MG Siegler: The Mac vs. PC debate has often found people using a car analogy to explain things. I keep coming back to that when thinking about iPhone vs. Android. For a long time, iPhone felt like a Lexus while Android was more like a Kia. With recent upgrades, Android has transformed into more of a Honda. [...]
Marissa Mayer: Today, we’re introducing a new feature that brings a whole new level of personalization to Google by letting you add a favorite photo or image to the background of the Google homepage. Step-by-step instructions to get it to work today: Go to http://bing.com/ You’re done. Via Daring Fireball
New York Times: The moment came Wednesday when Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, shot past Microsoft, the computer software giant, to become the world’s most valuable technology company. Full article at http://✜.ws/2u Anybody cares to remember Michael Dell’s solution for Apple back in 1997? What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the [...]
Stanislav Datskovskiy: I argue that Apple now has not one but two monopolies: I) A nearly-total monopoly on computer (and pocket computer) systems designed with good taste. II) A total monopoly on the Microsoft-free, hassle-free personal computer. [1] Mr. Jobs is indeed starting to behave like that other convicted monopolist we know and love. Yet unlike the latter, Jobs did [...]
I’ve been though the same steps when I decided to shut down the old ColdFusion web site and switch to a blogging platform. This was a 2 years process for me. – http://✜.ws/2a
Pathetic http://✜.ws/25
Mike Monteiro: As an industry, we need to understand that not wanting root access doesn’t make you stupid. It simply means you do not want root access. Failing to comprehend this is not only a failure of empathy, but a failure of service. Full article at http://✜.ws/23
Dominique Leca The Bloomberg terminal is the perfect example of a lock-in effect reinforced by the powerful conservative tendancies of the financial ecosystem and its permanent need to fake complexity. Full article at http://✜.ws/22
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