Tag Archives: technology
“Smartphones”: market share & usage data
After every quartery release industry analysts, experts and all comment on the latest market share data, based on sales in that timeframe — something a bit misleading if you think about the expression “market share”: in fact, these numbers does … Continue reading
In memoriam: William Mitchell
William Mitchell, MIT dean and professor, architect, urbanist and theorist, widely regarded as one of the most prominent thinker on “smart cities”, has passed away; see here the official MIT obituary. Photography from MIT obituary page Right now a Twitter … Continue reading
Latest “Internet trends” from Mary Meeker
Mobile business and online advertising enthusiasts have welcomed this latest deck from Mary Meeker, perhaps the most famous Wall Street Internet analyst to date (see the Wikipedia bio). I noticed it on the blog of London-based mobile agency Addictive (their … Continue reading
Apps are suburbia, the Web is downtown (or Chinatown)
Chinatown by Atomische – Tom Giebel 2006 Creative Commons The analogy is by Virginia Heffernan, television critic and columnist for “The Medium” at the New York Times — it is included in “The Medium” dated online 17 May, but it … Continue reading
Android surge vs. iPhone repeats Windows vs. Apple pattern
This is not the blurb of some Google enthusiast or Apple hater but the reasoning of Fabrizio Capobianco, the CEO of Funambol and a leading voice in the industry, especially when it comes to mobile and open source. See the … Continue reading
