Yesterday, Jason McCabe Calacanis invited me to respond to his post “Has Google Been Naughty? Yes. Should the Government Get Involved? No”. You can read responses from Vivek Wadhwa and Robert Scoble along with mine in a handy digest on the Launch blog. The following post is the full text of my response [...]
Is it really necessary for Google to screw their customers?
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · General Observations
Tags:Android·Apple·coercion·cooperation·creativity·debate·Future of Media·future of TV·good ideas·Google·innovation·IPhone·new media·search·Smartphone
Four trends to watch in 2010
December 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General Observations
“Never make forecasts, especially about the future.” Wise advice from Samuel Goldwyn. Which I am now about to ignore at my peril. Here’s my take on what to expect in 2010. 1. The Dawn of Ambient Awareness & Networked Consciousness What happens when real-time status updates and news feeds are combined with GPS [...]
Tags:Android·augmented reality·collaborative creativity·connected consciousness·design·devices·digital media·flat screen·flexible screens·future of TV·future trends·hardware·innovation·IPhone·Mobile phone·networked consciousness·OLED·Smartphone·social media·social software
Motorola Droid vs Apple iPhone: yet another view
December 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General Observations
The Motorola Droid features a slide-out keyboard With the Droid, Motorola and Google have introduced a credible alternative to the iPhone and Apple’s vision of mobility. Until now, the reaction among handset manufacturers to Apple’s innovation has been pretty disappointing. For more than a year, the best that the wireless phone makers could muster was [...]
Tags:Android·App Store·Apple·Droid·Google·IPhone·iTunes·mobile innovation·mobile internet·mobile phones·mobility·Motorola·smartphones
Why I plan to address the Nokia Game Summit
October 16th, 2008 · No Comments · General Observations
Next week I will travel to Rome to give a keynote speech to the Nokia Developer Summit. Some friends have asked me why. Given the recent release of the Gooogle Android phone and the Apple iPhone 3G, there has been a surge of commentary about the smartphones in the tech blogs. The general thrust of [...]
Tags:Android·Apple·GSM·innovation·IPhone·mobile·Mobile game·Mobile phone·Nokia·Smartphone
Here comes the iPhone backlash
August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · General Observations
Apple‘s legendary obsession with controlling information and availability of products has reached the tipping point. A growing number of iPhone developers are grumbling about the arbitrary nature of the decision-making process which governs which applications get included in the iTunes storefront. A spate of recent stories highlights what is clearly a haphazard and chaotic [...]
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