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Google has the leading developer program, but Amazon is catching up

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Jul 1, 20214 min read

Developer Marketing

Google has the leading developer program, but Amazon is catching up

Developers. Decision-makers. Kingmakers? For several years now, at SlashData we have been helping our clients – some of the biggest names...

Under the Hood of Developer Marketing: Microsoft’s Jeff Sandquist

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May 21, 20185 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Under the Hood of Developer Marketing: Microsoft’s Jeff Sandquist

Developer Marketing – what is it, why is it important, how to develop it successfully? We’ve interviewed Jeff Sandquist, General Manager...

Unity leads the way in developer satisfaction

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Jul 31, 20172 min read

Business Models and Strategy

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...

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Oct 25, 20163 min read

Return on Developer Investment

My most fun job ever was as a C++ developer. Ok, I don’t have much grey hair yet, but I fondly remember the late 90s and the challenges...

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Jun 26, 20146 min read

Internet of Things

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

Internet of Things

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...

Microsoft + Nokia: the marriage of two broken business models

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Sep 4, 20135 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Microsoft + Nokia: the marriage of two broken business models

Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s Devices division is the new beginning for both Microsoft and Nokia. But how does it make sense when...

Microsoft-Nokia: A Tale of Two Broken Business Models

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Feb 15, 20125 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Microsoft-Nokia: A Tale of Two Broken Business Models

[The launch of the Lumia line marks the pivotal point in the Microsoft-Nokia partnership. But how successful will it be? VisionMobile...

Is Microsoft buying Nokia? An analysis of the acquisition endgame

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Feb 24, 20118 min read

Business Models and Strategy

Is Microsoft buying Nokia? An analysis of the acquisition endgame

In a surprising move, Nokia and Microsoft decided to enter a strategic relationship for the OEM’s smartphone business. While the marriage...

One cuckoo, two turkeys and three horses; how the mobile race has changed

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Feb 15, 20118 min read

Platform wars

One cuckoo, two turkeys and three horses; how the mobile race has changed

[How do Nokia’s options look in a post-Microsoft and Google world? Why does Google’s strategy with Android resemble a cuckoo’s routine...

Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market

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Sep 27, 20107 min read

Platform wars

Windows Phone 7: Tipping the Scales of the Smartphone Market

[Windows Phone 7 has the potential to redraw the smartphone competitive landscape and accelerate the evolution of the mobile value-chain....

Mobile Virtualization – Coming to a Smartphone Near You

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Jun 14, 20105 min read

Platform wars

Mobile Virtualization – Coming to a Smartphone Near You

[mobile virtualisation is an underhyped yet far-reaching technology. Guest author Steve Subar looks at virtualisation and how the...

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