A few weeks ago Facebook developer Joe Hewitt announced that he would stop making iPhone applications because he was fed up with the way Apple is running its App store. The main problem facing Joe, as well as many other developers, has to do with Apple’s policies on the applications. “My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies. I respect their right to manage their platform however they want, however I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software p…(more...)
Tags: App Store, Apple, Apps, Facebook, iPhone, Joe Hewitt, Online, Technology
Google Mobile Advertising now spans both their website and now applications on mobile operating systems including the iPhone.
The world’s largest internet company has announced the acquisition of California-based AdMob for $806 million (US $750 million) worth of Google stock. The mobile advertising pioneer is a Silicon Valley success story that emerged in 2006, when Omar Hamoui founded the company after being frustrated by a lack of ways to generate traffic for his mobile site, claiming it was too hard to engage users. “I’ve been working in mobile for over seven years now. Before AdMob, I founded two separate mobile startups that never got significant traction. It was so frustrating to build what I knew was a…(more...)
Tags: AdMob, Advertising, AdWords, Google, iPhone, Online, Online Advertising, Search Marketing, web technology
There have been two clear winners that have emerged from both the technology industry and the economy in the last twelve months: the Apple’s App Store and fast food. Thanks to Apple’s prodigious marketing of their iPhone smartphone, and the global financial crisis ushering people to reach for their pizza coupons rather than their dinner jackets, both iPhone and pizza sales have gone up spectacularly since the beginning of the financial crisis. Domino’s Australia has made an ambitious first attempt to finally marry the two in a free iPhone app suitably named “Domino’s”…(more...)
Tags: 3G, Apple, Delivery, Domino's Pizza, Financial Crisis, Food, Internet, iPhone, On Demand, Online, Pizza, Pizza Hut, Recession