Comment on LivingSocial and the Future of Local Group-Buying by Alex
Backlink: http://gigaom.com/2010/10/27/livingsocial-and-the-future-of-local-group-buying/#comment-528774
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Comment on LivingSocial and the Future of Local Group-Buying by Alex
8coupons does essentially what Mr Rainey is explaining
http://www.8coupons.com
Comment on Forget Net Neutrality; Comcast Might Break the Web by KW ENGLAND
You say "Comcast wouldn’t deliver Level 3′s content" if fees aren't paid and that isn't quite true.
Level3 (and Comcast) are looking for mutually advantageous interconnections that improve transport speeds. If Level3 refused to pay the fees for the special peering arrangement, Comcast would still accept their traffic, just not at the more-desirable interconnection points. If Level3 and Comcast had the same kind of traffic, their advantage in the proposed interconnection would be the same. The fact that Level3 carries Netflix traffic means that the interconnection is more important to Level3 than Comcast, which does not have a Netflix-like customer. Since it is more important for Level3's business than Comcast's, Level3 pays.
You had better believe if Comcast had the Netflix contract, Level3 would be asking Comcast for money.
But the fact that the traffic will, in fact, be exchanged between Level3 and Comcast, either according to current backbone interconnects or according to the new peering interconnects, this IS NOT a net neutrality issue.
This isn't really even news. Backbones tussle over settlement-free peering all the time, since the beginning of the commercial Internet. The fact that Level3 brings the argument out of the smoke-filled backroom doesn't make it newsworthy, extraordinary or suspicious.
Comment on Forget Net Neutrality; Comcast Might Break the Web by KW ENGLAND
Backlink: http://gigaom.com/2010/11/29/forget-net-neutrality-comcast-might-break-the-web/#comment-528740
Comment on How-To: Stay Within Your Data Allowance by Matt
One thing not mentioned - you can get a browser that supports browsing without images, like Opera. Just open the browser and turn images off.
This blacks out all images, but means you're only surfing with text - which cuts about 90% of data usage
Comment on How-To: Stay Within Your Data Allowance by Matt
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Comment on Why Does Everyone Hate Comcast? by Peter
Abysmally poor customer service. Crap, expensive cable packages. Arrogant management. Plenty of reason to hate Comcast and hope, pray, clamor for options to cut the cord forever.
Comment on Why Does Everyone Hate Comcast? by Peter
Backlink: http://gigaom.com/video/everyone-hates-comcast/#comment-528704
Comment on Google Wants Groupon Because Social Ads Are the Future by coolrepublica
This deal seems silly to me. The barrier to entry for social buying is so low. Groupon is hot today, but sites like livingsocial seems to be hot on it tail.
I read an article that made complete sense to me. It said that Google has a penchant for algorithms and everything must be reduced to numbers and data. Groupon is more about the human touch. The salesman on the phone closing the deal. These two cultures are not compatible. A better fit for Groupon would have been Amazon. Their hands off approach+ is ideal for a newbie company like Groupon that is still finding it's rhythm. Google should follow Amazon's approach with this deal if they don't want to see their 5 billion dollar go up in smoke.
Comment on Google Wants Groupon Because Social Ads Are the Future by coolrepublica
Backlink: http://gigaom.com/2010/11/30/google-groupon-acquisition/#comment-528689
Groupon announces two new features: A personalized "deal feed" for shoppers and "Groupon Stores" for merchants. They...
Groupon announces two new features: A personalized "deal feed" for shoppers and "Groupon Stores" for merchants. They'll start testing today in Chicago, Seattle, and Dallas, before rolling out to more cities.
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Morgan Stanley Jacks Christmas Smartphone Sales Expectations* (AAPL, NOK, GOOG)
Update: We've just received clarification on what's new -- and what's not new -- in this report.
Specifically, what's new is the cumulative smartphone estimates. What's NOT new is the estimates for the specific companies, like Apple and Nokia. Those were updated previously.
We regret the error and apologize for any confusion.
Earlier: Morgan Stanley just jacked its Q4 smartphone forecast to 99.4 million units, up from its previous estimate of 88.2 million units, analyst Ehud Gelblum writes in a note.
- Also in the note, but not a new estimate: Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty thinks Apple will sell 16 million iPhones in the December quarter, up from the firm's previous estimate of 13.2 million, and up from 14 million shipments last quarter.
- Gelblum also expects Nokia to ship 31.1 million smartphones, up from his previous estimate of 28.9 million, and up from 26.5 million last quarter.
- He expects 28 million Android devices sold in Q4, up from 5.2 million in Q1.
- Gelblum expects 112 million Android shipments in 2011, versus 47 million iPhones, and 28 million Windows Phone units.
Gelblum thinks the smartphone market will grow to 297 million devices next year, up 62% year-over-year.
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Morgan Stanley Jacks Christmas Smartphone Sales Expectations* (AAPL, NOK, GOOG)
Comment on DOE Chief: U.S. Is in Trouble Without More Energy R&D; by Ed Hands
Energy and food are the keys to the future. Those that control those two items will truly be in charge of their destiny. Chu has hit the nail on the head. I hope our leaders (on both sides) will be able to see through the politics and realize the importance of this to our future.
Comment on DOE Chief: U.S. Is in Trouble Without More Energy R&D; by Ed Hands
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Here's What Google Can Expect With EU Investigation, Says Microsoftie
The European Union has slowly started turning the antitrust crank against Google, announcing that it's launching an investigation into the company for unfair business practices. The EU is investigating complaints from small niche search engines that Google has systematically lowered rankings for those sites in its search algorithm, and it will also look to see if Google gave its own Web services preferential placement.
Microsoft famously went through the EU wringer earlier this decade, and ended up paying more than a billion dollars in fines. It was also forced to reveal more information about technical protocols used by Windows and other products, and to offer an alternate version of Windows without the Windows Media Player, which nobody bought.
A Microsoft manager who worked on the digital media team during this period explained what Google should expect. (He asked to be quoted anonymously, as all official comments about legal cases are supposed to come from Microsoft's lawyers or public relations groups.)
Here were his nuggets of wisdom:
- The EU will listen to your competitors, but not to you. In the digital media case, the EU seemed to believe what RealNetworks and other competitors told it: that there was a dynamic market for software-based digital media players, if only Microsoft would stop shutting them out. When Microsoft tried to respond by explaining the realities of the market--for instance, PC makers don't want to give customers too many choices of default software because it raises support and manufacturing costs--the EU didn't listen.
- You're dealing with regulators, not techies. The EU seemed to believe that removing the Windows Media Player was as easy as uninstalling any other application. When Microsoft tried to explain that the Player had deep ties within the guts of the OS, and asked specific questions like "which DLLs would you like us to remove?" they were met with meaningless answers or silence.
- You're subject to new rules now, but you can't know what they are. Software development at Microsoft is always subject to limits: processor speeds, development time, finances, and the laws at physics. When the EU--and the U.S Department of Justice before it--declared Microsoft a monopoly, the company suddenly was subject to new rules. Unfortunately, until the legal cases were finished, Microsoft employees didn't know exactly what those rules were. And there's no way to find out except to be sued and lose.
- You'll have to make unexpected adjustments. During the EU and DoJ investigations, Microsoft employees had to learn all kinds of things they could previously ignore, like the ins and outs of attorney-client privilege in email. You can't just put a signature file saying "this email is covered by attorney-client privilege" and make it so, as some employees seemed to think. Eventually, Microsoft made all sorts of legal information available to employees, but it took time.
- The EU will impose a remedy to save face. This employee wasn't close to the EU's reasoning, but the order to ship a version of Windows without the Media Player was never going to work--and he thinks the EU knew it. But after spending years and millions of dollars of taxpayers' money, the EU couldn't just say "pay a big fine and nothing else has to change." It had to impose a behavioral changing remedy, even if it turned out to be ineffective.
- Don't take your eye off the competition. The EU investigation did change how Microsoft does business in some critical ways--the rulings gave the company certain new rules which it now abides by, such as "you must offer consumers a way to remove Windows features" and "no integrating formerly separate products (like Bing search) with Windows without talking to the lawyers." It also showed Microsoft that it needs lobbying power with governments, and couldn't afford the faux-naive "we're just a little technology company" stance that it took in the 1990s. But in the end, competition in the digital media market was restored by competitors, not the EU. One big competitor in particular: Apple. As this employee said "we didn't stop doing PlaysForSure because the EU made it, we did it because we kind of got our asses handed to us."
In Google's case, that means staying focused on Facebook and--yes--Microsoft. Indeed, Microsoft seems to have learned at least one lesson very well: one of the complainants to the EU is a shopping search engine called Ciao, which Microsoft acquired in 2008.
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Google Docs: Tips to Add Images in Spreadsheets Cells
Earlier this month, Google mentioned that you can now insert "images into a cell". With the image() formula you can link to a publicly accessible image and control how it'll look with optional parameters. This is useful for bringing a visual element to your spreadsheets for things such as a product catalog listing.
Google Docs: Tips to Add Images in Spreadsheets Cells
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Comment on Cord Cutters: The Gift Guide for Cable-Free Holidays by Ramin
Sorry guys but I did not like the format of this episode. I enjoy the in depth demonstrations on each product, not a quick generic overview of a bunch of products in a single segment.
Also you have already covered most of these devices in depth but you failed to even mention some of the other devices. I noticed you had a Netgear Push2TV device but did not mention it. I think these wireless display devices are the ultimate solution for cord cutters. These are the only devices that can offer true limitless internet video. No walled garden of apps, no imitation web browser that ultimately will control what you access, no new hardware controls to learn - just the full internet on the television. I would like to see some reviews of all the different wireless display products and a demo of that power line solution.
Comment on Cord Cutters: The Gift Guide for Cable-Free Holidays by Ramin
Backlink: http://gigaom.com/video/roku-apple-tv-boxee-box-google-tv-gift-guide/#comment-528593
Groupon's Board Is Meeting Wednesday To Decide Whether To Take Google's $6 Billion Offer
Groupon's board is having a conference call on Wednesday to decide whether to take Google's humongous offer ($5.3 billion, plus a $700 million earnout, according to Kara Swisher), Amir Efrati and Geoffrey Fowler of the WSJ say.
Unless Groupon's board has gone stark-raving mad, the answer should be "yes."
As we discussed earlier, this is a whopping huge pile of money for a 2-year old company, even one growing as fast as Groupon. Still, it's a smart move for Google, whose core business is maturing and whose cash $33 billion of cash is rotting away on its balance sheet.
Integrating the two companies will be very challenging, as it is hard to imagine two more different cultures. (Engineering in Google's case, sales and marketing in Groupon's).
But integration isn't Groupon's board's problem...
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Groupon's Board Is Meeting Wednesday To Decide Whether To Take Google's $6 Billion Offer
Groupon will soon announce that it has bought another company, uBuyiBuy, for an undisclosed amount, the WS...
Groupon will soon announce that it has bought another company, uBuyiBuy, for an undisclosed amount, the WSJ says. This will reportedly help Groupon launch its deals in Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
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