Fahad HApr 7, 20173 min readHow to rule the App Store in 2017: 5 trends to use to your advantageApp Store Optimization (ASO) in 2017 demands that app publishers stay one step ahead of the competition by taking advantage of newly...
Fahad HApr 4, 20171 min readAndroid now the world’s dominant OS, surpassing WindowsAccording to StatCounter, the Android operating system has now passed Microsoft Windows as the leading OS globally. The data reflect...
Fahad HJan 31, 20173 min readApple reports best quarter ever: $78.4B revenue, 78M iPhones soldAfter three consecutive quarters of year-over-year sales declines, Apple announced its biggest quarter ever. The company beat revenue and...
Fahad HDec 28, 20161 min readTop smartphone apps of 2016: Google and Facebook control 8 out of the top 10 slotsMany top year-end lists are now coming out, and Nielsen has released its ranking of the the top smartphone apps of 2016. In its ranking...
Fahad HNov 15, 20162 min readReport: Apple working on augmented reality glasses for potential 2018 releaseAccording to reports, Apple is developing digital glasses. However, if the product appears at all, it won’t be until 2018 at the...
Fahad HNov 6, 20162 min readStudy says only 8 percent of shoppers use retailer apps. Should they give up?It’s very well established that consumers use smartphones as shopping assistants in stores. We’re now getting into the nuances of how...
Fahad HOct 25, 20161 min readApple revenues of $47B in line but down, iPhone sales down year over yearApple’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings are out. Revenues of $46.9 billion were in line with analysts’ modest expectations; earnings per...
Fahad HOct 10, 20163 min readThe ins, outs and industry effects of Apple’s Limit Ad Tracking changesApple’s iOS 10 update was a huge shot across the bow in the mobile advertising world. Apple rolled out search ads in the iOS App Store to...
Fahad HSep 23, 20162 min readReport: Apple may be six months from launching an Echo-like Siri assistantA second report, from Bloomberg, says that Apple is developing an Amazon Echo-like stand alone virtual assistant based on Siri. That...
Fahad HSep 7, 20162 min readApple introduces jackless iPhone 7 with improved camera, and waterproof WatchPeople are focused on the fact that there’s no headphone jack on the new iPhone. But while that’s grabbing attention, Apple introduced a...
Fahad HSep 2, 20162 min readApple begins purge of neglected, broken apps; no more ASO with app namesThere are more than 2 million apps for iOS devices. However, beginning next week, Apple will be trying to reduce that number somewhat....
Fahad HJul 28, 20161 min readApple sells its billionth iPhone, but Samsung gains market shareFollowing its quarterly earnings earlier this week, Apple announced that it had sold its billionth iPhone. Introduced in January 2007,...
Fahad HJul 27, 20162 min readNot just for payments, mobile wallets an underused consumer channel — [survey]Mobile wallets: they’re not just for payments anymore. That’s according a new Urban Airship survey of 2,000 adults in the US and UK. The...
Fahad HJul 11, 20162 min readIn-app purchases dwarf ad revenues, as iOS App Store exceeds $71 billionUS mobile ad revenue in 2015 was approximately 35 percent total digital revenue, or $20.8 billion. However, revenue from in-app ads is...
Fahad HJun 14, 20162 min readSurvey: Android Pay most used payment app, security fears holding adoption backAt Apple’s WWDC yesterday, the company announced that it was extending Apple Pay to the mobile web. This was rumored earlier this year...
Fahad HJun 13, 20162 min readSiri goes viral: Apple opens up the virtual assistant to third-party developersAmong the many iOS-related announcements today at Apple’s developer conference, there was the anticipated news that Siri would be opened...
Fahad HJun 9, 20162 min readGoogle Analytics begins breaking out iOS traffic by model (when it can)If you’re a Google Analytics user and you’d like to know which iOS models and devices your visitors are using, there’s good news and bad...
Fahad HMay 13, 20162 min readReport: Most iOS app store revenue goes to top 1 percent of publishersTalk about the top one percent. According to a new report from Sensor Tower, the top one percent of US iOS App Store app developers with...
Fahad HMay 12, 20161 min readAndroid grows its share vs. iOS, Windows in all major markets [Report]On a day when Google parent Alphabet passed Apple’s market cap, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reported that the Android operating system is...
Fahad HApr 28, 20161 min readTwitter recategorized itself from “social networking” to “news” in Apple’s ATwitter’s not a social network anymore; it’s in the news industry, at least that’s what its iOS app indicates. Twitter appears to have...
