Versatile Amphibian

I’m of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye. This week: I’m sad for Facebook and Onlive, Sony move mobile, Samsung launch dozens of products but lose out to Apple and retro nukes over Vegas Digital media I feel sorry for Onlive – the cloud-based console – in that they have great technology but have hit the market too soon to make much of an impact. Now Sony and Gaikai are together the writing is rather on the wall. To the detriment of early investors, such as HTC. http://www.zdnet.com/htc-loses-40m-in-onlive-restructuring-7000002856/ I also feel sorry for Facebook. Their earlier swagger is really being knocked out of them post-IPO. Here’s an article slating their Android app. http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-android-app-employees-2012-8 2/3 of the top grossing mobile applications are free to...

I’m of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye. This week: consumers worry about the future, physicists worry about Moore’s Law, Red lays down own law in camera shootout, Dubai plans underwater hotel; Australian Titanic hopes not to join it. Digital economy People who “like” brands on Facebook are more likely to purchase from those brands. A great headline, but it looks to me that reasons they do so are that they’re already loyal customers... http://www.marketingcharts.com/direct/company-socnet-posts-said-influencing-most-fans-purchase-decisions-21938/ ...something that might become ever more important if the findings of this survey on the attitudes of consumers to progress manifest in their actual behaviour. According to this, young consumers are going to reduce their consumption, think the world is h...