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Amazon is not a media company

Posted on 28. July 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

Amazon is not a media companyBendict Evans: “Amazon is not a media company; it’s a leveraged play on the conversion of the entire economy (or as much of it as possible) to ecommerce.” … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: amazon

Netflix UK users will get to stream new Breaking Bad episodes just a day after US broadcast

Posted on 28. July 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

Netflix UK users will get to stream new Breaking Bad episodes just a day after US broadcastWhat if Netflix and the likes become the go-to licensing partners abroad for US TV? Why that would make sense you ask? Think lots of countries worldwide and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: Disclosure: I own shares, Netflix

LinkedIn On A Roll

Posted on 28. July 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

LinkedIn On A Roll“It’s been pretty obvious from the stock price, but LinkedIn, which I’ve written about every so often, is really on a roll lately. The influencer content play (which I will admit I’ve been part of, in a small way) is a clear … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: Disclosure: I own shares, LinkedIn

ē The (alleged) 13-inch iPad and the triumph of thin clients

Posted on 28. July 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

ē The (alleged) 13-inch iPad and the triumph of thin clients“While a classic thin architecture moves processing to the server, enabling cheaper clients, those clients still have a GUI, mouse and keyboard. In other words, the experience is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: mobile, post PC era, tablets, Windows 8

Why I’m Not Switching From the iPhone | TIME.com

Posted on 28. July 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

Why I'm Not Switching From the iPhone | TIME.com“What we need to recognize about today’s smartphone market is that although smartphones have high penetration in developed markets, we don’t have high penetration of mature smartphone owners. Many … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: Android, iOS, mobile

Posted on 26. June 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

Netflix has long puzzled the traditional TV industry by refusing to give out ratings for its original shows, despite the fact that House of Cards, in particular, seemed to have turned into a hit, both loved by critics and audiences alike. But the … [Continue reading]

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Posted on 25. June 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

There’s a reason why they, and we, are confused about this. Our ideological sympathies are not good predictors at this point of how we feel about issues of digital privacy and electronic freedom. The fact that these issues don’t have a … [Continue reading]

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Posted on 6. June 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

I believe Berlin has the best shot in the Western world outside of Silicon Valley at becoming a place with a true tech startup ecosystem. I don’t just mean a place where one or two great companies are born — that can happen pretty much anywhere. I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: Berlin

In Conversation: Vince Gilligan — Vulture

Posted on 5. June 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

In Conversation: Vince Gilligan -- VultureI’ll tell you, I am grateful as hell for binge-watching. I am grateful that AMC and Sony took a gamble on us in the first place to put us on the air. But I’m just as grateful for an entirely different company … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Links Tagged With: breaking bad

Don’t give me this “We Used to Do Big Things” Crap. We do. | Discursive

Posted on 4. June 2013 Written by Marcel Weiss

Don’t give me this “We Used to Do Big Things” Crap. We do. | Discursive“The Linux kernel trumps the moonshot both in terms of engineering effort and societal impact by a few orders of magnitude. The kernel is the largest, most complex … [Continue reading]

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