never before has it become so lucidly...
SlashData TeamFeb 15, 201013 minApps and app storesLocation 101: breaking down the market for location-based apps[People have got location all wrong, argues guest blogger Jane Sales, co-creator of flook. Rather than treating the market for...