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05/11/2009

Ogilvy pitch on how businesses use Twitter

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04/11/2009

» Microsoft Courier User Interface In Depth

Pretty cool overview of a new tablet PC concept Microsoft is calling “courier”. Rumor is that they’ll actually build (or hire someone to) this. We’ll see…

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03/11/2009

» Introducing Google Analytics for Mobile Apps

Google released a version of Google Analytics for iPhone and Android applications.

The coolest thing no one is talking about is the ability for Android Market to track referrals. This means that you can actually measure what the conversion rate/ROI is on any marketing campaign you run for an Android application.

No real solution for this on iPhone today.

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23/10/2009

FCC Net Neutrality Proposed Rules

From the proposed rules:

Under the draft proposed rules, subject to reasonable network management, a provider of broadband Internet access service:

would not be allowed to prevent any of its users from sending or receiving the lawful content of the user’s choice over the Internet;
would not be allowed to prevent any of its users from running the lawful applications or using the lawful services of the user’s choice;
would not be allowed to prevent any of its users from connecting to and using on its network the user’s choice of lawful devices that do not harm the network;
would not be allowed to deprive any of its users of the user’s entitlement to competition among network providers, application providers, service providers, and content providers;
would be required to treat lawful content, applications, and services in a nondiscriminatory manner; and
would be required to disclose such information concerning network management and other practices as is reasonably required for users and content, application, and service providers to enjoy the protections specified in this rulemaking.

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21/10/2009

Great Morgan Stanley Presentation from Web 2.0

Delivered by Mary Meeker @ the Web 2.0 conference. The theme for the technology trends piece was on mobile—great point about iPhone/iPod Touch’s huge impact to consumer behaviors in mobile.

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09/10/2009

» Scripps to Shutter Fine Living Network

NOOOOO!!! Now who will save Three Sheet!?!

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07/10/2009

» 2010 Zagat Released, Usual Suspects Reign--People still use Zagat?

I will admit I have the 2009 edition sitting on my coffee table, but I can definitely say I haven’t found a great new restaurant via Zagat in longer than I can remember.

Food blogs, review sites and foodie friends tend to be much more useful.

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» iPhone App Store Developers Aren't Getting Rich

Interesting article in Newsweek…

Overwhelming competition, difficult discovery and the rapid race to the bottom of the pricing chart ($0-$0.99) is making it increasingly more difficult to make a decent sustainable profit.

I think at some point developers will be forced to walk away/deprioritize iPhone, raise their prices gradually, move to another platform with some price floor or alternate models (see: subscription).

With no fewer than 6 imminent Android OS phone launches in the US, I think that marketplace may have a chance to pick up steam. Of course Android Market is not without its own problems—any user can return your app for a full refund within 24 hours—sorry game developers! (note: Gaming is the most popular category in mobile apps)

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