100 billion App downloads“The sheer weight of Android units will generate more downloads but on a per device basis the iOS devices do seem to consume more apps and the gap is not narrowing.” The gap remains. … [Continue reading]
‘Supposed to sell’, according to analysts, who, as I once said in a column for Macworld, are little more than guessers for the most part. Even if Apple’s grown since this point last year, it won’t be enough. Even if Apple announced it had in fact … [Continue reading]
Tumblr introduces ads, mobile first
Tumblr Staff: It works very simply: Every now and then you’ll see posts from our partners as you scroll through your mobile Dashboard. The ad within the stream is the new standard. Interesting that they go mobile first. AdAge: Users of … [Continue reading]
Google tries to make a business succeed through having a huge amount of _flow_ in terms of data, traffic, queries and information that is indexed. So think about this idea of them tapping into a vast stream. The more volume that is flowing through … [Continue reading]
Facebook Leans In
Facebook Leans Inparislemon: An extensive look at the future of Facebook’s business by Kurt Eichenwald for Vanity Fair. As he notes: Then came the miracle of television. And once again, advertisers were flummoxed. Photographs and drawings on signs … [Continue reading]
What the Steamship and the Landline Can Tell Us About the Decline of the Private Car – Emily Badger – The Atlantic Cities
What the Steamship and the Landline Can Tell Us About the Decline of the Private Car - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities“This prediction sounds bold primarily for the fact that most of us don’t think about technology – or the history of … [Continue reading]
The company is following an Apple-like strategy. This involves finding a big market—Nest Labs reckons that there are some 250m thermostats in homes, restaurants, office buildings and shops in America alone—that has seen little innovation and then … [Continue reading]
Market dynamics from PC to mobile
Market dynamics from PC to mobile“Consider that the PC has historically been purchased by IT departments which led to a monoculture of Windows which led to a persistent leadership for Microsoft. The music player created dominance around iTunes … [Continue reading]
Could Open Source Software Be Put Into The Public Domain Instead?
Could Open Source Software Be Put Into The Public Domain Instead?“The key point is that the code without the community that creates it is pretty much dead. A company may gain a short-term advantage in taking public domain code and enclosing it, … [Continue reading]
Smart TVs have a serious communication problem | Ars Technica
Smart TVs have a serious communication problem | Ars Technica“The IPTV control schemes of yore are, to put it lightly, design nightmares. Keyboards that were either fat and ugly or miniaturized for one hand, and mice or touchpads that have to … [Continue reading]
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