Virtual goods sales have become a significant portion of social networks’ revenues and are a growing revenue contributor for mobile apps as well. Virtual goods have become a very competitive space,… Read more »
The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living room will continue on its path of rapid change, thanks… Read more »
Facebook is planning to release a branded smartphone within the next year or so, according to a recent story from The New York Times. But the rumor about Facebook acquiring Opera… Read more »
Set-top box shipments will climb past 135 million in 2012 and will clear 150 million by 2015, according to iSuppli, which means the device has a critical presence in the living… Read more »
Facebook just had the biggest initial public offering in tech history. During the week leading up to it, we tapped into the GigaOM readership to see what they thought of the… Read more »
There’s a growing concern that mobile is a huge vulnerability for Facebook as it nears its long-awaited IPO. But the massive social network could be a huge force in mobile if… Read more »
Difficult as it is for many publishers to accept, content has little intrinsic value on digital platforms, no matter how beautifully presented. It’s the user’s ability to do stuff with digital… Read more »
New data from comScore indicates apps are driving traffic on the mobile Web far more than browsers. Despite claims that the mobile Web is dead, though, HTML5 is finally beginning to… Read more »
Don’t be too quick to think that Facebook is abandoning its HTML5 mobile strategy in favor of apps. As a defensive move, acquiring Instagram would lock down Facebook’s strong position in… Read more »
This is more Colin Gibbs’ beat then mine, but there are a few bits of connected consumer news worth noting out of the Mobile World Congress getting under way in Barcelona… Read more »