October 2011
2 posts
Spotify's Paying U.S. Users Have Grown by 42%... →
Shows you how tough it is to make money in the streaming music business… need a lot of scale.
Mobile ad revenue is such a big part of Pandora’s valuation (52% if you believe the Trefis.com model). I think without the launch of their Smartphone (particularly the iPhone) apps, they would be in much worse shape today.
September 2011
5 posts
Xbox TV deals with HBO, Bravo and others expected... →
This should be the start of some serious awesomeness.
The Amazon tablet will look like a PlayBook --... →
Hoping this isn’t true… guess we’ll find out tomorrow!
On Wednesday, Amazon Will Unveil The “Kindle Fire”... →
Excited for this, but as my good buddy says, “Android feels a little too much like using X Windows” for me to want to switch away from the iPhone/iPad. That said, I really hope Amazon nails it like they have with the Kindle and gives Apple some competition.
July 2011
6 posts
Difference & Relationship Between Usability & User... →
Here’s Spotify! The Music Streaming Service... →
yesssss!!!
CIA organised fake vaccination drive to get Osama... →
Points for creativity?
Netflix could beat cable TV in Latin America →
WatchRadiohead is releasing a few remixes of songs from King of Limbs over the next few weeks… here are the first two tracks.
June 2011
18 posts
Apple's Overseas Demand in a Word →
Analysis from Motley Fool blog.
ASIA PAC seeing strong growth.
Apple's 92% earnings windfall: The bloggers nail... →
It’s amazing how much better the independent bloggers are at estimating Apple’s financials Vs professional equity research analysts at major banks. Horace Dediu at Asymco is probably my favorite of the blogs listed.
Also kind of strange to see Goldman at the bottom of a rankings list.
How to sell content by making it easy to buy →
Ticketmaster: Rocking The Most Hated Brand In... →
There is no avoiding Ticketmaster… they own the venues, manage the bands, do the merchandising and bought all the ticketing sites.
Would love to see some disruption here, but fear it is not about to happen.
3 Reasons HubSpot Users Should Be Excited About... →
Why Content Isn’t King - Magazine - The Atlantic →
Good article on the rise of Netflix.
Top Brand Ad Spending by Category and Social-Media... →
The 800lb Gorilla: Spotify US Launch Is Just Days... →
Cable Industry Shares Its Obsession With Netflix... →
I don’t think people are talking about this the right way… the reality is that product/market fit in paid TV/film products is WAY out of balance. Most people only see value in a small fraction of their cable subscription, but would gladly pay less for less channels (or to select the ones they want).
Netflix is providing something that people are willing to pay less for (primarily...
Apple Reverses Course On In-App Subscriptions →
The Stars Align For Spotify (Really This Time,... →
iTunes Match Not Laundering Pirated Music, It's... →
Everything you need to know from WWDC 2011 in one... →
Xbox LIVE Diamond subscription TV service to debut... →
Seeing Both Sides: Groupon S-1: Mind The Ratios →
Interesting analysis of some of the figures in the recent IPO filing.
Stephen Elop's Nokia Adventure - BusinessWeek →
Bullish Cross: Apple's Cash to Exceed $300 billion... →
May 2011
1 post
Top 15 U.S. Startup Accelerators and Incubators... →
Surprised YC wasn’t #1.
April 2011
1 post
The Cloud is not a Silver Bullet →
GREAT post from SimpleGeo guys on the recent Amazon Cloud outage and how they stayed up through it.
March 2011
3 posts
U.S. 2011 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study... →
Newsflash. AT&T still sucks.
February 2011
1 post
WatchTop 10 Mobile Internet Trends (Feb 2011)
January 2011
3 posts
Deutsche Bank analyst says there’s no return to... →
If RIM loses Enterprise, it’s all over.
JP Morgan: 40% of iPad owners have Kindles too →
I’m certainly in this camp. Kindle is a MUCH better reading device (easier on the eyes, still looks good in the sun, lighter, smaller, etc.) I’m not surprised at all.
That said, I still use the Kindle apps regularly to ‘snack’ on a few pages on my iPhone or iPad now and again when I don’t have the Kindle handy.
December 2010
4 posts
The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery →
Awesome post. Mark Suster does a great job at explaining the evolution of how we went from bookmarking to social bookmarking w/ search to RSS feeds to Twitter as a means of efficiently discovering information.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Responds to Whitney... →
“After just 18 days, Zynga’s CityVille social game has soared to more than 47.9...”
– Incredible.
CityVille could surpass FarmVille’s 56M users in a few days
LOLapps gives an inside look at the success of... →
Cool infographics on Lolapps (Social Game) usage stats.
November 2010
5 posts
The Kickstarter Blog - Trends in Pricing and... →
Really awesome data analysis on characteristics of the more successful Kickstarter.com projects.
Vator.tv - Google buys Groupon for $2.5 billion? →
Hulu Plus Price Drop: Now Just $7.99 →
Probably still need to cut about 3 bucks off this price point before seeing real demand is my guess… or make it so you can’t get 80% of the included content for free on a PC anytime you want.
Report: 4% of Hulu Users Subscribe to Hulu Plus;... →
NFL Beats World Series for First Time →
I think this just about removes all doubt as to which sport is “America’s Pastime” these days.
October 2010
2 posts
Mobile Opportunity: What's really wrong with... →
GREAT post by Michael Mace on the challenges RIM faces to execute a turn around and just what kind of trouble they’re in.