Tam Hanna hosts COM#216, a brief but appreciated summary of the top blog posts of the week. The On the heels of the industry-first report of the app market size and value, several posts choose to focus on the continuing app phenomenon.
Posts that made the line-up include:
- Highlights and data points from the milestone app report released by Chetan Sharma (via Chetan Sharma’s AORTA blog)
- A different perspective on the same report with additional insights and a podcast with GetJar, the number one independent app store worldwide (via MSG)
- An outreach from Verizon Wireless to developers (via WIP Connector)
- A comprehensive post that serves as a mobile marketing guide to Japan (mobiThinking connects the dots in observations made by Japan expert Christopher Billich)
- A hard and fair look at Adobe’s Flash mobile strategy (via Guilhem Ensuque @ Everything and the Mobile Software Universe…
- Why the 2.0 version of PayPal’s iPhone application could become one incredibly disruptive technology to the banking and credit/debit card industries (via Antoine RJ Wright)
- A run through a map app allowing people to reserve a parking space for their car (via Coldtags Suite)
- A look at mobile data charges and why transparency is just a part of the discussion (via Ajit Jaokar @ Open Gardens)
- A real life story reminds us of the collateral damage that can be caused by the wrong information when it spreads like wildfire via social media (via Dr. Jim Taylor @ Mobility Digest)
Again, no Post Of The Week was chosen. The app report is by far the most important industry news/trend. However, Jim’s thoughtful recount of a real-life incident illustrating how social media can ruin lives has my vote.
