What does 2011 have in (app) store for developers?

Nobody likes putting their neck on the block and making a raft of ‘what’s to come’ predictions. After all, many stabs at telling the future are so spectacularly off the mark they plunge off the cliff of hilarity into cringe-worthy embarrassment.  That’s why I’m not going to make ‘out-there’ claims about the future of mobile [...]

The need for a niche

Rob Walling has some great advice for people thinking about starting a new software business: dedicate a month of thinking time to coming up with the right idea. If you can’t do that, quit. I think this is good advice for a couple of reasons. Firstly, if you’re going to succeed, you’ll need to have [...]

There are no “next big apps”

Last week I posted on a research presentation given by Robin Neidorf, managing editor of FreePint, about the chasm between what software publishers are developing and what users actually want. It was bracing stuff. Perched on the podium next to Neidorf was Andrew Tipton from Research in Motion. A number of questions flew in his [...]

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