Fahad HJan 29, 20152 min readGrowth In Android-To-iPhone “Switchers” Coming From Outside USPowered in part by the popularity of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China, Apple delivered amazing quarterly results this week, selling...
Fahad HJan 27, 20152 min readEarnings: Apple Sells Massive 75 Million iPhones In The QuarterIt’s all about the iPhone. Apple just announced huge iPhone sales for the final three months of 2014 (fiscal Q1). The company sold 74.5...
Fahad HJan 16, 20152 min readRumor: Google To Buy Softcard, Indirectly Responsible For Failure Of Google Wallet 1.0According to a story in TechCrunch today, Google is thinking about buying Softcard (formerly ISIS, compelled to rebrand for obvious...
Fahad HJan 13, 20152 min readReport: Google Play Finally Passes iOS App Store In Number Of Apps, DevelopersAccording to data from appFigures, Google Play finally passed The App Store (Apple) in number of total mobile apps. It thus also makes...
Fahad HJan 8, 20151 min readReport: Facebook’s Mobile Reach Declines But Its Messenger App SoarsDenys Prykhodov / Shutterstock.com This evening, comScore reported November U.S. smartphone market share estimates. As with PC search...
Fahad HJan 7, 20151 min readReport: iPhone 6 Drives Share Gains Across Most Global MarketsA new report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows meaningful iPhone sales gains across most major global markets. According to the data,...
Fahad HDec 30, 20141 min readReport: 2.5X More App Installs On Christmas With Apple Device Activations Accounting For 51%https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/6860486028 Flurry released their holiday statistics on the number of App installations and new...
Fahad HDec 11, 20142 min readGoogle Updates iOS Search App, MSN Rolls Out Verticals For iOS, AndroidGoogle has updated its iOS search app in accordance with its new “material design” aesthetic and functionality, now making its debut in...
Fahad HDec 5, 20141 min readSmartphone Market: iPhone Sees Big Sales But Android Share Holds In USNew monthly smartphone market share figures are out from comScore. The firm says that in the US smartphone penetration has now reached 73...
Fahad HDec 3, 20141 min readBlack Friday Deals Drive Frenzy Of Older iPhone AdoptionWidespread buying incentives on older iPhone and iPad models from big box retailers this weekend seem to have driven a lot of sales....
Fahad HNov 5, 20144 min readMobile Marketing: Building A Digital Asset To Get More For Your MoneyWhether it’s a text message from Express for a “20% off a $50+ purchase” deal or the instant video for Age of War at the end of a Ruzzle...
Fahad HOct 30, 20142 min readWindows Phones Flat As Xiaomi Becomes Globe’s Third Largest OEMIn something of a surprise Android-based smartphone maker Xiaomi has overtaken LG to become the world’s third largest OEM after Samsung...
Fahad HOct 20, 20143 min readApple Earnings: $42.1 Billion, Driven By Nearly 40 Million iPhones SoldApple announced very strong fiscal Q4 results. The company beat expectations with $42.1 billion in revenue and profit of $8.5 billion. A...
Fahad HOct 7, 20143 min readBuzzFeed “Hidden Beacons” Story Gets It Almost Totally WrongThere’s a lot that the media get wrong when covering location and privacy. A recent example of that is BuzzFeed’s inflammatory story...
Fahad HOct 6, 20143 min readWill Apple’s “Location Warnings” Be Educational Or Scary?Last week the subscription-only The Information wrote about Apple’s new “location warnings” and its potential impact on developers. This...
Fahad HSep 22, 20141 min readApple’s iPhone 6 Launch Biggest Ever: 10 Million SoldLast week Apple said that it received more than four million pre-orders of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, leading some to wonder if the company...
Fahad HSep 18, 20145 min readWhat Do NFC And The New iPhone 6 Mean For Marketers?Unless you live under a rock, you are likely aware that Apple announced its new line of products on September 9. While there weren’t any...
Fahad HSep 18, 20142 min readApple CEO’s Privacy Letter Indirectly Slams Google, FacebookApple CEO Tim Cook’s open letter to users about privacy has sparked lots of discussion. The letter is appropriate given the recent iCloud...
Fahad HSep 17, 20143 min readLarger iPhones: How Might They Impact Advertisers?As part of Apple unveiling two newly resized iPhone models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, on September 9, 2014, the company also...
Fahad HSep 16, 20144 min readPassbook & Apple Pay: What’s Next And How Marketers Can (And Must) CapitalizeAs we learned on September 9, Apple is putting Passbook at the center of its Apple Pay system, which I believe will make Passbook one of...
