Why is Apple the king of the mobile app despite his lower device’ market share? #appstore #android #windowsphone #blackberry #ovi

Apparently all app stores give 70% of the revenues generated by the paid apps to third parties. I presume we see here a clear oligopole where none of the companies want to release more revenues to the people bringing to their consumers a reason additional reason to buy their phones.

Ideally we should see the platform less attractive like Ovi or Palm  sharing a higher percentage of their revenue to attract new developers but apparently such “objective” indicator doesn’t last.

No, less attractive platform ask for a lower cost of entry (the developer submission fee) from 99$ (Apple) to 0$ (BlackBerry).

Then, why BlackBerry, based on its user base is not capable to attract more developers?

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ASBL Sémaphore organise 3 camps pour des adolescents sur une péniche #NonProfit #UrgentlyLookingForTeenagers #Brussels

ASBL Sémaphore, une association de jeunes

ASBL Sémaphore, une association de jeunes

L’ASBL Sémaphore organise comme chaque année plusieurs camps sur une péniche en Flandre et en Wallonie.

Un de nos partenaires a annulé sa participation à nos activités ce mercredi alors que nous larguons les amarres ce samedi.

N’hésitez pas à nous contacter si vos enfants, amis ou associations veulent passer des vacances sur une péniche du côté de Péronnes-lez-Antoing avec nos équipes et nos jeunes.

Réponse souhaitée pour le 1er Juillet 2011!

Email: coordinateur {AT} asbl-semaphore {DOT} org

Si nous n’avons pas assez de jeunes nous devrons annuler nos activités :-(

Péniche Jean Bart, ASBL Sémaphore

Péniche Jean Bart, ASBL Sémaphore

Links:

Site internet (fait en 5 minutes :-)http://www.sejours-peniche.org/

Description des camps: http://www.sejours-peniche.org/documents/fasciculeSejour2011.pdf

Documents administratifs: http://www.sejours-peniche.org/pages/documents.html

Jeunes pendant un camp, Péniche Jean Bart, ASBL Sémaphore

Jeunes pendant un camp, Péniche Jean Bart, ASBL Sémaphore

Bateau Jean Bart en navigation, Péniche Jean Bart, ASBL Sémaphore

Bateau Jean Bart en navigation, Péniche Jean Bart, ASBL Sémaphore


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How to Increase Your Likability? from “enchantment” book by Guy Kawasaki http://amzn.to/kjkLfT

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

 

Guy Kawasaki, in his book called “Enchantment“, presents how to become likeable towards others. Below, you can find a “one page” summary of the book but I do invite you to read the book and enjoy the details / stories / experiences that lead to his conclusions.

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When google advertise new services using #appengine they run out of quota #web #marketing #Failure

Google starts a new service in Belgium, Google S’ENGAGE; an offer providing to IT practitioners sufficient training and coupons to sell Google AdWords to new customers.

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Avoid Chrome 11 but embrace Safari 5 and Firefox 5 Beta #WebStandards #NonRegressionTest

While developing a new website for a customer I had to try some CSS tricks. Before going further I wanted to check the web compliance of Firefox 5 Beta, Safari 5.0.5 and Chrome 11 (sole browsers on my Mac OS X 10.6.7).

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