The Billion Dollar App Club George July 1, 2014 Billion Dollar Apps The Billion Dollar App club is even more selective than the Wall Street Journal's Billion Dollar Startup club, and frankly it's proving to be even more lucrative.I've compiled this...
Best Startup Law Firms in London George June 29, 2014 Legal Finding a good law firm to work with is a tough ask, especially when you're just starting out. One of the best approaches is to ask around - ideally from friends, colleagues and anyone you know who has done it...
Snapchat Snapshot: Audience Numbers, Demographics and Advertising George June 28, 2014 Audience Building, Communications, Research, Snapchat Snapchat has emerged as an everyday communication tool for millions of teens and young adults, particularly in the U.S. and Western Europe. Snapchat launched in September 2011, so it is not...
Google Still Lags Behind Apple in terms of App Revenue George June 27, 2014 Google, Research At Google's I/O developer conference, it said it paid $5 billion to developers in the past 12 months. Analyst Jan Dawson charted out his estimate of what that looks like on a quarterly basis, and compared it...
Mobile Apps Are Dominating Media Consumption George June 26, 2014 Research A new report by comScore shows how far along we are in the ongoing shift towards mobile media usage. In many categories, digital media usage is almost exclusively happening on mobile devices now. According...
Mobile Engagement Hits New Highs George June 25, 2014 advertising, Marketing, Research The consumer shift to mobile reached new milestones in May 2014. Two separate measurements underscore the change. First, time spent on mobile apps in the U.S. accounted for the majority of time spent (51%) in...
Wowza: Android Hits 1 Billion Active Users George June 25, 2014 Google, Research, Uncategorized At its I/O conference Wednesday, Google announced that there are currently 1 billion active Android users globally. In the 30 days prior to the conference, the number of Android smartphone and tablet users...
Viral Emotions George June 18, 2014 Insights, Marketing, Research, user acquisition If a piece of content makes a reader feel a certain way, the reader is more likely to share it on social media. Which emotions lead to the most shares? BuzzSumo's Henley Wing analyzed the top 10% of...
That’s one Uber Valuation: $18.2 billion George June 6, 2014 Billion Dollar Apps, ecommerce, Funding, Uber 1 Comment Uber Technologies Inc.'s whopping valuation of $18.2 billion is a bet by some of the world's top investors that the car-hailing smartphone app can grow by expanding world-wide and branching into new arenas,...
VCs pour almost $1 billion into mobile apps in Q1, 2014 George May 10, 2014 Facebook, Funding In Q1 2014, VCs poured $931M into 125 mobile deals according to the latest report from CB insights. Over the past three quarters alone, U.S.-based venture capital investments to mobile & telecom...
