Coming of age in mobile. Yahoo buys Flurry
I wanted to comment briefly on the news that Yahoo! has acquired Flurry. This a turning point, or a milestone. A marker of some sort. The End of the Beginning […]
Category Archives: Android
MWC 2014: Enterprise Mobility & The Fragmentosphere
The world of enterprise mobility continues to evolve quickly. Prior to the sow, the big news was VMWare’s acquisition of AirWatch. Fitting news, since the big news last year was […]
MWC 2014: Mobile OS Entering the Stasis Field
I have will be e-mailing out my full note from Mobile World Congress over the weekend, below is one piece from that longer note. I will post the rest of […]
Nokia to launch an Android Phone?
The Journal reported today that Nokia is expected to launch its first Android phone at Mobile World Congress this month. My first response to this was to disregard it, as […]
Mobile OS Alternatives: Today is not Saint Jude’s day
Today is not Saint Jude’s day. I looked it up. On Wikipedia. St. Jude’s Day is October 28. After a few days away from my computer, I needed to check. […]
“If not Google, I will pay someone for Android”
The Guardian published an article this morning claiming that Google is charging handset makers (OEMs) for their Google Mobile Services (GMS) license. The report has proven controversial with Google denying that […]
VMWare, AirWatch and implications for mobile software
This morning VMWare announced it will acquire AirWatch for almost $1.2 billion. AirWatch is a leading provider of software solutions for enterprise mobility, and are arguably the leader of Mobile […]
The Hard and the Soft – Part 1
Yesterday the big news was Google acquiring Nest Labs, maker of the Nest Thermostat. There are a lot of interpretations of this move. I tend to be a bit more […]
A few thoughts on mobile apps
I have been thinking about how mobile apps make money. In my post on Friday, I linked to a post from web greybeard Tim Bray who lamented that no one […]
Apps and the state of programming languages
I still have content I want to discuss from CES, but frankly, I’m all CES-ed out for the moment. Fortunately, I saw a very good post on “Ongoing by Tim […]