December 2010
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Various Holiday Crowds
Apple
Microsoft
Verizon
Sprint
I couldn’t make it to a Best Buy, but I’m sure that’s where everyone was buying Windows and Android products for the holidays.
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My Ping
Apple - this is what I want you to do with Ping:
1) Don’t make Ping into another traditional social network. I already use Facebook. I don’t need another one.
2) Make Ping all about content discovery. I am still having an awful time finding new music. Yes, I know you have genius playlists, but a lot of times it is just so impersonal and cold. I just want to “follow” my...
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iPhone Can Still Beat Android in Smartphone...
On smartphone battlefields where iPhone hasn’t yet arrived, Android is winning the battle.
It is premature to declare Android the eventual winner in the smartphone market share race, even with Google now activating 300,000 Android units/day. Steve Jobs noted on Apple’s recent quarterly earnings call that there is “no solid data” on Android phone shipments. For this...
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Music Wars: Facebook vs. Twitter vs. Myspace vs....
Curious as to how Ping adoption rates were doing, I compared several popular music artists on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and Ping as of 10:45 am December 11, 2010. I also looked at the number of original updates posted on Friday (December 10) by each music artist.
Justin Bieber
Facebook: 16,672,233 fans (original updates: 7)
Twitter: 6,295,146 (updates: 17) (38% of FB fans)
Myspace:...
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Making Big Bets and Controlling Risk - How Apple...
I get to hang out with some of the most talented, committed people around, and together we get to play in this sandbox and build these cool products. Apple is an incredibly collaborative company. You know how many committees we have at Apple? Zero. We’re structured like a start-up. We’re the biggest start-up on the planet. And we all meet once a week to discuss our business. - Steve...
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