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Visibility, Alignment, & Optimization, Part III: Workforce Optimization
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Windows Phone prospects in the developing world
Nokia's Lumia 610 faces entrenched opposition in the developed world. But, in developing markets, where the Nokia brand is strong and a decision about which platform to favor has not been made,...
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Hulu buyers, beware
Starz decision to end its relationship with Netflix is a sign of the difficulties content companies are having making money through Internet streaming. This should give potential buyers of Hulu...
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The worst decision Google ever made
Oracle's Java-based lawsuit could make things expensive for Google. By missing the chance to own Java, however, Google lost an opportunity to have a platform that could serve as a counter to...
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Net neutrality vs. house republicans (or "scalded by tea")
House Republicans' war against net neutrality rules is symptomatic of a gross simplification of economic principles that is typical of today's Tea-flavored Republican party.
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Avoiding an iPad-induced panic
Everyone seems to think that Microsoft must rush to release a credible competitor to Apple's iPad. I beg to differ. Getting it right is more important than getting it tomorrow.
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The Android fashion accessory
Android is expected to have strong growth in 2011. Is that a permanent trend, or a transitory shift in fashion trends?
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Net Neutrality: Will Netflix destroy the Internet?
The FCC is slated to make some decisions on the issue on net neutrality on December 21. Given a looming video-inspired bandwidth crunch, it's important those rules are less about "rights" than...
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The wonderment of Apple
Apple's current success is truly astounding when you consider the state of the company in 2000. Today, they are the company that essentially owns that segment willing to pay most for client...
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Smartphones in the developing world: Why platform fragmentation is here to stay
$10-$15 handsets are quite typical in African markets. That silver spot on the back of the Chinese-manufacturered device isn’t the lens of a camera…it's paint designed to LOOK like you have a...
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How Microsoft loses the TV space
Google yesterday officially confirmed the existence of Google TV, a "not so secret" project hints of which have existed for quite awhile. A number of key Microsoft engineers wandered into...
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Microsoft changes the Windows license
Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, noted Apple's recent licensing changes to iPhone OS 4.0 with great interest. So, effective immediately, he is making the following changes to the licensing of...
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Apple's play for platform dominance
The iPhone and Mac computers are never likely to dominate a particular market for Mac OS X. iPad represents Apple's real chance to do so in a market that is, for all intents and purposes, virgin...
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Games could save 3D TV
Carmi Levy at Betanews recently through cold water on excitement over new 3D TVs coming from major television manufacturers. Though I agree, I think software targeted at TVs could increase the...
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Shut down the patent office?
Last week, I took Apple to task for launching the patent nukes against HTC. This week, I try to explain why patents are so corrosive within a software development context.
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Why I (now) hate Apple
In the past, I merely favored non-Apple platforms. With Apple's recent decision to sue HTC over patent violations, mere preference for other products has turned into an active dislike of a...
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Reinvigorating Microsoft's mobile strategy
Microsoft needs to make a phone that's worth programming for. Once achieved, however, Microsoft should try to act like the past 20 years spent collecting the leading lights of framework design...
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The message from GSMA Barcelona: fragmentation
The GSMA World Congress was this week in Barcelona. Though its difficult to identify themes in a conference as large as the GMSA extravaganza, the sense I got from four days wandering its halls...
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Don't give me special treatment
The US Congress wants to include "Buy American" provisions in the stimulus bill. I say "no thanks." Protected industries aren't going to pull America out of recession.
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What is American?
A recent post by Brian Sommer noted that H-1B visa holders might be in for a rough ride in 2009 as the weakening economy invites calls for special preferences for the accidental citizens of the...
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Hiatus till January
Not that I think crowds of angry people will descend on my West Hollywood apartment because of this, but I am going to be off until January. As noted three weeks ago in my last post (I am a very...
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