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Still in the planning/conceptual stages, says one source, but there is “strong interest” to move the project forward. - "Wall Street Journal Creating New “LinkedIn Killer” Called WSJ Connect" http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Apple holds just 8% of the global handset market’s sales but made 32% of the profit in the industry in the first half of this year - "Apple: The Microsoft of Smartphones?" -- Seeking Alpha http://seekingalpha.com/article...
Fundamentally, Apple’s profitability is inextricably linked to its brand and its venerable brand is now under assault from some of its most loyal (formerly) followers. - "AT&T: The (Apple) Brand Destroyer" -- Seeking Alpha http://seekingalpha.com/article...
"While most of the Google letter focuses on Google as a victim, it also asks essentially the same questions about the Android Marketplace as it asks Apple about the iPhone App Store." -AT&T, Apple Can't Win Fight Against VoIP -- Seeking Alpha - http://seekingalpha.com/article...
"The world wide web has unleashed a wave of creativity and technical achievement and has impacted society on so many levels over the past twenty years. We can have a mobile web that will do the same, but we don't have one right now." -It's Time to Build a Real Mobile Web -- http://seekingalpha.com/article...
"Social Networks Change Search Rules -http://seekingalpha.com/article... "On search engines, a viewer’s eye starts at top left side of the page, moving down and slightly to the right. They're likely to click on just the first few search results at the top of the page. This isn’t the case on socnet sites."
With the recent booting of Google's (GOOG) VOIP application off the Apple Store, AT&T (T) might have gone one bridge too far. - "FCC's Sternly Worded Letter to Apple -- Seeking Alpha" http://seekingalpha.com/article...
"Should the FCC Force Apple to Stock Competitive Products in Its Own Store? -- http://seekingalpha.com/article... The non-profit Internet group Free Press asked the FCC to look into why Apple put restrictions on Skype's iPhone application, but not over AT&T's 3G wireless network. The agency hasn't inquired.
Microsoft will measure the success of this deal in two ways: increased market share with advertisers and increased market share with consumers. - "Yahoo Got Binged on Microsoft Search Deal -- Seeking Alpha" http://seekingalpha.com/article...
The deal is positive for Microsoft, but largely because Microsoft was nowhere in search without it. (Saving the upfront payment is also a help.)
Ironically, the deal will likely be positive for Google. "'BingHoo' - Not So Awesome, Say Analysts -- Seeking Alpha" http://seekingalpha.com/article...
"...when the paradigm shift is complete and every phone is essentially a smart phone… with a mere 10% percent market share Apple would be drawing in $27 billion in revenue on content alone. Is this possible?" - How Much Are Apple's 45 Million Users Worth? -- Seeking Alpha http://seekingalpha.com/article...
Apple's revenue share of the “premium” price market — that is, computers over $1,000 — is a staggering 91%. This means that 9 out of every 10 retail dollars that is spent on PCs in that price range, goes to Apple.
"Mac vs. PC Debate Was Never Clearer -- Seeking Alpha" http://seekingalpha.com/article...
Bruno and Bono's box office blues:
Are Sacha Baron Cohen and Bono - two artists whose previous products were huge hits - now finding out how quickly a networked society can give the thumbs down to something it finds sub-standard? "BBC - dot.life" http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs...
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