Digital Media MBA » iPhone http://www.digitalmediamba.com connecting the Digital Media MBA community with jobs, events, and news Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:53:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Penguin’s DK: Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FtbIck9h6EQ/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/FtbIck9h6EQ/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:02:09 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=7be1e04dbf392a00c6ce3829b6111c28 Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to a “flat” content model, where a printed book is only one of many output options. The digital publisher of DK also said that companies like his need to do this to be ready for the next big thing in books—whatever it is—but as is so often the case for old media industries, the change is “massive” and not easy for everyone in publishing.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/18/penguins-dk-goodbye-books-hello-flat-content-make-once-use-anywhere/feed/ 0 Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013 http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/tYOxEjZxSfY/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/tYOxEjZxSfY/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:07:17 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=1b060dcfe9e27fbcd4a4339da44ae3a7 The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will make money in years ahead.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/17/updated-in-app-purchases-to-overtake-sales-from-paid-apps-by-2013/feed/ 0 Apple Gets Hit With $1.9 Million Copyright Lawsuit By Chinese Writers http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/4qTwXXJpFO8/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/4qTwXXJpFO8/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:53:56 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=bb1e019f00013c1d3f0028255cd80ba4 Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is putting a big bet on China, where its products and services have proven hugely popular, but that could also leave it exposed to a few bad beats along the way: the company is currently being sued by a group of Chinese writers, who are accusing the company of copyright infringement over some books on offer in its app store. It’s an ironic turn of events, given that Apple has been battling extensive copyright infringement of its own in the country, in the form of counterfeit products.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/09/apple-gets-hit-with-1-9-million-copyright-lawsuit-by-chinese-writers/feed/ 0 Updated: Exclusive: AP Branches Out, Adds Pulse To Its Digital Mix http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/jV4Dr6PgEzw/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/jV4Dr6PgEzw/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:34:34 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=8261d607d71d20727f3fca48421204be Over the years, the Associated Press has made a profile for itself by syndicating its news across thousands of newspapers both in the U.S. and abroad. Now as newspaper readers move to new platforms like tablets to consume their news content, the AP wants to make sure it is syndicating there, too. Today it is announcing a deal with one of the bigger tablet news-reading apps, Pulse, to run AP text, video and photographic coverage via Pulse. It will be the first time the AP will appear within the service.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/06/updated-exclusive-ap-branches-out-adds-pulse-to-its-digital-mix/feed/ 0 Samsung/HTC: Two Sides Of An Android Coin. Why’s Samsung Winning The Toss? http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/bfzXFjEaIFg/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/bfzXFjEaIFg/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:42:46 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=5750a0e2338d8bffb5138fba65ec8960 Android is trouncing the competition when it comes to platform domination in the smartphone market—over half of all smartphones being used today—but that rising tide is not lifting all boats. Sales figures out today from the two largest Android device makers, Samsung and HTC, present two different pictures, with Samsung posting record profits and HTC’s declining. Here’s a few thoughts on why that might be the case.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/06/samsunghtc-two-sides-of-an-android-coin-whys-samsung-winning-the-toss/feed/ 0 When Playing Defense, Apple Willing To Settle Patent Disputes http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/88Y1yVfBdsU/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/88Y1yVfBdsU/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:19:54 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=1bc40627ab495e1325c16e7f64c75d81 Apple’s aggressive mobile patent strategy is apparently reserved for its offensive maneuvers. It has agreed to settle a patent lawsuit brought by Elan Microelectronics for $5 million and a cross-licensing agreement, according to a report.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2012/01/05/when-playing-defense-apple-willing-to-settle-patent-disputes/feed/ 0 Can Apple Shake Up TV Like It Has Mobile With Its iPhone? http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/l4hLH_PIzx0/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/l4hLH_PIzx0/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:33:22 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=4cdd07cc511f0ae7be7c297b924f6f97 The anticipation and speculation surrounding what could be the next product on the cards for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)—Apple TV—raises some questions about how, and if, the TV industry will get as disrupted by Apple as the mobile world did with the introduction of the iPhone.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/19/can-apple-shake-up-tv-like-it-has-mobile-with-its-iphone/feed/ 0 Highlights of 2011: A Crazy Year In Mobile, By The Numbers http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/NNzNMAy-ZJ0/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/NNzNMAy-ZJ0/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:32:18 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=0e8e0dec02d90471bc2da4cf068c04f8 This is the first in a series of posts over the next week that will look at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we cover, from publishing to mobile to advertising.

If we accept that the modern mobile computing movement kicked off in 2007 with the launch of the iPhone, than 2011 was easily the most pivotal year we’ve yet seen. Here are five numbers that illustrate just how eventful a year it was.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/19/highlights-of-2011-a-crazy-year-in-mobile-by-the-numbers/feed/ 0 Samsung’s Anti-Apple Campaign Appears To Be Working http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/7JWrkjULeo0/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/7JWrkjULeo0/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:40:48 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=eb3dfeb4e1990901b63513f0c1695bd9 Samsung phones overtook iPhone for U.S. brand perception in the week after Samsung launched a TV campaign mocking hipster fanboys and iPhone’s battery.

Continue reading →]]> http://www.digitalmediamba.com/2011/12/16/samsungs-anti-apple-campaign-appears-to-be-working/feed/ 0 In Russia, DST’s Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/rp19FBb1J5s/ http://feeds.paidcontent.org/~r/pcorg/~3/rp19FBb1J5s/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:18:56 +0000 Syndicated News http://www.digitalmediamba.com/?guid=f90fcf636109c99b4e48f9567fe3680a Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ubiquity among the growing number of smartphone users in the country: the search giant is reportedly planning to launch search apps for Apple’s iOS devices by the end of this year.

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