The New World of Apps

Fascinating BusinessWeek article about the apps phenomenon.

…at least 100,000 apps have been created.

Salesforce.com’s programs let executives manage customer relationships from an iPhone or Blackberry.

The computing that people used to do at their desks increasingly can be done on devices they can carry anywhere.

Zynga’s FarmVille is one of the most popular apps in the world. (You can play it on Facebook.)

Some of the big ideas here are: mobile, social networks, and micropayments.

Here’s a video about FarmVille:

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Inside the App Economy | 22 October 2009

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