Friday, September 27, 2013

I, Cringely The Secret of iOS 7 - I, Cringely

I, Cringely The Secret of iOS 7 - I, Cringely: Jump forward in time to a year from today. Here’s what I expect we’ll see. Go to your desk at work and, using Bluetooth and AirPlay, the iPhone 5S or 6 in your pocket will automatically link to your keyboard, mouse, and display. Processing and storage will be in your pocket and, to some extent, in the cloud. Your desktop will require only a generic display, keyboard, mouse, and some sort of AirPlay device, possibly an Apple TV that looks a lot like a Google ChromeCast.

Friday, September 20, 2013

What Scale Means After Patch and Groupon | Street Fight

What Scale Means After Patch and Groupon | Street Fight: But it’s a quality game now, say Fain. Quality breeds engagement, and engagement, not reach, creates value in a local marketplace in which software can take a customer from impression to checkout. Scale, as it were, has a third dimension.

Monday, September 09, 2013

Game over | asymco

Game over | asymco

The contrast between mobile phone platforms and game consoles is striking, with an order of magnitude difference in consumption. The best performing console to date is the Wii with about 100 million units sold so far.

The Tyee – Why Climate Change Is Splitting Republicans

The Tyee – Why Climate Change Is Splitting Republicans

Sunday, September 08, 2013

Friday, September 06, 2013

Thursday, September 05, 2013

What Does the Fox Say: The anatomy of Ylvis’s instant viral hit — paidContent

What Does the Fox Say: The anatomy of Ylvis’s instant viral hit:

What Does the Fox Say? features adults in outlandish animal costumes reciting an Old McDonald’s-ish list of animal noises, before addressing the titular question in the chorus. There is thumping bass and a silly, easily imitatable dance: In short, it is the video internet hipsters and five-year-olds can finally agree on.

Redesigning 'Star Trek': the original series brought to life in 80 pulp posters | The Verge

Redesigning 'Star Trek': the original series brought to life in 80 pulp posters | The Verge:

The designs feature a vintage style, with some reminiscent of classic movie posters and others harking back to the covers of pulp sci-fi novels. According to Ortiz, what makes them work — and fun to work on — is the sheer diversity of the episodes he illustrated.

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Monday, September 02, 2013

Microsoft Enters Into $7.2B Deal To Buy Nokia’s Devices And Services Business And License Its Patents | TechCrunch

Microsoft Enters Into $7.2B Deal To Buy Nokia’s Devices And Services Business And License Its Patents | TechCrunch: In a surprise move, Microsoft announced Monday evening that it has inked a deal with Nokia to acquire “substantially all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, license Nokia’s patents, and license and use Nokia’s mapping services.”

Turning Apple TV Into Ouroboros | TechCrunch

Turning Apple TV Into Ouroboros | TechCrunch: Apple has been ‘pulling the string’ on the Apple TV for seven years now. Think about that one for a minute: it’s had a set-top box since before the iPhone.

Why Local is the Future of Commerce | Street Fight

Why Local is the Future of Commerce | Street Fight:  Local search revenues are skyrocketing, expected to increase annually 10% over the next five years. User-generated reviews and ratings have dramatically improved our ability to determine the quality of a businesses, altering, more than replicating, the consumer’s experience in the local marketplace.

What Will It Take to Bring All Businesses Online? | Street Fight

What Will It Take to Bring All Businesses Online? | Street Fight: Word of mouth reputation, geographic location, foot traffic, print advertising, and other traditional forms of getting the word out may do quite well for many businesses in small towns and big cities alike. As Louis Gagnon of Yodle noted, online marketing is complex and business owners are preoccupied with the day-to-day needs of serving customers, leaving little time to focus on activities with a less clear-cut reward for their energies. The Yodle study also notes that SMB proprietors see family and time off as important considerations. They are not necessarily concerned with being the biggest player in the market. Ranking sixth in a Google search result may not be a fate worse than death in their minds so much as we suppose it to be. The exceptions to this rule are the folks who come to us, perhaps skewing our sense of the SMB population as a whole.