Monthly Archives: February 2010

Is it time for Apple to open up the App Store model?

I don’t often link to Daring Fireball, basically because I assume that you’re all reading it anyway. But in his post on Tits and Apps, John perfectly summarises the challenge that faces Apple in maintaining its mindshare with mobile developers: … Continue reading

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Good luck with making money from Android apps

Android App Store Is 57% Free Compared to Apple’s 25% – app stores – Gizmodo: App store analytics firm Distimo recently released a bunch of juicy info about the major mobile app stores, and the results are pretty interesting. For … Continue reading

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Sometimes, “think like a startup” isn’t the best option

In an interesting piece on the problems at MySpace under Murdoch, Om Malik mentions this: Kevin also mentioned that Murdoch, and every large media company, need to think like startups. Good advice – but only to a point. The fact … Continue reading

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Sergey Brin on Google Buzz

Sergey Brin On His Six Months Using Google Buzz: “Extracting signal from noise is one of our core competencies, it’s one of the key things we do in our web search product every day. And I think that now peoples’ … Continue reading

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Kiwi: The best Mac Twitter client yet

As you’ll know if you follow me or this blog on Twitter, I’me a voracious Twitterer. I also can’t stand Adobe Air applications, which means that my options for Twitter applications are somewhat limited. There’s a few around, of course. … Continue reading

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Sync your Mac with an LG phone with FoneSync

Shocking as this might sound, not everyone wants an iPhone. And if you have a phone from LG, you might want to check out FoneSync, a new application from Novamedia which lets you sync contacts and calendar information from your … Continue reading

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HTC Bravo head-to-head with Google Nexus One?

When I predicted that Google wouldn’t launch its own phone, one of the reasons I believed it was unlikely was that everything pointed to it being a rebadged HTC Bravo (otherwise known as the HTC Passion). While I was wrong … Continue reading

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Worst iPad reporting ever

This article by Jonathan Zittrain is why it’s wise not to let law professors write about technology: If Apple is the gatekeeper to a device’s uses, the governments of the world need knock on the door of only one office … Continue reading

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CrunchGear catches the TechCrunch bullshit bug

Apparently, Apple is now responsible for via killing hardware innovation throughout the industry, at least according to John Biggs. Remember when Apple bought up all the Flash memory? Well, Apple has also cornered the market in touchscreens. A few months … Continue reading

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Guardian CEO says charging for specialist content an option

The Guardian may still be considering a paywall, at least for specialist content: [Chief Executive of Guardian Media Group Carolyn] McCall added that the Guardian, like the New York Times, had looked at six different pay models including a complete … Continue reading

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