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December 2009 Blog Posts (4)

Mixology app increases downloads by 845 percent via text ads

[Mobile Marketer, Dec 14, 2009] - In just two weeks, Mixology iPhone application, a drink recipe and bartending guide that lets users browse and search through thousands of cocktail recipes moved to the No. 3 spot in the rankings for Lifestyle applications. This is a good case demonstrating the power of Marketing + Great App + Social Network = Success.…



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Added by xen chia on December 14, 2009 at 11:59am — No Comments

Browsing the Obj-C runtime on the iPhone (now with protocols and properties, too.)

The first time I wrote a runtime browser was when I was trying to get my head around the NSBrowser class on NeXTSTEP 2.0. Ever since then, I've used some variation on this code to check out what was in any new framework that NeXT or Apple tossed out.



Runtime Browser.zip



Here's a gratuitous screen shot:…

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Added by John C. Randolph on December 10, 2009 at 6:25pm — No Comments

Revenue Potential In Apps For Feature Phones

[Mobile News] Samsung shares insights into mobile app market - 09/12/2009



Samsung Electronics, a mobile phone provider, has unveiled the results of an exclusive new survey by Vanson Bourne into consumers’ mobile software demands, providing unique insights into the opportunities available for the growing developer community across the world.



The survey results were extremely encouraging for developers currently creating apps for the mobile market, as this was… Continue

Added by xen chia on December 10, 2009 at 12:04pm — 1 Comment

1 Billion Mobile Internet Users By 2010

Analysts at IDC (global market intelligence firm) have made some predictions about the growth of the mobile Internet, based on usage data currently available. Mobile devices are predicted to “Eclipse the PC” next year. Mobile Web will grow to the extent that it no longer remains secondary to the PC, but becoming a primary source of Web browsing for many.



The number of mobile Web users will cross the 1 billion mark in 2010, while the number of PC users will be around 1.3 billion. The… Continue

Added by xen chia on December 7, 2009 at 2:46pm — No Comments

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