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Category Archives: Editorials
What makes Xobni so popular?
Xobni is an Outlook plugin that has proven remarkably useful in managing managing bloated inboxes. It’s generated its fair share of buzz lately, and most users seem to love it. Apart from a clutch of very well-implemented features, what it … Continue reading
The iPhone question – and why Arrington is wrong
(This post is a follow-up to “Why did Mowser fail?“) An iPhone in every hand will not ignite a mobile web revolution. That much is certain. Both Michael Arrington and Russell Beattie make this mistake. Perhaps that comes from living … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Insights, iphone, mobile
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Why did Mowser fail?
According to Mowser’s founder Russell Beattie, the “Mobile Web” is dead. As is his startup Mowser. I think he’s partially wrong. Russell hasn’t quite figured out how the Internet on mobile devices is likely to work. Mowser is (was?) an … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Insights, mobile
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Moving to an Online Life
So my Thinkpad’s hard disk (a standard Hitachi 2.5″ 4200 RPM 80GB HDD) died Saturday evening. It began making ghastly noises all of a sudden, signaling imminent mechanical failure. I shut down the computer immediately, and on restarting, a BSOD … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Editorials, Email, Firefox, Gmail, google, HowTos, IM, internet, mobile, Nokia, RSS, Social, Thunderbird
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Why Safari won't matter
Apple released Safari 3.1 today, and has claimed that it is “the world’s fastest browser”. “Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Firefox, IE, IntellectualProperty, internet, Opera, Predictions, Safari
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Social Networks – The New Bulletin Boards?
In my previous post, I looked at how a social network “picks up” an application and “spreads” it to reach the audience that would be interested in using it. And I said that was because social networks make it easy … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Social, Trends
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The Three Degrees of Personalization
Facebook’s Beacon brought some spice to the tech community, which had been longing for some juicy stuff to blog/discuss/pontificate about since the iPhone’s launch several months ago. Beacon is (was?) part of Facebook’s new online ad system which shared a … Continue reading
Mobile 2008 = PC 1982
Why the mobile phone industry today looks a lot like the PC industry 25 years ago: Several players selling standalone “boxes” (or bricks). Atari, Commodore, Tandy, Apple back then. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Apple now Incompatible software platforms Incompatible hardware … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Insights, mobile, PC
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Tomorrow Today: Google Universal Search – Part 3: What it means for MS and Yahoo!
Bob Cringely contends that the battle for search is over, with Google emerging the clear winner. With Google Universal Search, Google has put so much distance between itself and numbers two and three, that the incremental return on additional investment … Continue reading
Tomorrow Today: Google Universal Search – Part 2: What it means for the SEO industry
It means everything. It means a massive opportunity and a massive threat. It means a period of flux in the SEO space for the next six months. Why? Until today, everything – everything – in the SEO industry was to … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, google, internet, Trends, Yahoo
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