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Unity leads the way in developer satisfaction

As software continues to eat the world (to paraphrase Marc Andreessen), software developers fulfill an ever more critical role in the...

Google’s Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn’t make

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Jun 16, 20164 min read

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Google’s Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn’t make

At this year’s Google I/O conference the search giant announced Instant Apps – Android applications dynamically downloaded, installed,...

The 3 key Apple Watch features that nobody talks about. Yet.

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Sep 10, 20144 min read

The 3 key Apple Watch features that nobody talks about. Yet.

[If Apple wants to create a new, large product category out of smart watches, they need to create mass-market demand for their new...

The trillion dollar choice for car makers: control or cooperate?

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Jul 9, 20148 min read

The trillion dollar choice for car makers: control or cooperate?

[Will the car become little more than a smartphone accessory on wheels? This question is highly relevant after the recent CarPlay and...

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Jun 26, 20146 min read

Who will be the iOS and Android of IoT?

[Put together, the announcements at Google I/O and from Apple, Samsung, Nest, Quirky and others in the past weeks paint a crystal clear...

From 4 to 4000 apps: disruption deja-vu in the car industry?

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Apr 14, 20143 min read

From 4 to 4000 apps: disruption deja-vu in the car industry?

[What if cars were like mobile phones? There are some eerie similarities between the approaches of car makers in 2014, and operators and...

No, Google is not going 'horizontal' by selling Motorola

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Jan 30, 20143 min read

No, Google is not going 'horizontal' by selling Motorola

Another excellent move by Google: Offload Motorola Mobile Devices to Lenovo, while keeping the patents to themselves. Skimming through...

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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...

The evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channel

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Aug 5, 20137 min read

The evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channel

The evolution of the PC and mobile handset industry have been mirror images of each other, as both saw two distinct disruptions: a new...

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Mar 21, 20139 min read

Dr. Google and Mr. Android

[Google announced changes to Android management last week. With around 500 million current users now, the mobile operating systems seems...

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Dec 5, 20127 min read

The Apple and Samsung Profit Recipe

[Apple and Samsung are sucking the oxygen out of the room. What’s the recipe of their profits and why are all the other OEMs struggling?...

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Sep 10, 20124 min read

The Kindelization of Tablets – Part 1

[Did you think that the Kindle Fire and the iPad are in direct competition? Think again! VisionMobile Product Manager, Stijn Schuermans,...

Beyond Siri: Breaking down the Virtual Assistant market

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Jun 8, 20123 min read

Mobile Trends

Beyond Siri: Breaking down the Virtual Assistant market

[Helped by Apple’s successful launch of its Siri technology in 2011, voice-activated mobile virtual assistants (VAs) have crossed the...

Flatten, Expand, Mine: The three pillars of Google's strategy

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Nov 21, 20115 min read

Flatten, Expand, Mine: The three pillars of Google's strategy

[Google’s strategy is all about ads, not selling services. Business Analyst Stijn Schuermans examines Google’s three-pronged strategy for...

The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

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Nov 2, 20115 min read

The elusive long-tail of mobile shipments

[The era of smartphones is upon us, as penetration increases from 11% in 2008 to over 25% in 2011. But what of the remaining three...

Discovery kills distribution: why the web needs a new leader

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Sep 29, 20114 min read

Discovery kills distribution: why the web needs a new leader

[Apple and Google have locked app discovery and distribution within their app stores. VisionMobile’s Andreas Constantinou explains how...

The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?

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Oct 31, 20105 min read

The Android UI Dilemma: Unify or Differentiate?

[The UI of Android mobile devices is at the epicenter of a conflict between Google and the OEM struggle for differentiation. Guest author...

The Tortoise and the Hare: The tale of Android evolution

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Oct 24, 20105 min read