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Category Archives: Mobile OS

The App Store needs a Refresh

July 29, 2014by D/D Advisors 1 Comment

There is an interesting post from Marco Arment today on “App Rot”. In it he takes a look at App Store economics. Like many people before, he points out that […]

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Appconomy, iOS, Mobile OS

Coming of age in mobile. Yahoo buys Flurry

July 24, 2014by D/D Advisors 2 Comments

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 […]

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Android, Appconomy, iOS, Mobile Ads, Mobile OS

The End of Nokia Series 40? I hope not

July 21, 2014by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

Among the big tech news items last week was Microsoft’s announcement that they were going to cut 18,000 employees and restructure the company. The big cuts seem to be coming […]

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Appconomy, Mobile OS

MWC 2014: The Times they are Changing – Recap

March 10, 2014by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

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 […]

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Appconomy, Components, Marketing, Mobile Ads, Mobile OS, Mobile Web, MWC, Networking, Silicon

MWC 2014: Mobile OS Entering the Stasis Field

March 7, 2014by D/D Advisors Leave a comment

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 […]

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Android, Appconomy, China, Google, iOS, Mobile OS, MWC

Mobile Back-End comes to an End

February 14, 2014by D/D Advisors 2 Comments

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 […]

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Appconomy, Mobile Ads, Mobile OS, Mobile Payments

Mobile OS Alternatives: Today is not Saint Jude’s day

February 4, 2014by D/D Advisors 1 Comment

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. […]

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Android, Appconomy, China, iOS, Mobile OS

“If not Google, I will pay someone for Android”

January 24, 2014by D/D Advisors 2 Comments

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 […]

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Android, China, Google, Mobile OS

VMWare, AirWatch and implications for mobile software

January 23, 2014by D/D Advisors 2 Comments

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 […]

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Android, Appconomy, iOS, Mobile OS, Mobile Web

A few thoughts on mobile apps

January 14, 2014by D/D Advisors 1 Comment

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 […]

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Android, App Economy, Appconomy, China, Google, iOS, Mobile Ads, Mobile OS, Mobile Payments

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