Which mobile apps are making good money?

At a conference the other day, several industry executives were on a panel discussing mobile application stores. There were representatives...

Two videos for mobile app developers

Just a quick note to let you know about a couple of informational resources for mobile developers. --Motorola is starting the online publici...

App stores and APIs: It's the ecosystem, stupid

If you make a web application or mobile platform, one of the trendiest things you can do is add APIs and a software marketplace to it so dev...

Nokia goes for 1% market share in the US

Okay, I'll admit in advance that this is going to be a pretty snarky post, but it never ceases to amaze me how badly Nokia handles itsel...

The iPhone SDK: Apple gets it right

I have time tonight for only a quick note on Apple's iPhone software developer kit announcement. Overall, it is deeply impressive how m...

Nokia and Microsoft, sittin' in a tree...

There's so much hype in the mobile industry that I'm always reluctant to use a word like "shocking," but nothing else fits...

Following up on "Mobile Applications, RIP"

I was very surprised by the volume of responses to last week's post on the decline of the mobile applications business. Many of the com...

Mobile applications, RIP

Summary: The business of making native apps for mobile devices is dying, crushed by a fragmented market and restrictive business practices....

Google, the OS company

The bottom line: Google is now an OS company. The fact that Google's recently-announced OS products are aimed at mobile devices and soci...