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Satya Nadella is planning to host his first press event as Microsoft CEO next week. The software maker has been inviting members of the media to a special cloud- and mobile-focused event in San... 
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Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Real change of behavior or just a different way of measuring things? Back in the early days of the iPad, Safari was its #1 App suggesting that - as Steve Jobs put it when he introduced it - the iPad was the best device for web browsing. Chart by Statista.
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From zero to $19B of business value in five years; WhatsApp's sale to Facebook is an important moment in the history of the consumer web. The deal proves distribution, reach and large user bases aren't the competitive moats they once were. Apple's App Store and Google Play have leveled the playing field to such an extent that a startup can command 10% of the market cap from a $200B company.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Interesting point of view of Tomasz Tunguz on what the AppStore model had to do in WhatsApp's massive valuation. I'm not sure I agree with everything he writes though. Yes, the AppStore is very competitive and the old tricks don't work there. Yes, increased competitions and a short-tail distribution means higher outcomes and rewards for those who make it. But I'm not sure the model is that virtuous: - first, I'm not sure it favors innovation that much: web sites are optimized on a daily basis (or actually often multiple changes per day) while Apps need to go through approval processes and tests, etc... - second, as Andrew Chen pointed out, this hit or miss market the AppStore is means that mobile startups are failing without a second chance to iterate and come out with the right product.
Guillaume Decugis's curator insight,
February 24, 2014 9:55 PM
Interesting point of view of Tomasz Tunguz on what the AppStore model had to do in WhatsApp's massive valuation. I'm not sure I agree with everything he writes though. Yes, the AppStore is very competitive and the old tricks don't work there. Yes, increased competitions and a short-tail distribution means higher outcomes and rewards for those who make it. But I'm not sure the model is that virtuous: - first, I'm not sure it favors innovation that much: web sites are optimized on a daily basis (or actually often multiple changes per day) while Apps need to go through approval processes and tests, etc... - second, as Andrew Chen pointed out, this hit or miss market the AppStore is means that mobile startups are failing without a second chance to iterate and come out with the right product.
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The latest browser chart to find the vendor winners and losers of 2013.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
"The iPad version of the browser is responsible for more than half its market share at 4.66% — or almost 1 in 20 users." This is how big a deal the iPad is for Apple (even though to be fair a lot of Macs are using other browsers than Safari as Chrome).
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A presentation by Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
This is a 130+ slide deck compiled by BI Intelligence, the analyst part of business Insider, and though some won't surprise you, it's a great source of data. On top of wearables and the Internet of things, a good part of the deck is about mobile and tablets. BI claims that Android already won the platform war with 60% tablet market share, 60% market share on all new devices and iPad sales stalling. Perhaps more significantly this is the first study I see attributing more developer attention to Android than iOS - something Apple long claimed to be their edge on the mobile device market.
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Hockney’s latest show highlights how he’s embraced technology ranging from video cameras to iPads, and integrated them into his art.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
It's fascinating to me that the iPad now is even becoming a creation device for top artists such as David Hockney whose exhibit is currently running at the de Young museum for those of you in San Francisco. Will that inspire the masses to become iPad painters too?
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
January 14, 2014 4:24 PM
An interesting interview and article I wish I could do this!! 
Holly Cox's curator insight,
May 29, 2015 10:02 PM
This article by Cory Perkins explores a variety of iPad paintings created by contemporary artist Hockney. The article begins with an older digital painting created by Hockney using Adobe Photoshop, before the introduction of tablets. In 2012, Hockney also began using digital video cameras in his work. Some of his installations include 18 large screens to display videos. Hockney has shown a steady and exciting trend in incorporating technology in his work. 
Mayra Singleterry's curator insight,
June 12, 2022 1:38 PM
Undoubtedly, technology has played a considerable role in the visual arts for centuries. Artists have created new art forms with new tools and will continue to make them in the future. Art and technology are two fields that advance with every generation pursuing innovation. Technology has expanded opportunities for a young artists to thrive in their art style. Art education is also becoming a broad field of study as technology advances.
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Less than a month after a Microsoft PR executive dismissed Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote productivity software as "watered down imitation apps," the company has erected giant billboards depicting its own Excel failing to add seven numbers...
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Are the good old days if the Microsoft vs Apple communication war back again? Pretty hilarious mistake...
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The first iPad Air test results are out and they're impressive. Interestingly, it also means that the innovation is now focusing on performance on not so much new usages. Pretty much as for maturing iPhones and dying computers.
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Apple's numbers are out, and they're good...
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Q3 iPad Sales were also down last year as the iPad product line hadn't happened yet. Will the new Mini and Air revive iPad declining sales in Q4?
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Opera Mediaworks, the online advertising arm of software maker Opera, has released its State of Mobile advertising Q3 2013 report indicating that iOS devices still account for most mobile ad impressions, but that it’s primarily down to a strong performance by the iPad rather than dominance by iPhone.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
There's been recent sudies trying to measure the iOS vs Android battle from the point of view of advertisers and media. This study by Opera gives a much more balanced view of the situation than the recent controversial one on Facebook ad revenues. The study also breaks down some interesting data suggesting that the lead of iOS is only due to the iPad now - which still dominates the tablet market.
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The latest report from Good Technology on mobility in the enterprise shows that iOS is clearly the dominant platform – in terms of device activations and even more so in terms of mobile apps usage and development.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Interesting report on how Android and iOS compete in the enterprise space. And what types of Apps are being developed by fortune 100 companies on the iPad and tablets.
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Phablets - this new intermediary category in between tablets and smartphones with 5" to 7" screen size that Samsung spearheaded - are getting traction in Asia according to an IDC recent study.
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Magazines' tablet editions might offer a promising future, but they're still struggling to gain wide traction. Through the first half of 2013, magazines reported 10.2 million subscribers to their digital replica editions, according to the Alliance for Audited Media, good for just 3.3% of overall circulation. And one magazine -- Game Informer -- accounts for nearly one-third of those digital editions.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
But here's the catch: this brilliant success is actually only due to the bundle policy of GameStop, the publisher of Game Informer. Interesting and smart case study but showing that iPad magazine have yet to generate interest on their own - independently of any bundle scheme.
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Almost four years have passed since the first iPad went on sale in April 2010. Back then, not even the keenest optimists could have predicted the impact of the device that was then mocked as an oversized iPod Touch.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Confirmation of the trend announced last year: tablets outsold laptops last year and they're likely to outsell PC's (desktops + laptops) by 2015.
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As smartphone apps undercut traditional Web searches, they threaten Google's huge ad business. To keep up with mobile habits, Google needs to convince developers to allow links into their apps.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
At last Google is trying to tackle the underlying problem of the App model. If they're successful we could see more long tail, niche Apps becoming successful on mobile, something we're familiar with on the web while the App Stores remain very short tail.
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How the internet and digital devices are changing our news consumption habits.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
In spite of all the hype around news app, it's striking to me that 60% of mobile / tablet users are getting their news from their browsers.
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The iPad remains at the top of the charts and way ahead of rivals in the latest report on tablet and mobile web usage from Chitika, an online advertising and analytics firm.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
iPad still the leader but Android catching up quickly.
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App Store optimisation, or ASO for short, is the art of altering your app store title and it’s keywords to gain a higher ranking in search results on the App Store. If all self proclaimed ASO Gurus are to be believed, then you should be able to give yourself a better ranking in search results, along with an increased download rate by using ASO. Whilst increasing your search ranking seems achievable, it's probably not going to result in the extra revenue you'd hoped for.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
ASO (SEO for the AppStore) seems so limited you might wonder why bother. But given it's relatively easy too this can be a pragmatic move. Here's why and how.
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Pencil by FiftyThree is a revolutionary stylus for touch-screen devices. Use Pencil with Paper for iPad to express your ideas beautifully and easily.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
When Steve Jobs launched the iPad he mocked styluses and made sure everybody understood you wouldn't need one. But a few years later we now have professional artists like David Hockney who became iPad painters (currently at the de Young museum for fellow San Franciscans) and if you tried to draw on the iPad (like I grew to like it), having a good stylus really makes a difference. After launching Paper, an an awesome app for drawing on the iPad - the best I've tried - 53 is now introducing a stylus that doesn't look engineered by techies but by artists. With a reasonable price point and a great App, this could be the start of a creative ecosystem that could make drawing and painting a more mainstream activity on tablest.
Guillaume Decugis's curator insight,
November 20, 2013 9:43 AM
I've used Paper by 53 to doodle and it grew on me. I now try to draw when I travel or have spare time (not too often unfortunately...). Have to say styluses are highly recommended for iPad painting - even though Steve Jobs mocked them when launching the iPad and made clear the device wouldn't need any. Will try this out!
Guillaume Decugis's comment,
January 17, 2014 5:42 PM
I haven't yet: sticking to my Bamboo stylus for my drawings right now... But will update if I can get my hands on one of these: promised!
Antoine de Kerviler's curator insight,
March 6, 2014 9:49 AM
absolutely awesome looking pen, too bad it will only work (with all features) on paper53 which I use only infrequently.
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The foundation of Jobs’s iPad pitch was counterintuitive. Most don’t buy a laptop for the heavy office tasks they were originally designed for. They use it mostly to communicate.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
The story behind the iPad launch. Interestingly, while the iPhone was developed in a rush, the iPad is a device that took a long conceptual journey spreading over 15 years. And in the end, it's impressive to see that this whole revolution - which impacted no less than 5 different industries - started with a minor technical change: a bigger screen on the iPhone...
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With no new iPads to drive sales, Apple's share of the worldwide tablet market slipped to a new low in Q3.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Samsung, Amazon and other android tablet manufacturers can thank Apple for that decision. Of course Apple's share of usage is still impressive but as explained previously, it's decreasing fast.
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Eric Schmidt has seen the future of magazines, and it's on the tablet. Schmidt may envision a future for magazines, but he doesn't see much of one for long-form content. He believes attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. "I don't think we'll go back to books," he said. "There's a tremendous amount of reading, but more ADD type of reading."
Guillaume Decugis's insight:
Google's Chairman is not the first one to make the connexion between the future of publishing and tablets and we can wonder where we are on this trend. While the media have been quick to see the tablets save them, it was were not even mentioned as a posible usage in Steve Jobs' iPad keynote launch. And today, we keep seeing reports of disappointment on this category. Long time to cross the chasm?
Guillaume Decugis's curator insight,
October 29, 2013 12:05 PM
Google's Chairman is not the first one to make the connexion between the future of publishing and tablets but he also adds an insightful point for content curators and editors : the long form is gone and we're not going back to it, he believes. This trend is therefore not just a change of technology platform but also a change of format and reading habits where the ability to quickly add context in a short form will be key.
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During the Steve Jobs era, outsiders speculated about each new release of a major product, trying to read the founder’s public comments. But he was notoriously stingy with the press. Analysts had to spy on suppliers and the carriers that eventually would market the devices. Now the world has changed. Everyone knows what Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhones will look like and do.
Did Apple lose its secret magic PR/Buzz sauce?
Too late? Finally?
I find myself using other Apps like Google Docs or Evernote when I'm on my iPad but maybe Excel could have some use to quickly update a spreadsheet.
What do you think?