Analysis

Life’s little apps and Zunes

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

Contrary to what Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie believes, apps are the way forward for the smartphone market, so Apple must get its approval process sorted. Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, recently told attendees at the company’s Professional Developer Conference that applications won’t be important on smartphones soon because ‘all the apps that count’ will be [...]

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Don’t blame it on the Google

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

Instead of blaming Google for lost ad revenue, newspaper publishers need to work out how to make the most of visitors to their websites. Times are tough in the newspaper industry. As copy sales have plummeted, publishers, trying desperately to protect advertising revenue, have invested millions in online editions of their publications. The problem is, [...]

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All the tricks of the retail trade

by Kenny Hemphill on 13 May 2010 in Analysis

By carefully pricing its product range, Apple has pulled off the trick of getting consumers to part with more money than they had planned. Much has been made in recent weeks of Apple’s stellar set of financial results for the three months ending on 30 September. And rightly so. Any company that continues to not [...]

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