Attention all Kids – Google / NORAD release updated Santa Tracker App

NORAD and Google released an updated Santa tracker!  Visit their website here, download the iPhone App here or the Android App here. The updated app utilizes google earth and allows you to track Santa’s movement across social media including google+.  Awesome!!

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Great Checklist of Legal Considerations for Building an App

I stumbled across this article by Attorney Alysa Hutnik – originally published in May 2011 – it provides a good succinct checklist of legal considerations that are important for building an app; read the article here on Mashable.

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Android the front runner in Smartphone market share

Yesterday Marketresearch.com announced that Android has attained 32% of the smartphone market share, up from a mere 13% in 2010.   All projections suggest that the Google powered Android platform will continue to dominate the mass market as the fastest growing sector is the mid-tier, lower priced segment of the smartphone marketplace.   If we were […]

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Mobile Traffic projected to grow 10 fold in the next 5 years

Ericsson published a case study this past week that was reported in Techcrunch projects Mobile traffic to grow to over 5 billion users by the end of 2016.   While the study’s findings are questioned by some because population growth during the same time period is only projected at 1% – it suggests that mobile […]

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Trouble in Dodge City? Or just business as usual for Apple?

Perhaps more amazing the the Willy Wonka wow factor that seems embedded in all Apple products — is the fact that the phones fly off the shelves even when they have truly annoying flaws. Example: I own the iphone 4 and daily… no hourly… I battle with the phone to find the perfect grip where […]

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On Steve Jobs

With the passing of Steve Jobs – there has been almost an endless stream of great commentary about his life and the impact he had on business and culture and the seismic shifts that have occurred because of Apple’s inventions.  Mr. Jobs was a game changer.  To say iTunes and iPods changed the music industry […]

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Big Momma Apps supports Austin Special Olympics

Last week Friday, September 30, Big Momma Apps and the entire Cloud [8] Sixteen family of businesses pitched in to help at Austin Special Olympics Bocce Ball tournament.  In the morning, we helped unload trucks and set up for the day’s events, and served as official scorekeepers and timers for the tournament.   In the […]

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Mobile Usage

Mobile internet usage is on the rise. This is nothing new. The question is why is usage on the rise and what does it mean for your business and in particular your marketing efforts? The question can be evaluated from many different angles: Smart phone usage continues to spike upward, as more and more people […]

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Big Momma Apps attends the Great Legal Marketing Conference in New Jersey

Cloud[8]Sixteen, Inc. was honored to participate in Ben Glass’s Great Legal Marketing conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The annual conference was held September 7-9 and the turnout was impressive. Two of Cloud[8]Sixteen’s companies were invited: Ngage Live on the benefits of live chat as a conversion tool for law firms and Big Momma Apps […]

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