IOT: Islands of Isolated Things?Bob O’Donnell at Tech.pinions on the need for standards for the Internet of Things to take off: While it’s unlikely that all the specific needs for potential vertical industries can be determined by a single set of … [Continue reading]
The Search For The Next Platform
The Search For The Next PlatformFred Wilson: So for the next few years (I have no idea how long this search for what’s next will go on), a game to be playing is building a platform that can plausibly be the next big thing. It’s a risky game. But … [Continue reading]
Throwing sheep
Throwing sheepBenedict Evans: “by plugging into the address book, camera, photo library, notifications etc the frictional barriers to doing a new social app fade away: the smartphone is a social platform in the same way that Facebook is. The … [Continue reading]
Overview on home automation
Episode 183 of the Mac Power Users Podcast is a great overview on the current state of home automation. The magnificent Merlin Mann being the guest doesn’t hurt either. … [Continue reading]
box fight
Good analysis from Ben Thompson on where Box and Dropbox are coming from: In other words, what we have here is one of the more interesting business experiments we’ve ever seen: is it better to have established a firm foundation in the top-down … [Continue reading]
Would Microsoft fork Android? Not likely.
Windroid: What if Microsoft forked Android? Venturbeat: Windroid could still support Windows Phone apps in parallel, enabling Microsoft to piggyback the Android app ecosystem while building out its own. A Windroid phone could have exclusive (or, at … [Continue reading]
Music is mainly purchased through aggregators like iTunes and Spotify who charge a hefty tariff. You need a comprehensive catalog to convince users to commit to a payment relationship. In-app payments on iOS and Android are the one place where paid … [Continue reading]
Memo #1 to Jeff Bezos: Try Washington Post Prime
Memo #1 to Jeff Bezos: Try Washington Post Prime“My bet is Jeff Bezos will use lessons from Amazon’s Prime service. For Monday Note readers outside the United States, Amazon Prime is a special service from which, for an annual fee of $79 (€60), … [Continue reading]
And yet, under Ballmer, everyone at Apple would be working so hard, and be making so much money, both for themselves and for Apple’s shareholders, that they would ensure that Apple never again reinvents consumer computing. See, if Steve Ballmer were … [Continue reading]
Lastly, the disruption of the TV will empower a new entertainment platform like no other. When you think about devices like smartphones, tablets, and PCs, we understand them to be largely computing platforms. Of course, elements of entertainment take … [Continue reading]
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