There is an aticle today on TechCrunch that asks the 35 billion-dollar question : “Can Anything Stop The Facebook Juggernaut?” The statistics about Facebook’s dominance are staggering indeed : 500 Million users, $35 billion in valuation, $836 million in funding, accounting for nearly 25% of web traffic and growing virally at 5% a month. It […]
Among the many great ideas and insights in Clay Shirky’s book “Cognitive Surplus“, I came across one that was particularly interesting. It has some valuable lessons for anyone involved in product development, market research or strategy. Shirky describes a market research project conducted at McDonald’s aimed at improving their milkshakes. The intent was to […]
“Everything old is new again”, is a popular expression that usually applies to trends and fashion. Surprisingly, it can also be an apt way to describe many current trends in computing. In particular, the emergence of cloud computing, is a classic example of how an old idea that failed and died before, can be reborn […]
Google’s exponential growth and emergence as a technology juggernaut has been driven by one simple but incredibly successful business model : paid search or pay per click (PPC) advertising. Google appears invincible today because it dominates one of the largest and most lucrative web businesses – Online advertising via paid search. Google’s version of […]
The Apple iPad vs the Amazon Kindle debate rages on in the media and the blogosphere – with no end in sight. The iPad fans proclaim that the Kindle is dead : it is no match for the rich, interactive, tactile interface of the iPad – a superior, almost magical experience some call it. […]
In an earlier post earlier post I countered the view held by many that the iPad will kill the Kindle. I believe these two devices target different and overlapping market segments and can coexist. However, I also believe that the iPad is a solution looking for the right problem to solve. If Apple can […]
There is a post on TechCrunch today about the Top 10 Reasons The Apple iPad Will Put Amazon’s Kindle Out of Business Certainly the iPad will give some competition to the Kindle – especially the $489 model – but put it out of business ? Highly unlikely. Here are the top 10 reasons why the […]
The last time there was so much hype about a tablet, was possibly when Moses came down the mountain with one made of stone ! Steve Jobs – who has almost attained the same legendary status in the tech world – officially announced the much-anticipated Apple Tablet today and it is called … the […]
It is now widely acknowledged that America’s public school education system is broken and needs fixing. Numerous studies rank US school children well below other countries in science and math tests: “The average science score of U.S. students lagged behind those in 16 of 30 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a […]
After reviewing articles from many sources in the media, I have compiled a list of certain facts and figures regarding the recent cyber attacks from China and the subsequent stunning announcement from Google. Some of these are surprisingly under-reported in the media so you may or may not know them. Here they are […]