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...
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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...
7th Developer Economics survey!
We just launched our new Developer Economics survey! If you’re an app developer, take the survey and help shape the opinions of...
Emerging developer opportunities in Enterprise & Productivity apps
[Andreas Pappas shares our latest findings, from our Business & Productivity Apps report which takes a look at developer opportunities...
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...
New report published: Business and Productivity Apps
Business and Productivity Apps is a research report that explores the emerging enterprise app market and uncovers untapped opportunities...
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...
How We Learned to Built Hardware, the Agile way
I ‘m part of a hardware research group at Telefónica Digital called “Physical Internet Lab”. Three years ago we started a small group...
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...
Flappy Bird vs Angry Birds – a tale of Hobbyists and Hunters
Here are the stories of two successful birds on the app store. See if you can spot the difference. Flappy Bird was a mobile game...
Just published the new Developer Economics report!
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our new Developer Economics report: State of the Developer Nation Q1 2014. This, 6th edition...
