The title to this May 9 story, suggests another Apple bashing: “Is Apple’s dominance of Mobile Development on the Wane?” It appears to be an old editorial trick, the classic alarmist headline, because the article itself goes on to answer in the negative: Apple is the logical choice for mobile development today Where is market...
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Forbes: Android is shipping more phones but Apple is still the logical choice for mobile development
Twitterverse reality check and lessons learned
You’ll probably never know it by looking at the final result, but I’ve been working on this post, at least thinking about it, for several months. I’ve been reluctant to publish it because every time I start, it tends to sound like a rant and that’s not what I want this to be about. As anybody...
Apple’s great Mac OS X bait and switch
It’s been almost three years now since, with great fanfare , I switched from a UNIX Workstation to a Mac as my primary desktop workstation. That change was many years in the making – I worked with Mac OS X along side my trusty UNIX workstations for several years before making the complete jump....
Is it time to drop the Twit, Tweet, etc. from your App Name?
There has been a storm of sorts this past week surrounding Twitter, their developers, and the “ecosystem”. It started with some comments from VC Fred Wilson followed by comments from Twitter CEO Ev Williams in a New York Times interview, and culminating in Twitter buying Atebits and thereby creating an official iPhone app: Tweetie....
Rich Buchanan out at Ooma
I missed this in February via, hdvoicenews.com By Doug Mohney, on February 8th, 2010 After two years as Ooma’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Rich “The Dude” Buchanan is departing the company for another project. Makes one wonder who is left there. I understand the company has raised about $61 million and have obtained approx....
Skype grossly over hyped, even with the Verizon deal
Ok, short and sweet here. The recent hype about Skype, and in particular surrounding the Verizon deal has been blown WAY out of proportion, IMHO. It’s time to set perspective here. First, Skype was supposed to have killed off traditional telecom by now. Last I checked, that hasn’t happened (still a trillion dollar business). ...
PhoneGnome participatory marketing challenge
It’s been over 4 years since PhoneGnome’s initial release. It has evolved a great deal over that time and I’ve learned a lot. Over on the PhoneGnome blog, we look at where it is, and where to go from here: http://www.phonegnome.com/blog/2009/12/02/phonegnome-participatory-marketing-challenge/
Don’t pay to pitch – no way
In response to Jason Calacanis’ recent post Why startups shouldn’t have to pay to pitch angel investors and the ensuing debate, short answer: Don’t do it. Don’t pay. Such angel outfits are scams, IMHO.
Verizon CEO exiting one dying business for another
The NY Times reports that Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg has finally accepted that his landline business is going to keep sliding: Mr. Seidenberg said that his “thinking has matured” and that trying to predict when the company would stop losing voice landlines “is like the dog chasing the bus.” This is being touted as...
Vonage World versus Skype Unlimited World
Below is a run down of what’s different between the Skype “Unlimited World” plan compared to the new “Vonage World” plan. Country Skype Unlimitied World Andorra N/A Bahamas* N/A Bahrain N/A Brazil N/A Brunei* N/A Cyprus N/A Dominican Republic N/A Georgia N/A Guadeloupe N/A Guam* landlines Iceland N/A India* N/A Iraq N/A Jordan N/A...
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