Mobile Reading List
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June 12, 2015
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Tons of cool announcements from WWDC this past week. I am most amused with Apple iOS 9 ad blocking announcement. Google has typically struggled with monetizing mobile. Ad blockers to Safari on iOS won’t help that cause.
P.S. I am at Pre-Money conference today. Follow me on Twitter and check out latest funding news :)
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Verge
Check out updates on OS X El Capitan, iOS 9, Siri proactive assistant, Apple Pay in UK, Appl Maps add public transit directions, Apple News app, Apple Watch software update, Homekit and Carplay update plus Apple Music.
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Reuters
India could help Foxconn mitigate accelerating wage inflation in China, where it makes the majority of iPhones, and base production sites closer to markets where its key clients want to grow.Lower production costs could also help Foxconn keep hold of Apple orders amid intensifying competition with nimble manufacturing rivals such as Quanta Computer Inc.
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Reuters
Mobile advertising represents more than 70% of Facebook's total ad revenue, and mobile is particularly strong and attractive to advertisers in emerging markets.
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QZ
The Mi Band, a fitness tracker priced at $15.
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9to5mac
Google has typically struggled with monetizing mobile. Ad blockers to Safari on iOS won’t help that cause.
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Medium
Google Now is the company’s key weapon in making search ubiquitous, not just an activity that you practice when you “go” to Google.
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NY Times
Rumor said Uber is providing more than 100,000 rides a day in China. That is about 10% of the total one million rides a day that Uber said it was getting companywide in December.
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9to5mac
As of today, over 100 billion iOS app downloads & $30 billion paid to developers.
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Comscore
Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 71.1% of the app audience, followed by YouTube (57%), Google Search (51.8%) and Facebook Messenger (51.8%).
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