Tag Archive | "android"

Mobile analytics company, Distimo enables developers to track cross-store mobile app performance

March 30, 2010 by Lisa Whelan | Developers, Mobile, Review
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Today, European-based mobile analytics company, Distimo, launched a new, free analytics tool called Distimo Monitor, which allows developers to track the performance of their application across several app stores and compare that performance to their competition.  Prior to this new product release, Distimo already provided both free and customized reports on the mobile application ecosystem [...]

Evaluating the future of the “Mobile Touch Web”… Will mobile apps die in favor of rich, mobile browser-based apps?

February 4, 2010 by Lisa Whelan | Developers, Mobile, Research
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Today, I read a fascinating report today from Mobile search engine, Taptu, which outlines trends in the “Mobile Touch Web” (i.e. content that can be run on “any touch screen device equipped with a Webkit- based mobile browser.”)  Taptu “analyzed, categorized and measured more than 100 million sites on the mobile touch Web and [...]

AT&T Wows the Crowd with Device & OS Announcements at the AT&T Developer Summit

January 7, 2010 by Lisa Whelan | Uncategorized
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Yesterday, I attended the AT&T Developer Summit at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.  It was one of the best mobile developer events I’ve attended in recent memory, not the least because AT&T shared some of it’s best announcements with mobile developers first…

Should Nokia Build an Android Smartphone?

December 15, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Uncategorized
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I recently swapped my Nokia E71 out for an unlocked Motorola CLIQ (running on AT&T).  I won the CLIQ at the recent MOTODEV Summit, and despite being excited to start using what looked like a great device, I was a little sad to give up my Nokia E71. Why? I like the E71 hardware a [...]

Is Viral Broken In Mobile? Yes. My Thoughts on How to Counteract It.

October 23, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Consulting, Developers, Mobile, Monetization, Social Media
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After listening to the podcast I did on Wednesday with Motodev on how to incorporate social media into mobile applications, Matthäus Krzykowski,  (a fellow mobile consultant, freelance writer for VentureBeat, and fascinating guy) tweeted: “@motodev @lisawhelan is great, enjoyed the podcast. However, as @danshapiro http://bit.ly/3eRvaK says viral broken is in mobile. Thoughts ?” It’s a [...]

Incorporating Social Media into your Mobile App (with pictures)

October 21, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Consulting, Developers, Mobile, Social Media
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Today, I did a MOTODEV podcast with Randy Ksar of Motorola: “Social Media Marketing for Mobile Developers Part II”. The podcast addressed mobile developers and focused on the benefits of incorporating social media into mobile applications. You can see the social dialogue surrounding the podcast on gsnap and listen to the podcast below: Here’s the corresponding powerpoint: Leveraging [...]

Hello DEMO.

September 18, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Consulting, Events
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I’m hitting the road on Monday for the DEMOfall 09 conference in San Diego, CA. This will be the 25th DEMO conference that Chris Shipley, has produced in 13 years, but it’ll be the first one I’m attending.  I’ve heard great things about previous DEMO conferences, and because this one is the 25th, and Shipley’s last [...]

Live Blogging From Mobilize ‘09

September 10, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Developers, Events, Mobile
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I’m live blogging from Mobilize ‘09 in San Francisco, California for as long as my laptop battery lasts. I’ll also be live tweeting. After a quick, “mininote” introduction by Om Malik, Founder of the GigaOM Network and James Kendrick, Editor, jkOnTheRun (GigaOM Network), Pankaj Kedia, Director, Global Ecosystem Programs, Mobile Internet Devices at Intel has taken [...]

Open vs. Closed – The Mobile Debate Rages On

January 26, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Mobile, Social Media
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There’s a lot of talk about the value of openness on the web…. Open development platforms, open APIs, open source, OpenSocial, etc.  “Open” is a popular word these days, and depending on who you talk to, “open” can mean any one of many different things. “Open” as it relates to the mobile is no exception…. [...]

A Few Thoughts on Google in 2009

January 8, 2009 by Lisa Whelan | Mobile
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In response to my last post, “Magikplp” asked what I thought might happen with Google in 2009.  I suspect that Google will have a good year in 2009 but not a *great* year.  Google will continue to be a force to reckon with and will remain the leader in most things web, but this will [...]

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