Major Change Unlikely Despite Open-Internet Ruling
Wireless Design & Development
Jan,15,2014 by:ANICK JESDANUN New York (AP) - Don't expect major changes to how you access your favorite websites and services despite a federal appeals court's decision to set aside rules meant to ensure equal access to entertainment, news and other online content. Major cable providers already have pledged not to do the kinds of things the rules were designed to ban. And the rules didn't apply fully to wireless providers anyway, even as Americans are increasingly using mobile devices to access Internet content. Read More |
App Monetization To Get Tougher Still, With Gartner Predicting 94.5% Of Downloads Will Be Free By 2017
Tech Crunch
Jan,13,2014 by:Natasha Lomas The business of making money from apps is going to get tougher still, with analyst Gartner predicting that through to 2018 less than 0.01% of consumer mobile apps will be considered a financial success by their developers. A key factor making it harder for apps to attract a paying audience is the sheer number of apps consumers can wade through before making their choice. Both Apple's iOS and Google's Android stores now each have more than one million apps on tap. It's the very definition of a crowded playing field - and this is pushing mobile users to take shortcuts to help them determine which apps to download. Read More |
Is the New Best BYOD Policy No BYOD Policy? Wireless Week Jan,14,2014 By:Ben Munson A major U.S. carrier contacted Kevin Burden to ask if he had noticed anything strange in the BYOD market lately. As a matter of fact Burden, director of mobility at Strategy Analytics, had picked up on a peculiar anomaly. Although BYOD was still rapidly growing, the number of corporate-liable device purchases was going up as well. |
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