MWC 2014: The Times they are Changing – Recap
Before the show, I posted that the nature of MWC has changed a lot over the years. This used to be a show solely focused on selling heavy iron networking […]
Category Archives: Mobile OS
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 […]
Mobile Back-End comes to an End
A few months back I wrote about Facebook’s acquisition of Parse. Parse provided a “Mobile Back-End as a Service” (MBaS), which is an ungainly acronym for what is essentially a cloud-based […]
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 […]
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 […]
