31st January 2010 | Written by Brad Down | viewed 315 times | 3 comments

Apple has transformed the music industry the iPod, it has transformed the mobile phone industry with the iPhone, can it also take the flagging publishing industry and breathe new life into this most ancient of industries? When I first herd about the new Apple tablet I was super excited, I had been predicting its release since 2008. Now it is has been released all I am hearing is questions. View full article

27th August 2009 | Written by Brad Down | viewed 608 times | Be the first to comment

Sending information from the web to mobile phones took a step forward today with the release of the latest version of BeamMe.info. The new system has been completely redeveloped for maximum speed, reliability and ease of use along with some key new features. View full article

4th February 2010 | Shared by Brad Down via www.gizmodo.com.au

The beardier parts of the web-o-sphere have been abuzz about HTML5, the next version of the language that powers our internet. Will it revolutionise web apps Will it kill Flash video Will it fix our gimpy iPads Yes... and no. The tech press recently transformed HTML5 from a quiet inevitability to an unlikely saviour: When YouTube and Vimeo started testing it, its was invoked as a Flash-killer, and the emancipator of web video. When Google used it to design a new Google Voice web app, among others, it was framed as the murderer of the OS-specific application. When the iPad was announced with no Flash support, HTML5 was immediately pegged as a salve, not to mention a way to get around the closed system of Apples App Store. View full article

3rd February 2010 | Shared by Brad Down via www.readwriteweb.com

Mobile search company Taptu has released a detailed report showing that the future of the Mobile Web is likely to be dominated by cross-platform browser-based mobile web sites - rather than apps built specifically for iPhone, Android, or any other platform. Taptu calls the former "the Mobile Touch Web," which it defines as "Web sites created for mobile touchscreen devices, with finger-friendly layouts and lightweight pages that are fast to load overcellular networks." View full article

1st February 2010 | Shared by Brad Down via www.pollenizer.com

Free + Premium = Freemium. It basically means that you offer your product for free to begin with, get users hooked and then charge a small % of your audience a premium fee for premium features down the track. This lowers friction in acquiring customers; you're not limiting growth by adding a payment system or even hinting that people might have to pay at some point. Free means people can check you out, kick your tyres, grow to love you and never leave. Or that's the idea. View full article