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Strategy Formulation

Google Must Choose – Will it be Search or Android? Google mOS?

December 21, 2011

Google needs a new strategy for Android. As a brand, as a design direction and in deepening its corporate understanding of where mobile and search intersect. I started this post really wondering if Android has lost it’s way? I end it concluding that Android as a brand, or sub-brand isn’t helping Google with their long-term strategic [...]

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iChart Apple’s Future – The next big thing?

October 16, 2011

The Apple world is full of fun speculation. Apple fans expect innovative new products. So let me introduce you to iChart! Apple’s upcoming killer Enterprise product. iChart is a flip chart on steroids. It borrows the best from the past, building on the lowly paper flip chart and the easy sharing built into Electronic Whiteboards. [...]

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What Strategic Convos Should HP Have Had?

August 23, 2011

What happens now at HP? It appears there’s many conversations that HP didn’t have before announcing they would purchase Autonomy and look to divest the Personal Services Group. We know the board was involved and we can presume outside advisors and deal makers. However, we also know that the head of the Personal Services Group [...]

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HP – What’s your strategy? Steve Balmer’s Burning Platform

August 18, 2011

I’m bewildered and I’m not. I’m disappointed, and yet not somehow that surprised…. and that’s I presume much how the market will suck up the implosion of HP. As a customer — individual customer of HP I don’t hold much water in the announcements today to buy Autonomy and then potentially spin off the Personal [...]

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Netflix – Misses a Convo Opp – Blows off customers.

July 13, 2011

Yesterday Netflix announced new pricing. A 60% increase in the cost of getting DVD’s. Many complained that Netflix failed to provide an adequate rationale for the move. More than 5000 comments on their blog post. All resoundingly negative. And there’s a thread #dearnetflix on Twitter. However, as a Netflix user it’s obvious to me why [...]

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Kelly Fitzsimmons – Why Voice Matters #ecomm

June 28, 2011

The keynote presentation to kick of the second day of eComm. Relevant Voice Platforms - Kelly Fitzsimmons, HarQen. Words generally paraphrased below. Presentation was much better than my notes! Clearly need her product! “Text provides the IQ but misses the EQ” Voice is really important. How many of you are on top of your communications? [...]

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Gripe – word of mouth is powerful – Making Complaints Count

January 17, 2011

For years I’ve been interested in crowdsourcing complaints and how P2P systems can aggregate and shift power. Today @mrblog (David Beckemeyer) introduced me to Gripe a solution that’s using “word-of-mouth power to share public complaints or cheers that get heard!” The team at Gripe has done a great job! If you look at their resumes [...]

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Why I’ve checked out of the Twitter Developer System

August 11, 2010

I wrote this post on June 30. I’d been reflecting on whether or not I should post it and wasn’t prepared to while I still held some hope that my efforts may pay some dividends. Since then I’ve concluded that the opportunities for developing around Twitter are for more established and wealthy players only. I [...]

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Is an iPhone Nano Good Strategy for Apple? – @tomiahonen believes so.

August 5, 2010

Tomi Ahonen outlines his strategic reasons why Apple should launch an iPhoneNano. It’s a rather loNg post I point you to, a little too much history and some stories you may or may not agree with. Still it is a thoughtful piece and after sharing his definition for the iPhoneNano I’ll share a few of [...]

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FaceTime and the Enterprise – Apple’s New Threat to RIM and Cisco

August 5, 2010

I started writing about Facetime quietly a month ago. Now I’m sharing some of those thoughts. Beyond the handset manufacturers and the mobile operators I think the enterprise, and suppliers to the Enterprise like Cisco for example should consider FaceTime and how it works carefully. Even companies like BT that have failed to fire on [...]

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FaceTime – Has Apple Suckered the Operators Again?

August 1, 2010

This is one of three posts I wrote on FaceTime just after purchasing my iPhone4 and mentioned here. There is a hidden trojan horse story behind FaceTime – Apple’s new video calling solution. This post highlights why it is more than just video and suggests reasons other handset manufacturers should take a closer look. Then [...]

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How Important is FaceTime? Do You Need a FaceTime Strategy?

July 31, 2010

A month ago I circulated some blog post ideas to friends on Apple Facetime. I got some feedback that they were interesting. In the meantime I’ve continued to trace Apple’s FaceTime video solution for iPhone and contemplate the implications. Ultimately, I’m interested in the opportunities FaceTime is likely to create and present. Then what it [...]

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Kitchen iPad – Epicurious – Food Revolution – ABC Player and where’s Safeway and Tesco?

May 13, 2010

I’m still making notes and keeping observations about my iPad. This is Part 4 of the Series where I share how I find I’m using my iPad in my kitchen. The series so far: Part 1: What the iPad means to your next iPhone purchase! Observation #1 Speed Part 2: iPad Observation #2 Content and [...]

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#ARConf and #Ecomm – Surprisingly Interrelated

May 5, 2010

Finally I’m getting to my eComm posts and notes. On the third day, AR or Augmented Reality came to eComm America2010 in the form of ARConf. I know many of the telecom crowd didn’t stick around for day three and I feel they missed out big time. Almost 12 hours long, Lee Dryburgh and team pulled together a [...]

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