Mobile App Monetization has been the holy grail for most app developers so far. Until last year, the monetization strategy involved selling apps in the app store or providing free apps and generating revenue through advertisements in the app. Things are beginning to change this year, according to a recent survey of developers conducted by
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The popularity and adoption of mobile apps has skyrocketed over the last few years. Moreover, customers are willing to pay for these apps as evidenced by the $5 billion in mobile app revenue in 2010 and estimated $15 billion revenue in 2011. Development of a mobile app is a great opportunity for your company to
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Anyone endeavoring to develop a modestly successful mobile application has some tough decisions to make before even writing a single line of code. From platform to pricing model to functionality to distribution to marketing. In this series of blog posts we will explore the various factors that we need to consider in order to develop
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When mobile phones first started out, they could do few things well: make calls and send text messages. If you wanted to get data, you were out of luck. Then came the mobile web with text only display. Slowly, 8-bit images were added for adds.That was the status quo for a while, sure the graphics
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Here is a great primer on what and how to do lean software development, especially in a startup world. I think this process has great applicability in product development processes in enterprises too. This could really change how companies do software development. As this process matures, I can see it being adopted in large enterprise as an efficient way of reducing software
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This puts BilltoMobile in a sweet spot and could become a major headache for financial services companies. Boku is just the beginning, tip of the iceberg. I expect to see a few major brands jumping onto BilltoMobile in the next few months. BilltoMobile Opens Verizon Carrier Billing To Boku And Others via GigaOMTech by Ryan
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This is an interesting post. It has to be worrisome for Apple to be overtaken by Google in such a short time. However, I feel the smartphone market is just heating up. I think we are going to have some increased competition from both Microsoft and Nokia in the years ahead and this current landscape
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Looks like Motorola is pre-announcing its upgrade timeline to keep the customers happy. Let see if it works. Motorola posts Android 2.1 upgrade timeline for its smartphones via Unwired View by Ilinca Nita on 4/13/10 Unlike other manufacturers (i.e. HTC or Samsung), Motorola has posted a timeline with details on future software upgrades for its
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This week at CTIA, Verizon announced plans to provide mobile payment options for enterprise customers in partnership with Charge Anywhere, LLC. This by itself is not big news. After all, mobile carriers in Asia and Europe have been providing this service for years now. AT&T too has similar options available. There are scores of startups that
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Based on this Gartner report it looks like the smartphones are healthy, yes they rose 24% YoY, but if you look at the numbers closely, they form only 14% of total mobile phone sales, increasing from 11% in 2008. Clearly there is still room for growth. However, I wonder how much different this picture would
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Dilip Dand is the principal at DvDand Solutions.He has deep expertise and extensive experience in helping global brands design, develop and deliver cost-effective yet scalable mobile solution to meet their business objectives.
