Fahad HApr 28, 20162 min readAmid global smartphone slowdown, Apple seeks to capture more “Android switchers”Apple had a nearly $51-billion quarter, more than Google and Microsoft revenues combined. However, for Apple investors, it was a...
Fahad HApr 26, 20163 min readApple posts revenue miss of $50.6 billion but sells more iPhones than expectedApple’s fiscal second quarter earnings are out. As expected, Apple posted its first year-over-year revenue decline in 13 years. Apple...
Fahad HApr 25, 20161 min readThe Apple Watch is a flop — or is it?Canadapanda / Shutterstock.com A year after its introduction, the conventional thinking about the Apple Watch is that it’s a failure....
Fahad HMar 17, 20162 min readApp install spend up 150 percent, yet costs down, push-enabled users 2X more engaged [reports]Two new reports present data on the cost of mobile app user acquisition and, once acquired, app user engagement and retention benchmarks....
Fahad HMar 16, 20161 min readApple News quietly opens up to smaller content publishersSeveral articles today flagged the fact that Apple News is now allowing all small content publishers and bloggers to get in on the app....
Fahad HFeb 15, 20162 min readStudy: 110 Million iPhones In US, 62 Million iPhone 6 Or Later Modelsolegganko / Shutterstock.com The iPhone 6 and subsequent models now dominate the active installed base of iPhones in the US market....
Fahad HFeb 4, 20161 min readDeath To The Dumb Phone: Soon, Nearly 80% Of Mobile Phones In The US Will Be SmartphonesNearly 80 percent of Americans will own smartphones shortly. Media measurement firm comScore just released figures showing smartphone...
Fahad HJan 26, 20163 min readApple Reports Biggest Quarter Ever: $75.9 Billion Revenue, 74.8 Million iPhones SoldApple’s fiscal first quarter earnings are out. And despite Apple’s claim that it’s the “biggest quarter ever,” the massive revenue...
Fahad HJan 21, 20161 min readTop 2015 App Downloads & Revenues Lists Have One App In Common: SkypeApp Annie has released a “2015 Retrospective,” which offers an array of data on app downloads, revenues and distribution. Drawn from its...
Fahad HJan 8, 20162 min readData Show Dramatic Shifts In Mobile Operating System Share Over TimeThe latest monthly smartphone and mobile data from comScore show little change. Google’s Android continues to lead the US smartphone...
Fahad HJan 6, 20161 min readAmid Growth Doubts, Apple Touts App-Store Success: $20B In 2015, 4.5 Million JobsAccording to earlier reports, Apple had roughly 50 percent of all device activations over the holidays. Now a press release from Apple...
Fahad HDec 29, 20151 min readReport: Apple Had 50% Of All Device Activations Over 2015 Holiday SeasonFlurry has come out with their holiday mobile stats showing that Apple devices captures just about half of all device activations over...
Fahad HDec 17, 20151 min readHow To Take Advantage Of The Recovery Search Opportunity On iOS 9Apple’s launch of iOS 9 has sparked renewed attention on Apple Search, including the way Apple places more importance on app content in...
Fahad HDec 17, 20151 min readNielsen: Top Apps Of 2015 Dominated By Facebook, Google & AppleNielsen has released a look at the top smartphone apps of 2015. Amazingly the top ten reflects the properties of just three companies:...
Fahad HDec 7, 20152 min readSmartphone Data: Android Regains Share, But Apple Maps Wins The iPhoneAccording to comScore’s latest data (October 2015), 78 percent of US mobile subscribers own smartphones. I suspect we’ll reach 80 percent...
Fahad HOct 30, 20153 min readWhy iOS 9’s Ad Blocking Isn’t Dire For AdvertisersWith ads shown in nearly every nook and cranny of the real estate we affectionately dub “the web,” consumers are increasingly — do I dare...
Fahad HOct 27, 20152 min readApple Beats Expectations With $51.5 billion Quarter, 48 Million iPhones SoldApple has announced its fiscal Q4 earnings. Financial analysts had been expecting $51.04 billion in revenue and earnings per share (EPS)...
Fahad HOct 22, 20154 min readWhat Apple’s iOS 9 Means To Marketers (Hint: Search And UX In Particular)The biggest hurdle is the fact that most people don’t use mobile apps unless one of three use cases is present: Rote activities (meaning...
Fahad HOct 21, 20154 min readWhy Ads In Apps Can’t (And Probably Won’t) Be BlockedApple has a problem. I’m not saying the multibillion-dollar organization is in any serious danger. It is too big to fail. What I am...
Fahad HOct 16, 20155 min readAd Blockers & Analytics: What Webmasters Should Know And DoAd blockers have been around for some time now and are widely used. The question around the end of the “free internet” and the impact on...
