I was looking over some app store metrics tonight, in particular the breakdown of apps by category, and wondered if you could look at the breakdown of the top 500 paid apps by category and determine which categories were over or under served. The results were pretty interesting. Continue reading
The announcement of an Apple tablet had been perennially rumored for announcement at MacWorld and WWDC events over the years, yet for the longest time, the announcement failed to happen. Until finally, at an Apple event last January, they finally pulled the curtain back on the iPad. Given what Apple has created over the years, my expectations for a table were very high. Too high, I suppose. I don’t know what I expected, but what Apple demonstrated was essentially an oversized iPhone. That doesn’t make calls. The usual suspects hailed it as a breakthrough. Revolutionary. Even magical. Continue reading
