#Android

State of the Developer Nation: The App Economy Consolidates Before the Next Gold Rush

Our 7th Developer Economics survey broke all records again, reaching more than 10,000 app developers from 137 different countries. The...

Developer Economics: Ecosystem wars drawing to a close

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Feb 5, 20143 min read

Developer Economics: Ecosystem wars drawing to a close

Welcome to the brand new Developer Economics report! Now in its fourth year and 6th edition, the latest Developer Economics survey...

Mobile Money: Did T-Mobile just pull an Android on banks?

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Jan 28, 20145 min read

Mobile Money: Did T-Mobile just pull an Android on banks?

Operators have been trying for ages to launch mobile banking schemes hoping to create new revenue opportunities for themselves....

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Dec 30, 20132 min read

General

Top 5 VisionMobile articles for 2013

With 2013 drawing to a close, we’d like to present you with the top articles from our blog for this past year – and wish you a happy and...

How do developers prioritise platforms? iOS vs Android vs HTML5

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Dec 12, 20137 min read

How do developers prioritise platforms? iOS vs Android vs HTML5

How do developers perceive different platforms and how is their platform choice affected by the type of apps they developed or the way...

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Nov 19, 20135 min read

The Naked Android

It had become painfully clear to Android’s executives: they had officially lost control. Something had to be done. There was only one...

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Oct 28, 20132 min read

Learning From Blackberry's Decline

After Blackberry announced disastrous Q2 results, news broke that Fairfax’s offer to take the company private had hit funding snags as...

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Oct 23, 20133 min read

Apps and app stores

App trade: a global opportunity

As we launch our new Developer Economics survey [UPDATE: Survey now closed – results out Jan 2014], Senior Analyst Andreas Pappas...

Infographic – Developer Economics Q3 2013 – State of the Developer Nation

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Oct 21, 20132 min read

Infographics

Infographic – Developer Economics Q3 2013 – State of the Developer Nation

As we’re about to launch the latest Developer Economics survey [UPDATE: we’ve launched the new survey – you can take it here!], we’d like...

How to win in mobile without making your own OS

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Oct 14, 20133 min read

How to win in mobile without making your own OS

The battle for app ecosystems is over – iOS and Android have won. However, this is not the end of the war for mobile users....

Developer Economics: App market forecasts 2013-2016

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Jul 22, 20133 min read

Apps and app stores

Developer Economics: App market forecasts 2013-2016

The global app economy was worth $ 53Bn in 2012, and expected to rise to $ 143Bn in 2016. As part of our new Developer Economics: App...

[Report] Developer Economics Q3 2013 – State of the Developer Nation

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Jul 17, 20135 min read

[Report] Developer Economics Q3 2013 – State of the Developer Nation

We’re happy to announce the launch of our new Developer Economics report, based on the largest, most global developer survey (6,000+...

Back to the Future: How Facebook is challenging Google at the eyeball game

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Jun 26, 20137 min read

Back to the Future: How Facebook is challenging Google at the eyeball game

[Facebook is competing for eyeballs on Google’s own turf: Android. Guest author Francisco Kattan explains why Facebook’s Home...

Developer Mindshare Q2 2013: Is HTML5 the 3rd horse in the race?

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May 27, 20135 min read

Developer Mindshare Q2 2013: Is HTML5 the 3rd horse in the race?

[We’ve just completed the largest developer survey to date and the results are starting to come in. Marketing Manager, Matos Kapetanakis,...

A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance

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May 21, 20138 min read

A Game of Ecosystems: Measuring ecosystem performance

[How do ecosystem economics shape the mobile competitive landscape? What are the key performance indicators and how should app ecosystem...

The Mediatek Phenomenon: the new smartphone disruption

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May 8, 20137 min read

The Mediatek Phenomenon: the new smartphone disruption

[The next smartphone disruption comes not from the power struggle between Apple, Google and Amazon, but from silicon. Guest author Jay...

[Infographic] Developer Economics 2013: Dev tools are the foundation of the app economy

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Apr 30, 20131 min read

Infographics

[Infographic] Developer Economics 2013: Dev tools are the foundation of the app economy

We’d like to present our latest infographic, based on the latest Developer Economics report – themed around developer tools. This...

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Apr 3, 20136 min read

Apps and app stores

Which apps make more money?

[How do app developer revenues vary by country, or platform? Does the number of platforms make a difference to app revenues? Which models...

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Mar 21, 20139 min read