FastCompany – The Best Business Books of…
FastCompany – The Best Business Books of 2009
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One of my favorite movies of 2009 – Hangover
Best dialog:
“Tracy (Sasha Barrese): “We’re getting married in five hours.”
Phil: “Yeah … that’s not gonna happen.”
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Ho! Ho! Ho! A christmas gift – Schumis comeback.
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Google bought Grand Central
BT bought Ribbit
Telefonica bought Jajah
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Plans to watch Avatar in the next couple of days. Any comments?
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Customized the stylesheet a little bit to get a simple header
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It seems to be that someone within Google is reading my blog. Yesterday i stressed the point that Google needs to get its act together and better integrate services like Gtalk, Google Docs and Google Voice. Now i discover that Google wants to integrate Google Voice to it’s Apps / Office suite.
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You asked why Apple was so silent about Apple TV? You wondered what their strategy is to capture a bigger share of the growing video on demand (VOD) market? To shed some light on it, the WSJ reports that Apple is in talks with big media companies to negotiate license deals for a subscription based VOD service.
When looking at the big picture, video is just one component of a much much bigger market. I’m pretty sure that in the long term the Apple TV will be a major pillar in Apple’s strategy to compete for the Networked Home / Home Entertainment market.
The players that are competing in this area are all heavyweights – Sony (PS3, Connected TVs), Microsoft (Xbox360, Mediacenter), Telcos & Cablecos (STBs), Apple (Apple TV) and some smaller startup players like Boxee. Who is missing? Google. That’s an interesting question by the way.
How does Google want to position themselves without a Hardware business in the Home Network/Entertainment market? The majority of the players above have a closed shop approach. “Open” STBs like Boxee or Internet enabled TVs that integrate various Over-the-top (video) services are a fragile path for Google to enter the living room.
Perhaps i will elaborate further on this topic in a future blog posts.
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N900 Unboxing for geeks!
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