2018 marked the 10-year anniversary of both the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. During this time, both stores have been renamed and improved. More than 200 billion apps have been downloaded from each. Top apps now have billions of users and downloads. Are there any patterns and trends we can glean from the winners in the app economy so far? And what might that mean for the next 10 years?
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May 05, 2014
If you work in the digital content industry, you probably rely on dozens of tools to get your job done. As the list of available tools of the trade grows, it becomes more important to differentiate between the products that get the job done and the products that are identifying the trends impacting the industry and making sure that—to paraphrase hockey player Wayne Gretzky—they skate not to where the puck is, but to where it is going.
Here at EContent, we turned to our inboxes, to our coverage, and to our contributors to find out what those trendsetting products are in 2014. We looked across the spectrum, but we were especially heartened to see the number of tools aiming to help publishers deal with data, manage the total web experience, and find new ways to monetize content.
We hope that you find these tools as interesting and as potentially helpful as we do!
—Theresa Cramer, Editor
Product
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