5 Things to Consider Before Taking Your Company Mobile
Most companies realize, or should realize, that mobile needs to be a part of your business thinking. This article gives some good views on some basic things to think about when going mobile.
Read MoreIDC: More U.S. mobile web users than wireline users by 2015
Mobile we usage continues to become increasingly important and, according to a report from IDC, will surpass wired web usage by 2015. Mobile web is a critical component to any mobile strategy today not only because of the increasing usage but also in order to support social media strategies as consumers access twitter and Facebook through mobile devices more and more regularly. These trends...
Read MoreXavier Facon – Crisp CTO – on HTML5 Impact on Advertising
More good stuff about HTML5 from Xavier Facon writing on Read Write Web. I had the good fortune to work with Xavier Facon while I was VP Sales at Crisp Wireless in the early days of mobile web. I’ve written quite a bit on HTML5 and the opportunity it creates for publishers. Xavier makes some good points about HTML5 as a preferred medium for rich media advertising that scales across...
Read MoreFT.com’s Beautiful New HTML5 Web App.
There are some interesting articles covering the launch of the beautiful new FT.com HTML5 web app. It looks and feels like a native iOS app and is a great view into the capabilities/possibilities of HTML5 for publishers….But it gets better: It caches content on the device and allows for a great offline experience. This has been the gating factor that has led many publishers to cling to...
Read MoreKindle Already Over 15 Percent of Amazon’s Business, Analyst Estimates
I am a big Kindle fan and think we are just beginning to see the impact of this type of device on the book retail and publishing biz so I have not been surprised by the revenue estimates floating out there. That said, a new report by Caris & Co. analyst Sandeep Aggarwal estimated today that Kindle will rake in over $5.48 billion this year, and $8.64 billion in 2012. These numbers seem a...
Read MoreApple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions
Finally, we’re getting somewhere productive. Here’s a piece from MacRumors with some details.
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