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  • 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...

  • UK App Economy report

    We’re happy to unveil our latest research report – the UK App Economy 2014 charts the mobile app economy in the region, investigating...

  • IoT industry report

    We’ve just launched a new report, disseminating the IoT industry – you can download it for free here: www.vmob.me/IOT14WN The key lesson...

  • The UK App Economy 2014

    The UK has been quick in adopting smartphones, tablets and apps with smartphone penetration expected to reach 74% by the end of 2014. But...

  • 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...

  • To understand Beats you need to understand Lady Gaga

    The news are finally out — Apple is buying Beats for 3 Billion Dollars. Headphone sales? Music streaming service? Wearables? Music label...

  • 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 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...

  • Prize winners for the Apr/May developer survey

    We’re happy to announce the winners of the prize draw from our April/May developer survey! A big thanks to everyone who took the survey...

  • VisionMobile publishes App Economy Profits report

    We’ve just published our latest research report. App Economy Profits examines how choices in the app economy affect profitability and the...

  • How much does it cost to create a successful app?

    The app stores contain a range of apps from hobbyist creations built for fun to the carefully crafted output of venture backed startups...