Required Reading Regarding Mobile

Semil Shah is a contributor to TechCrunch. You can follow him on Twitter at @semil. It’s clichéd, overplayed, and the obvious new normal: Mobile is the big, fundamental force driving consumer tech. Yes, we all know that, but even taking a few steps back for a minute, we should stand in awe of just how much of a massive platform change this is.
“Tectonic” might be the right word. Readers of this site and column will already know this, but what I wanted to do this week is briefly highlight some of the best bloggers, operators, investors, and analysts writing about mobile today. As I’ve been focusing more of my work over the last year-and-a-half to cover the product side and investment side of mobile, I’ve been trying to learn by reading from experts below, specifically trying to focus on the problem of app discovery and testing various techniques in order to lock in distribution.

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