The difficult world of app development
Interesting infographic at Mashable. Even though there are >1 million apps out there, it’s hard for app developers to get theirs noticed. (Furthermore, as a user, it’s hard to know where to start.)...
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Two very interesting pieces, and made more interesting when juxtaposed. One is a fascinating look back at Technology Review’s app-creation process and attendant drama. The other is about how those...
View ArticleCan we monetize mobile already, please?
I didn’t really understand a lot of the slides in Mary Meeker’s presentation at D10, which All Things D and Scribd were nice enough to share, but a few sure stood out. In this pair of slides we can see...
View ArticleYes, the cracks are showing in news apps
Short post today, in response to Matthew Ingram at GigaOm, who asks, in light of the recent news about the Huffington app going free and The Daily laying off a good chunk of staff: “Are these two...
View Article“What happened to The Daily?” quote roundup
The Daily, News Corp.’s general-interest iPad news product, shut down this week. Media experts (or perhaps I should say “observers”—I’m not sure the media has any experts anymore) disagree on the...
View ArticleAre print-to-digital apps ruinous for media?
As I mentioned in a previous post, many of my recent freelance gigs have involved reading printed materials on various electronic devices. For several distinct projects, I read the same material on no...
View ArticleDiagnosis for magazine apps: Terminal lack of innovation
Yes, I’m quoting myself back to myself. Is there an echo in here? But almost a year ago to the day, I asked whether magazine apps would be the ruin of publishers, noting that they spend countless...
View ArticleA place for magazines
There is a reason that phones, tablets, minis, laptops and desktop computers all exist. Each does a different thing. Sometimes only a slightly different thing, but a different thing nonetheless. And...
View ArticleTime Inc. parties like it’s 2009, makes an app
Image: Fiscal Times Warning: This post contains unsafe levels of sarcasm and eye rolling. You may have begun your winter vacation last week, but while you were enduring awkward conversations with your...
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