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Category Archives: Insights
Curated computing: jargon (sometimes) is a good thing
Curated Computing: Fancy cynical analyst term. Here is Forrester Research declaring a new era (‘Post-iPad’, no less). A consumer can do anything with a Windows PC or Mac… the iPad operates very differently. [It] works more like a jukebox than … Continue reading
More Firefox: beating the competition and making money
My last post generated a fair amount of discussion (comments+email) about Firefox’s future given the increased competition in the browser marketplace. Let’s say Firefox does buck the trends that open-source applications seem to follow (either having their best features taken … Continue reading
Why you (probably) won't be using Firefox a while from now
Mozilla CEO John Lilly on the number of fast, capable browsers in the market: “The world is a lot different from a year ago, and we have three brand new browsers and there is a lot more competition and as … Continue reading
Bigger pie, more slices
For the longest time, the only two entities that made money from a mobile phone were the carrier and the handset manufacturer. Open and shut [1]. No longer. Not only are more mobile phones being sold now than ever before, … Continue reading
Building a large Internet business in India (in the incumbents' face)
When it comes to the Internet in India, the low-hanging fruit has beeen picked, across sectors. Think Travel. Books. Jobs. Dating. Electronics. Money. In his post today, Rajesh Jain lists a few more: Search (dominated by Google), News (Rediff, NDTV, … Continue reading
Stickiness versus Referability
Small and medium businesses can’t afford splashy advertising campaigns on TV and billboards that large corporations can, so their marketing strategies need to be smarter. The most popular of the smart marketing strategies today is about building customer “stickiness”. Making … Continue reading
But their own mission is far from achieved
Is [old giant] losing out to [hot upstart] over [new trend]? Did Microsoft miss out on the big search opportunity that Google pounced on? Is Google losing the real-time communication game to Twitter? Microsoft’s original mission was “a computer on … Continue reading
From database of intentions to database of actions
In 2003, John Battelle opined that Google was essentially a “database of intentions“. The aggregate results of every search ever entered, every result list ever tendered, and every path taken as a result. … a massive database of desires, needs, … Continue reading
Internet Explorer 8. Why?
GigaOM announces the release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 So far [Microsoft] has been on the losing side of the equation, ceding market share to its upstart rivals, all of whom are touting ease of use, simplicity, security and speed. … Continue reading
Why the Kindle can save the U.S. newspaper industry
The Silicon Alley Insider recently calculated that the New York Times could actually cut down its costs in half by gifting all its subscribers a free Kindle. The immediate conclusion seems to be that the Kindle is the end to … Continue reading