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Out of the Shadow of the iPhone

At this time of year the technology circus does its tour of the world....CES in Las Vegas, MWC in Barcelona and CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. Interspersed are product launches by major companies like Apple. When Apple and subsequently Microsoft decided to move away from the industry events and do their own mini-shows, many commentators noted that it was disappointing that

It’s The Content, Stupid

Admittedly I’m coming in late to the party. I had all sorts of excuses – I already have a MacBook Pro, as well as the latest generation of iPod Touch. Why would I need an iPod with a giant screen to run mostly the same apps I can already run on my iPod? After buying an iPad 2, I understand what

The Best; Then There’s The Rest

One of the classic methods of marketing centers around the idea of bundling; i.e. getting people to pay for lower-quality merchandise by pushing sheer quantity over quality. This strategy isn’t always successful, but when it works it can work brilliantly. When I was a teenager growing up in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, music was sold via vinyl records.

Browser Market Share Shocker

It's been a while since I paid attention to web traffic, specifically browser numbers.  So, what I saw today was a bit of a shock. It seems things have been changing recently, on just about every front. For a start, I thought Firefox was gaining share.  I seem to think I heard that in several places.  I also thought Explorer