Mark Pilgrim: ‘The “Book” Is Dead’
Thoughtful and thought-provoking response to David Flanagan’s piece last week on Google and the market for e-books.
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MacLegion Spring 2011 Bundle
My thanks to MacLegion for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote their 2011 spring bundle of Mac software. The bundle includes Data Rescue, ScreenFlow, Contactizer Pro, VirusBarrier, Forklift, LaunchBar, Printopia, Amadeus Pro, Radio Gaga, and MacPilot. All apps are the latest versions, and come with the same technical support and future upgrade paths [...]
How Do Users React When a Developer Adds Airpush Ads to an App?
Not kindly.
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iPhone to Dominate U.S. Physician Smartphone Market
Healthcare IT News:
According to a recent survey of U.S. physicians, 61 percent intend
to own an iPhone by the end of 2011. This is up from 39 percent at
the beginning of the year and compares with the iPhone’s 24.7
percent adoption among general U.S. smartphone users.
They offer no explanation for why this is. My guess: healthcare-specific iOS-exclusive [...]
Airpush — Push Notification Ads for Android
Sounds like hell on earth.
Update: Dan Wineman:
Airpush sounds like a really good way to turn “inactive users” into active uninstallers.
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Tough Questions for RIM
Eric Jackson:
After Research in Motion’s cut earnings guidance last night,
many investors are scratching their heads. Here is what I’d ask
co-CEO Jim Balsillie if I met him for coffee this morning.
Jackson’s questions are clear and pointed. I think RIM is a company whose business is on the cusp of imploding.
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White iPhone Really Is 0.2mm Thicker
Rene Ritchie:
I tried out a bunch of different cases and those that were just a
tiny bit loose on the black iPhone 4 fit perfectly on the white
iPhone 4 (like the CaseMate Chrome) while those that just fit the
black iPhone 4 were just a tiny bit too tight (like the
aforementioned Barely There).
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More on ‘iCloud’
John Paczkowski gets confirmation from “sources in the know” that Apple indeed bought the icloud.com domain name, and AppleInsider claims it’s going to be used by iOS 5 and Lion for syncing all sorts of stuff.
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The Talk Show, Episode 40
Another week, another episode of America’s favorite podcast: the location data controversy, the white iPhone 4, Apple’s growing mountain of cash, and Moonraker. Brought to you by Campaign Monitor’s World View and Intuit’s Small Business Blog.
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Where Apple Would Stand Without the iPhone and iPad?
Ole Begemann looks at Apple’s revenue by product line, from 2007 through now:
If the iPhone and ipad had not come, Apple’s revenue from fiscal
Q2 2007 to Q2 2011 would have grown by a “mere” 119% instead
of 466%.
It’s kind of an impossible “What if?” scenario, because much of Apple’s “iPod” revenue today comes from the iPod [...]
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