Apps and downs.
The article discusses the growth in mobile software applications, which are the small applications that can be downloaded to smartphones to access social networks, play games and music. The "platform war" between different mobile operating systems including the computer company Apple, online operati...
| Published in: | Economist Vol. 395; no. 8687; p. 71 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
6/19/2010
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| Summary: | The article discusses the growth in mobile software applications, which are the small applications that can be downloaded to smartphones to access social networks, play games and music. The "platform war" between different mobile operating systems including the computer company Apple, online operating system retailer Android Market and independent mobile store GetJar is explored. The dynamics of the application economy are discussed. |
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