Apple bullies its way into the Mobile App Ad market

Apple recently hit the market cap of $2 Trillion and became the most valuable company in the world. Innovation, customer focus, design excellence, great marketing and an incredibly loyal user base are some of the key drivers of this magnificent growth. But “absolute power corrupts absolutely” and of late, Apple has been kind of a bully in the tech ecosystem. They do whatever they want without consulting the other industry stakeholders and more often than not their decisions seem to be inspired by driving more sales of their hardware/services or more adoption of their digital products. And now it looks like Apple has made plans to bully its way into the $80 billion Mobile App Ad market.

Multiple Mobile Apps
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Facebook Web User Experience is dead

When was the last time you accessed Facebook through the web (laptop / desktop)? I’m sure it’s been quite some time for most of you. A lot of us probably don’t even remember our Facebook password because we are just always logged in to the Facebook app through our phones and just don’t feel the need of logging in through the web. However, on those rare occasions when you do have to login through the web, the user experience totally puts you off. It feels like it’s just been quickly put together by someone in no time and is there just for the sake of it. There is no way it looks like a product with 16 years worth of rich UX data and insights. In my opinion, the Facebook Web user experience is dead. It’s not just “not good”, it’s bad.

Facebook Desktop

Facebook’s web page can be broken down into 5 major components – 

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