IoT developers: The baby boomers of the smartphone wars?
Internet of Things comes to life thanks to wide availability of inexpensive and powerful hardware components. Chris Anderson, the former...
Developer Ecosystem Spotlights: Sector Trends & Insights
Game, mobile, web, IoT and embedded developers do not all work the same way. Our developer ecosystem spotlights explore the languages, tools, workflows and emerging trends shaping different software sectors. Read sector-by-sector explainers and commentary on how developer needs and technology choices vary across games, mobile, web, embedded systems and other platforms. For community-size estimates, survey results and the data behind these trends, explore our developer ecosystems research.
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The kingmakers of the Internet of Things
[Communities of developers play a key role in shaping the future of Internet of Things. For the first time we have the data to understand...
The 3 key Apple Watch features that nobody talks about. Yet.
[If Apple wants to create a new, large product category out of smart watches, they need to create mass-market demand for their new...
The trillion dollar choice for car makers: control or cooperate?
[Will the car become little more than a smartphone accessory on wheels? This question is highly relevant after the recent CarPlay and...
Who will be the iOS and Android of IoT?
[Put together, the announcements at Google I/O and from Apple, Samsung, Nest, Quirky and others in the past weeks paint a crystal clear...
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...
How Samsung enlists developers to make sense of health data
Samsung unveiled its vision on mobile health. The company wants to provide the “voice of your body” with two new intiatives: a...
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...
From 4 to 4000 apps: disruption deja-vu in the car industry?
[What if cars were like mobile phones? There are some eerie similarities between the approaches of car makers in 2014, and operators and...
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...
Apps for connected cars? Your mileage may vary
Here’s our latest report, investigating the apps for cars market! What does it take to develop apps for connected cars? How can car...
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...
