flickr
The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/28/yahoo-our-redesign-of-the-flickr-ios-app-has-led-to-a-25-spike-in-photo-uploads-viewership/] : > On its earnings call today, Yahoo reported that its Flickr product has enjoyed a resurgence in the mobile space, with iOS usage spiking a full 25% in terms of uploads and photos viewed, measured on a daily basis,
Android
I don’t often go out of my way to link to stuff I write elsewhere – but this once, I’m going to. I’ve done a piece for the NEXT Berlin blog on why I think the iOS versus Android fanboy wars are deeply unhelpful [http://nextco.nf/Ujmwl6]
Android
Between hurricane Sandy and the US presidential elections [http://blog.instagram.com/post/35239837390/election-night-on-instagram] we now have confirmation, if you needed it, that Instagram is a big social player. I can see why Facebook bought it – there’s plenty of evidence that people interact more around photos than anything
apps
Tumblr, on its iOS app store description [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tumblr/id305343404?mt=8]: > We’re so thrilled to tell you that our app is now completely native! Get ready for a faster, smoother, and more responsive Tumblr Dashboard. So, another major social app follows Facebook
amazon
In the shadow of a hurricane, Google launched some new tablets [http://officialandroid.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/nexus-best-of-google-now-in-three-sizes.html] , a phone and a revamp of the latest version of Android. Pondering this, I’ve come to the comclusion that we’ve actually got two tiers of tablets [http://nextberlin.
apple
Big news from Cupertino [http://gigaom.com/apple/head-of-ios-software-scott-forstall-out-at-apple/]: > Apple announced on Monday a major reorganisation of the top leadership of the company that leaves SVP of iOS Software Scott Forstall out of the picture. Forstall will be leaving Apple next year. iOS6 Maps claims its first casualty. And
Facebook’s own reasoning for dumping the HTML5 wrapper app on iOS and going native [https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/under-the-hood-rebuilding-facebook-for-ios/10151036091753920] : > By allowing us to write once and ship across multiple platforms, HTML5 has historically allowed us to keep the Facebook mobile experience current and widely available,
It’s odd, given how much HTML5 is celebrated as the grand panacea that will save us all from nasty native apps, that what should be the flagship example – the Facebook app – has just shifted from HTML5 to a native app on iOS [http://allthingsd.com/20120823/finally-facebook-speeds-up-its-ios-app/]: > This
Android
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/06/iOS6_ipad_iphone.jpg] Fraser Spiers [http://speirs.org/blog/2012/6/13/thoughts-on-apples-wwdc-announcements.html]: > I’m not a Google hater. In many ways, I rather wish that we could turn the clock back to 2007 and that
Android
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/03/8f96f6f26b8d11e181bd12313817987b_7.jpg] Here’s the reason one mobile developer is getting out of the Android game [http://mikamobile.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-future-with-android.html]: > We spent about 20% of our total man-hours last year dealing with Android
community management
Wikipedia is becoming increasingly important to our information landscape - but how reliable is it, and how well-balanced are its contributors?
Android
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/8b46478341a441fb81d8f38119e94c9c_7.jpg] - We underestimate the impact of the mobile as the computer everyone has in their pockets at our peril. - The impact is less likely to be an evolution of what we do on the web