Chromebook/Notebook/Tablet As A Service. On Google Competing With IBM Global Finance
So a lot of smart people have already written up the news from Google I/O this week – notably our very own Stephen O’Grady in a piece entitled Google I/O: The Android Story. So I decided to look at something different. To try and provide some industry context, if you like. In case you [...]
Monday’s Musings: Mastering When and How High End Brands Should Use Daily Deal Sites Such As Groupon
Daily Deal Sites Claim To Bring New Customers Chicago, Illinois based Groupon, is a consumer oriented commerce site that brings consumers looking for the ultimate deal to businesses seeking new customer bases. Local based targeting, fun cheeky copy, and a reach in almost 600 cities powers the frenzy behind the “daily deals”. Customers pay upfront. [...]
If Facebook’s not building this, someone should
Wondering if (and hoping) Facebook’s new messaging offering will help tilt the balance of power away from the marketers and back toward consumers – because my Inbox desperately needs it.
Warning Signs ‘Flash’ing for Adobe
What does the Flash vs. HTML5 debate – over the future of web video – mean to Adobe’s future?
Tech in 2010 – Growth with a Quality Bias
Tech is poised for growth in 2010 but it’s increasingly looking like a much better year for the well-established and well-respected tech companies, and a challenging environment for the second-tire companies.
After the iPad – Wireless Price Wars?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife First I should get my opinion on the $AAPL iPad out of the way. Yes, I want one – but I will probably get rid of my iPhone if I do. Lack of multitasking and a keyboard drives me nuts. I want a $GOOG Android phone. iPad is cool media [...]
Ten Tech Tells for ‘10
This is by no means a comprehensive list – it’s admittedly biased toward the tech sectors I follow most closely (software and wireless) – but here are a few companies I’ll be keeping an eye on as we move into the new year – some as short-term opportunities, others with a longer time horizon. If, [...]
Should $RIMM sell?
Lively debate going on this morning regarding whether it’s time for $RIMM to find a buyer, as Dan Frommer argues that they have become an enterprise dinosaur in an increasingly consumer-driven market. So should they sell?
As I argued here recently, $GOOG is rapidly ascending and $AAPL has quickly become the leader in attention if not [...]
