Published on IGN, by Aaron Hobbs, MAY 27, 2012 — How many times have you had the disheartening realisation that something you once thought was awesome just isn’t very good anymore? Gamers have to contend with this all the time – from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater to the peaks and troughs of Sonic the Hedgehog – when [...]
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SCRIBBLY STORIES: DRAW ALONG PIP
Published in Apps Playground, May 8, 2012 — Next up is Draw Along Pip, an iPad-only app that costs £1.49, and is based on a story by author and illustrator Leslie McGuirk starring Pip the Penguin. Published by Skyreader Media, it features characterful cartoon visuals and interactivity, but also a feature called ‘Draw Along’. The idea: [...]
Is Facebook and the ad-supported Web doomed?
From MIT Technology Review, — The Facebook Fallacy For all its valuation, the social network is just another ad-supported site. Without an earth-changing idea, it will collapse and take down the Web. … The daily and stubborn reality for everybody building businesses on the strength of Web advertising is that the value of digital ads [...]
Marketing your mobile app is important (and not magic)
The information in this graphic seems obvious, but it is amazing how many conversations I have with potential app developers that lead me to believe they think marketing is magic (and free). — From Mashable, May 2, 2012, by Sam Laird … 68% of respondents to a survey by the marketing company App Promo said their most successful app [...]
Disintermediation – It is possible and also necessary
It is happening in both the video game market and the ebook market. The sales and distribution model is broken, new tools are being developed that allow the authors or developers to bring their product directly to the consumer. The publishers are doing everything they can to stop progress. The model is broken and must [...]
Real Artists Ship
From VisualNews.com, FRIDAY 10.07.2011 , POSTED BY BENJAMIN STARR Jobs’s speeches were punctuated by slogans. Perhaps the most telling epigram of all was a three-word koan that Jobs scrawled on an easel in January 1983, when the project [the release of the first Mac] was months overdue. REAL ARTISTS SHIP. It was an awesome encapsulation of the ground [...]
Using QR Codes for quick linking on your web site
I am sure you have seen them, popping up in magazines, posters, newspapers. I have seen them on billboards, on road side signs (on the driver side…that is really safe). But what are they? Coolness Factor When I first encountered QR Codes (and their various cousins) I was impressed and I figured it was a [...]
iPhone/iPad users install 80 apps per device…and other important numbers
Some very interesting stats from Apple… each user installs on average 80 apps per device each app is downloaded on average 45,455 times each download earns the developer $0.23 there are 315 million iOS devices in use worldwide 550,000 apps available on the App Store These are some very interesting stats to use next time [...]
Finding Your Book Interrupted … By the Tablet You Read It On
Very interesting article in the NY Times on the differences between reading in hard copy and on a tablet device. — By JULIE BOSMAN and MATT RICHTEL Published: March 4, 2012, NY Times Reading a book on a tablet like the Kindle Fire is “like trying to cook when there are little children around,” David Myers said. Can you [...]
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Draw Along Pip – Ridiculously Cute App!
by danlargo on May 31, 2012 in Commentary, Games, Mobile Apps, Mobile Marketing, Software
Today I have FIVE codes for a ridiculously cute app. Draw Along Pip features one of my favourite animals, a penguin, who is very busy cleaning the house. A penguin with a feather duster…just perfect. What makes this app even more fun is the interactive feature that allows your child to complete each page by [...]