I’ve blogged before about how smartphones enable new levels of engagement and context in our digital experiences. Its no small wonder that there are many retailers/restaurants/companies trying to use the engagement and context that smartphones enable to try to sell more stuff to people. While most folks focusing on this have traditionally focused on location-based [...]
As someone who tried to build a fashion social network and is now an investor who sees his fair share of social networking startup ideas, I can attest to the difficulties in building a genuine community. So, when people question why Friendfeed users like myself are so dedicated to the site and why we don’t [...]
I’ve mentioned before that one of the greatest things about being in the technology space is how quickly the lines of competition rapidly change. Take ARM, the upstart British chip company which licenses the chip technology which powers virtually all mobile phones today. Although they’ve traditionally been relegated to “dumb” chips because of their low [...]
My good friend Joe and I spent a little amount of time last week disassembling an Apple TV, on a personal level to both take a look inside as well as to get a sense of what folks at companies like iSuppli and Portelligent do when they do their teardowns. I was also asked to [...]
In a post I wrote a few weeks ago about why I prefer the Google approach to Apple’s, I briefly touched on what I thought was one of the most powerful aspects of Android, and something I don’t think is covered enough when people discuss the iPhone vs Android battle: With Google[’s open platform strategy], [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a long tract about what Nokia needs to do to turn its fortunes around. One of those things was focusing on the rapidly growing phone market in emerging markets like Brazil, India, and China with smart featurephones and valuable services. Thankfully, someone at Nokia is thinking along the [...]
This past weekend, a TechCrunch article caught the tech blogosophere off guard with an interesting claim: Facebook is building a mobile phone, says a source who has knowledge of the project. Or rather, they’re building the software for the phone and working with a third party to actually build the hardware. Which is exactly what [...]
Many of my good friends are big fans of Apple and its products. But not me. This good-natured difference in opinion leads us into never-ending mini-debates over Twitter or in real life over the relative merits of Apple’s products and those of its competitors. I suspect many of them (respectfully) think I’m crazy. “Why would [...]
I’ve mentioned Moore’s Law in passing a few times before. While many in the technology industry see the concept only on its most direct level – that of semiconductor scaling (the ability of the semiconductor industry, so far, to double transistor density every two or so years) – I believe this fails to capture its [...]
Very provocative headline (see title of blog post) for an interesting WSJ piece: “They are serious about making a change,” one person familiar with the matter said. Nokia board members are “supposed to make a decision by the end of the month,” that person said. They should be very serious about making a change – [...]