admin81073Jul 1, 20214 min readDeveloper MarketingGoogle has the leading developer program, but Amazon is catching upDevelopers. Decision-makers. Kingmakers? For several years now, at SlashData we have been helping our clients – some of the biggest names...
admin81073Sep 20, 201919 min readDeveloper MarketingEpisode 2 | Under the Hood of Developer Marketing | Developer Events with Katherine MillerListen to the audio episode. [Intro] Hello and welcome to “Under the Hood of Developer Marketing”, a podcast from SlashData. This is a...
admin81073Jul 31, 20172 min readBusiness Models and StrategyUnity leads the way in developer satisfactionAs software continues to eat the world (to paraphrase Marc Andreessen), software developers fulfill an ever more critical role in the...
admin81073Jun 16, 20164 min readGeneralGoogle’s Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn’t makeAt this year’s Google I/O conference the search giant announced Instant Apps – Android applications dynamically downloaded, installed,...
admin81073Sep 10, 20144 min readInternet of ThingsThe 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...
admin81073Jul 9, 20148 min readInternet of ThingsThe 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...
admin81073Jun 26, 20146 min readInternet of ThingsWho 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...
admin81073Apr 14, 20143 min readInternet of ThingsFrom 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...
admin81073Jan 30, 20143 min readBusiness Models and StrategyNo, Google is not going 'horizontal' by selling MotorolaAnother excellent move by Google: Offload Motorola Mobile Devices to Lenovo, while keeping the patents to themselves. Skimming through...
admin81073Nov 19, 20135 min readPlatform warsThe Naked AndroidIt had become painfully clear to Android’s executives: they had officially lost control. Something had to be done. There was only one...
admin81073Aug 5, 20137 min readBusiness Models and StrategyThe evolution of handset business models: From source of profits to distribution channelThe evolution of the PC and mobile handset industry have been mirror images of each other, as both saw two distinct disruptions: a new...
admin81073Mar 21, 20139 min readBusiness Models and StrategyDr. Google and Mr. Android[Google announced changes to Android management last week. With around 500 million current users now, the mobile operating systems seems...
admin81073Dec 5, 20127 min readBusiness Models and StrategyThe 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?...
admin81073Sep 10, 20124 min readBusiness Models and StrategyThe 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,...
admin81073Jun 8, 20123 min readMobile TrendsBeyond 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...
admin81073Nov 21, 20115 min readBusiness Models and StrategyFlatten, 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...
admin81073Nov 2, 20115 min readPlatform warsThe 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...
admin81073Sep 29, 20114 min readPlatform warsDiscovery 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...
admin81073Oct 31, 20105 min readPlatform warsThe 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...
admin81073Oct 24, 20105 min readPlatform warsThe Tortoise and the Hare: The tale of Android evolution[Android is moving too fast with software releases – too fast for the smartphone ecosystem to follow. At the same time, Android is moving...