Financial Times goes all-in on its web app, Flickr puts up fences, and daily deal fatigue sets in.
by David Sims
| @ndwoods
| 1 September 2011
The Financial Times says subscriber data trumps Apple's reach, Flickr introduces geofencing to keep things private, and the cracks in the daily deal world start to show.
Read Full Post | Comments: 1 |
by Andy Oram
| @praxagora
| 26 August 2011
In the great Second Coming, when Jobs returned to Apple 1996, he drove the adoption of the open source BSD as Apple's new operating system. This enabled some of the Mac's most popular features.
Read Full Post | Comments: 8 |
Very local deals, iPhone users ready to spend, and Androids attract crapware
by David Sims
| @ndwoods
| 25 August 2011
Placecast offers merchants a geofence to corral customers. Also, UK researcher YouGov says iPhone users are more willing to buy with their phones, and telecoms bury Androids with crapware.
Read Full Post | Comment |
Android in the enterprise requires improvements in security, management and app stores.
by Marko Gargenta
| @marakana
| 25 August 2011
Android has the foundation to support enterprise use, but there's a handful of missing pieces that need to be addressed if it's going to fully catch on in the corporate world.
Read Full Post | Comment |
Frank Maker on Android power consumption and app etiquette.
by Bruce Stewart
| @bruce_stewart
| +Bruce Stewart | 23 August 2011
Researcher Frank Maker discusses Android power consumption best practices and the risks of hogging mobile resources.
Read Full Post | Comment |
MagAppZine looks to make mobile app creation easier for publishers.
by Jenn Webb
| @JennWebb
| +Jenn Webb | 22 August 2011
The next TOC Sneak Peek webcast will feature Paul Canetti, founder of MagAppZine, a platform that allows publishers to create custom apps. Here, Canetti talks about starting the company and the benefits he sees for publishers.
Read Full Post | Comment |