Sharks at HP
Maybe, I've made some wrong assumptions here because do not have enough insights on HP situation. Events that happen in last year and half round HP deserve deeper analysis. Sharks are hungry.
Android activations mapped geographicaly (VIDEO )
This breathtaking video of android activation around the globe is showcase how to successfully execute marketing campaign. Just watch spikes on launch of Droid and especially Galaxy. Perfect timing and execution around the globe.
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AOL Content Business - will we see merger?
AOL hired Tim Armstrong in 2009 as prominent Google Executive, who became famous for his effort on Google advertising platform, that will point aging company in right direction.
IMHO. By now he has been doing amazing job. He took company public ( NYSE:AOL ) , focused on most valuable assert of company in order to make up declining revenue of its dial-up assets. Based on past AOL acquisitions ( Weblogs Inc, GDGT , AutoBlog, Engadget ), AOL content business has been the most vivid part on AOL ecosystem, which was enough for AOL's CEO to set longterm strategy. AOL recently bought Techcrunch, as result of this strategy. And now, AOL bought Huffingtont Post for $300m and 5x of gross annual income, which is considered good buy.
Content creation is blooming and also very competitive, AOL has been facing fierce competition among other content creation farms, like Demand Media ( filed for IPO ). It would be had to maintain good profit margin unless we see huge merger. For, instance Yahoo has its core business based on content creation, but they have management that has non-web background ( referring to Carol Bartz ). On the other hand, we have AOL that has to distance itself from dial-up business and focus on strong parts of his business. They still have couple of years of pain until they establish sustainable content business. Way to speed up this process would be AOL - YAHOO merger and Tim Armstrong replacing Carol Barz as CEO of merged company.
It could be win-win solution for both companies. Yahoo will get firm executive and visionary, and AOL would establish its presence on Interwebs.
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Quora has changed
In early days Quora was place where smart people ask smart questions and it has been place where you could reach people of great importance and ask them questions. I really enjoyed service until demographic change in last few months, when quality of service declined. We have seen this before, as you expand and get on ubiquity, you loose on quality of service.
In early days, Quora superstar investors ( like Matt Cohler from Benchmark Capital) introduced service to important Valley people. And they loved it. Important people attracted more insightful users and so on. Those where days of Quora renesance.
Current state of Quora is best described with Veine diagram from above. Reaching out more and more people, Quora will gradually shift towards right and closer to quality of Yahoo answers. It is price of success. But, we can learn important lesson here of success of startups. Invetors and early adopters CAN make huge difference.
If you are user of service you can find me on if you serch for Bojan Babic.
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Google App engine overview 2008 - 2010
I've been using app engine for more then a year and got kinda hooked on it. My advice to all planing to move to app engine is: " Be ready for mental shift :) "
On glance, it could look kinda awkward with its limitations and hooks for every action imagined, but it make so much sense.
I'd like give shoutout to my favorite features on Google App Engine backed with example of feature that supports it on Instaright:
If you are still wondering what would be your next platform and if you are still evaluating upsides and downsides of platforms, I'd heartily recommend .
Let me finish in Dave Mcclure style: stop BITCHIN' bout it and start working on it!
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Social Network Usage Growth 2005 - 2009
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It is amazing growth in just 4 years. In 2005 only 8% of adults 18 and older have been using social networks like MySpace, Facebook or Linkedin. In 2009 is was 46%. Can't wait for 2010 data, I'd estimate over 55% use of this demographic group.
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We are constantly being interrupted
If you are overwhelmed with amount of information you consume on daily basis - take it east, it will just get WORSE !
Simply put, the total number of personally relevant pieces of content to consume each day is much higher than it was 1 year or 2 years ago, and will likely be 5 to 10 times higher 2 years down the road
Social media, mails, rss feeds or mobile are distracting us and push us towards ADD. Someone ought to be working on solution for this problem
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