February 2011
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Some Thoughts on Quora: Where Are All The...
Up until now Quora has received raging reviews, but these reviews have stemmed largely from the tech industry. By and large, mainstream news outlets (like the NY Times) have yet to embrace the service like TechCrunch or Mashable have.
For now this is okay. Despite it’s recent surge in users Quora can still be considered a fledgling startup, and like any startup Quora has its eyes on...
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This Won’t Last Long: Lendle Lets You Swap eBooks...
Netflix’s success comes as a direct result of peoples preference towards renting movies over purchasing them. Most people are really only interested in watching a movie once, so very little value comes from purchasing a movie on DVD.
The same logic applies to books. Most people will read a book once then set it on their shelf and never touch it again. Unfortunately, there is no Netflix for...
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On The Next Gen iPhone’s 4-inch Screen
Rumor has it that the next generation iPhone will not have a home button. In ditching the home button Apple would be able to cover the entire front face of the iPhone with a touch screen.
Speculation surrounding an edge-to-edge screen design began with an article in the Wall Street Journal by Yukari Kane. For those who are unaware, Yukari Kane is believed to be an Apple puppet....
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Bill Gross is Building an Empire Atop of Mt....
To date Bill Gross has acquired the following Twitter clients:
Twidroyd (for Android)
UberTwitter (for Blackberry)
Echofon (for iPhone)
TweetDeck (for Mac + PC) ←Yesterday’s News
It is apparent that he is building an empire on top of Twitter, which is a very smart move.
Instead of purchasing Twitter stock in private secondary markets, Bill Gross has chosen to acquire the third-party...
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Why Pandora is Choosing to IPO Now
Argument: Pandora is going to to suffer from Apple’s launch of iTunes in the cloud. They might as well IPO before that happens.
Pandora is an internet radio service and the chief custodian of the Music Genome Project. Pandora first launched in 2005. Three years later they saw their user base grow exponentially as a direct result of smartphones being adopted at exponential rates.
In the...
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Quantity vs. Quality: Aol's Big Move To The Center
Demand Media is a content factory that specializes in producing articles and videos ‘at scale.’ In other words, they take a quantity over quality approach to content.
Two weeks ago Demand Media IPO’ed for $1.5 billion, a sum rivaling the New York Times’ $1.6 billion market capitalization.
Demand Media’s successful IPO has shown us all that there is considerable...
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HP's New Reclining PC Is A Flop, I'm Waiting For...
HP just launched the first reclining touchscreen PC and it sucks. Such a half-assed attempt at creating a new market sector. On the other hand, why has Apple rarely failed in their multiple attempts to redefine different sectors of the market?
Don’t call me a fanboy, but I believe in Apple as a company. They have established themselves in several markets over the last few years. Their laptops,...