How Apple Changed the World: A New App Economy
NPR Podcast: The Tuesday Podcast: The App Economy I have tried on more than one occasion to explain how much of an impact iTunes and the concept of paid-apps have changed the world. It is tough and people tend to forget how difficult and inconvenient buying (and selling) items online was. Such a pain that … Read more
Mobile Payments: The winner will understand how to add value
Seems obvious doesn’t it? The organizations that became ecommerce giants understood that adding to the value chain (or cutting out chunks to reduce costs) was how to conquer the market. Google used free statistics (Analytics) and a strong platform (Adwords) to conquer the online ad game. Amazon made shopping online simple (One-Click) and cheap. eBay … Read more
Mobile Commerce is Local: If that isn’t your focus, you are probably doing it wrong
In the fourth quarter of 2010, Smartphone sales outnumbered Personal Computer (PC) sales for the first time (a quick article on that here). The fraction of the world population already using Smartphones are spending a significant amount of money on their devices (primarily purchasing apps and music – you can read more in one of my … Read more
