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The 25th Mobile World Congress in pictures

The four-day Mobile World Congress 2012 is now over. To give you a quick visual tour of the themes of the show, TabTimes presents a slideshow of our top pictures from the event.
by Doug Drinkwater

Features

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Seamless aims to be the Netflix of food delivery

In the hustle and bustle of New York and other major American cities, the crunch for time has necessitated that more and more people are ordering food online for delivery and pickup, eliminating the tedious process of dialing a restaurant and having an order misheard. Since 1999, Seamless has attempted to mastermind the ins and outs of digital ordering.
by Stephen Robert Morse
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For Everything Butt Art developer Madbrook, success comes from keeping it simple

With a children's book deal and 10,000 apps sold over its first ten months, Brian Snyder sees a bright future for Everything Butt Art - even if marketing to toddlers is harder than he expected.
by Stephen Robert Morse
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App Store, Apple, HTML5: For small iPad developers, writing code is just one part of the job

What's life like for a solo iOS developer? Meeting Gold developer Bill Burgar talked to TabTimes about how meetings can be more bearable, and why Apple should focus on on quality, not quantity.
by Doug Drinkwater
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Is the Galapagos Effect stunting the tablet market in Japan?

Once the consumer electronic juggernaut of the world, Japan is now playing catch up with Apple and Samsung. Tablet consumption and manufacturing appears to be a major inflection point.
by Michael Fitzpatrick
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Don Norman: Microsoft has a real opportunity with Windows 8

The cofounder of the Nielsen Norman Group discusses Microsoft's challenges and opportunities with Windows 8, and why it might actually be superior to Android and iOS.
by David Needle
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For Bejeweled developer PopCap Games, tablets are in the mix 'from the very beginning'

TabTimes recently sat down with PopCap Games’ Franchise Business Director Giordano Bruno Contestabile to discuss tablet game design, strategy, and why freemium is a better play right now for Android tablet developers.
by Seamus Bellamy
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In search of the iPad’s killer app

The iPad’s selling like crazy, but here’s the really crazy thing: There’s no agreed upon killer iPad app. Or is there?
by David Needle
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Are games becoming the killer app for tablet manufacturers?

The 2012 Game Developers Conference offeres up ample proof that 'hardcore' video games will play a more pivotal role in the success of tablet sales.
by John Gaudiosi
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Will iPad 3 offer a more immersive touch experience?

Speculation about the iPad 3 has reached fever pitch.
by David Needle
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In India, tablets offer a promising opportunity for start-ups and venture capital

Sensing a massive opportunity, venture capitalists are partnering with tablet and tablet app developers across India
by Kavitha Nair
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SAP's Oliver Bussmann: 'There's only one player for tablets in enterprise - I guarantee Android will change that'

A confident SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann told TabTimes in Barcelona that Android can beat Apple for enterprise mobility - and explains how his company, along with Samsung, are going to do it.
by Doug Drinkwater

Analysis

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Print Plus: How digital publishing is moving beyond eBooks and into the enterprise

With the explosive growth of tablet devices worldwide, the necessity for packaging content in a standard book format, along with the limitations in doing so, have effectively been eliminated.
by Ivan Dwyer
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Technology companies are completely misreading the value and significance of tablets

Technology companies that underestimate the significance of the touch-tablet revolution will suffer greatly.
by Ben Bajarin
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Tablets are coming to the fore for dual-screen TV viewing

London, England -- With market researchers and app developers long since convinced that the tablet is becoming the preferred second screen for TV viewers, TabTimes attended the TV Connect summit in London today to find out how tablets and television are meshing together one user experience.
by Doug Drinkwater
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The 9 most important tablet trends and topics from Mobile World Congress 2012

This year, MWC was dominated by new smartphones, tablets, and lots of talk about ‘paradigm shifts’ to cloud computing, BYOD and HTML5 web-apps. But what were the main tablet trends, and who emerged from the Barcelona show with their reputation intact?
by Doug Drinkwater

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