Apple has demanded to take a 30% cut of sales made in the apps of Airbnb and ClassPass for virtual experiences. ClassPass provides a booking service for classes at local gyms. But due to the global situation, gyms were forced to offer virtual classes instead and ClassPass went on passing 100 percent of sales directly […]
Monthly Archives: July 2020
How much revenue does an App generate?
An app costs money, no question. But how much revenue does an app generate? When does it pay off to make your own app? The example of the book trade clearly shows the actual value of an app. We use sales per user as a comparison metric and compare different platforms: App: 33 € / […]
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With the help of WKO Lower Austria you can take advantage of free IKANGAI consulting. It works like this: YOU pay your contribution fee for 2020. YOU invest 1½ times this amount in a short consultation from IKANGAI. YOU get max. 100% of your WKO fee + 50% bonus refunded. What do you get from […]
What are the advantages of having your own app?
Many businesses do not (yet) have their own app. Why bother if you can use existing platforms for many aspects of communicating with customers? The answer is simple: your own app is your own TV station. As a businesses, you determine what your customers see. There is no competition and your customers are not distracted […]
Is Apple Killing A Billion-Dollar Ad Industry With A Popup?
The focus on Apple’s WWDC 2020 Keynote was on the next iterations of iOS, mac OS Big Sur and of course Apple Silicon. From the perspective of advertisement agencies, there was a specific feature that made them – let’s say – uneasy. It’s a new iOS 14 privacy-feature that requires active opting-in from users. Starting […]
Prepare for Artificial Intelligence to Produce Less Wizardry | WIRED
It has become very expensive to train modern networks; in fact it has become so expensive, that some companies are choosing not to use AI methods at all. A new research paper by Neil Thompson et. al. argues that it is, or will soon be, impossible to keep increasing computational power at rate needed to […]
AI Ethics Reading | AI Truth.org
If you want to take a deep dive into AI and ethics, go to AI Ethics Reading | AI Truth.org for an overview of critical surveys, papers, books from AI experts. It’s definitely worth checking out :-). Photo by h heyerlein on Unsplash
Uncovered: 1,000 phrases that incorrectly trigger Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant | Ars Technica
If you are a user of Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant you’re familiar with “false alarms”. You just utter a completely innocent phrase and suddenly one of these voice assistants springs into action. This can be funny sometimes, but has become quite a privacy issue. Researches managed to produce a list of more than 1.000 […]