ACT member group Moms with Apps was profiled by the Wall Street Journal this afternoon for their work on kids education apps. The Journal also highlighted the tremendous organizational work by Lorraine Akemann who heads the group and works to keep her members informed about best practices. Lorraine [...]
Uber, MyTaxi Platforms: iOS, Android Disruptive technologies challenge existing marketplaces with innovation or new business models. Incumbent industries may seek to entrench themselves to avoid transformative change, but that head in the sand strategy seldom brings long-term success. Through an innovative use of mobile apps, we [...]
Today I will be meeting with mobile app developers as the featured guest at today's Silicon Valley Apps for Kids meet up. Bill Martin, of SmarTots, will lead a discussion with me about the critical questions of COPPA and Analytics for Kid's Apps. COPPA is the Children's Online Privacy Protection [...]
Almost exactly a year ago we went to CES in Las Vegas and met up with many of our app developer members to look at the year ahead. It felt like 2011 was gearing up to be an exciting year of growth, but also when app developers would attract the [...]
A Neilsen study was just released revealing the extraordinary connection consumers have with their smartphones. This report is the product of Nielsen's new Smartphone Analytics program -- a valuable new resource that receives data directly from mobile devices providing better accuracy than user surveys. So what does this new information [...]