Flurry's Sean Byrnes on the challenges of mobile analytics.
by Bruce Stewart
| @bruce_stewart
| +Bruce Stewart | 8 August 2011
Flurry's Sean Byrnes talks about the intricacies of mobile analytics, the metrics app developers care about most, and the problems that stem from Android fragmentation.
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Mobile payment companies have an adoption issue, and a new batch of iPhone 5 payment rumors.
by David Sims
| @ndwoods
| 4 August 2011
Consumer Reports says only 5% use mobile payments, and they better be darned careful about how they do. Also, an infographic shows the uptake in mobile banking, and we've got new reports from the rumor mill about Apple tapping PayPal for iPhone 5.
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Traditional methods come through when connected systems fail.
by Tim O'Reilly
| @timoreilly
| +Tim O'Reilly | 1 August 2011
A couple of months ago, I had a remarkable demonstration of the fragility of the "always on" connected mindset.
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In-app purchases make free games pay, and iOS 5 reportedly adds facial recognition.
by David Sims
| @ndwoods
| 28 July 2011
A report says that purchases through free mobile games are becoming the largest share of all mobile games revenue. Also, reports of a facial recognition API in iOS 5 surface, and a new technology tries to sell merchants on using consumers' webcams to scan their credit cards.
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The Linux kernel gets to 3.0, Oracle is bitten by the Internet's long memory, and more lawsuit fever.
by James Turner
| @blackbearnh
| 28 July 2011
The Linux kernel gets to version 3.0. Meanwhile, Oracle doesn't seem to remember the warm reception that Sun gave Android, and big players get lawsuits on their doorsteps.
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SMS and mobile data reveal communication communities — some new, some old.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters
| +Audrey Watters | 22 July 2011
Researchers are looking at mobile phone data to see if our relationships and communications are restricted by geographic boundaries.
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