Archive for September, 2011
Google will link to “view all” pages in search results instead of those with “arbitrary” page breaks
Sep. 16, ‘11: Google’s blog post has the details, including options for publishers. (Via Techmeme.) This is good news, in theory, for Google searchers. And it’s bad news, in theory, for publishers that multiply their ad revenue by asking users to click through … Continue reading →
RIM shipped just 200,000 PlayBook tablets last quarter, lower prices coming
Sep. 15, ‘11: And that’s shipments — no word on actual sales to users. That’s considered way below expectations, but I don’t know why the expectations were so high to begin with. It was obvious that the PlayBook was a dog. (Yet this is the … Continue reading →
Netflix investors overreact to new forecast: The streaming numbers are what matters
Sep. 15, ‘11: Netflix investors are selling off this morning — the stock is down 15% — after the company issued new subscriber guidance for Q3 (PDF), reflecting the reaction to its price increases, announced in July and effective for existing subscribers on Sept. … Continue reading →
Google has acquired companies starting with every letter but H, V, and X
Sep. 14, ‘11: The “List of acquisitions by Google” page on Wikipedia is one of its finest. I’d briefly thought that Zagat might have been Google’s first “Z” acquisition, but there had actually been six others already (among those known and listed). How … Continue reading →
Sony designs a tablet for entertainment content… without any entertainment content
Sep. 14, ‘11: Walt Mossberg, reviewing Sony’s new Tablet S: Unlike Apple, which takes a broader view of the tablet’s potential, Sony sees its tablet as primarily an entertainment-consumption device. But: Sony also is bundling services for buying music, TV shows and movies, … Continue reading →
Will Android ever beat Google’s search market share?
Sep. 14, ‘11: I posted yesterday about how Google’s search share seems “stuck” at 65%. At first blush, 65% seems low, considering that the word “Google” is synonymous with search. But search is fragmented, and rival portals with huge audiences or big budgets … Continue reading →
Huge difference between Apple and Microsoft: How they introduce new products
Sep. 14, ‘11: Microsoft showed off more of Windows 8 today — specifically, a very early version of its tablet interface, running on developer hardware. (The real thing won’t ship for a year or so.) It’s a good example of how differently Microsoft … Continue reading →
How Frank Quattrone and Motorola milked Google for $12.5 billion
Sep. 13, ‘11: Motorola Mobility’s proxy for its acquisition by Google is out, including a fascinating step-by-step account of the deal process, starting with communication between Google Android boss Andy Rubin and Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha to discuss the Nortel patent auction. Particularly … Continue reading →
Creators: Chank Diesel
Sep. 13, ‘11: Chank Diesel is an artist at Chank Co. in Minneapolis, making cool fonts and paintings, and is one of my early Internet heroes from the mid-90s. Follow him on Twitter at @chankfonts. 1) What have you been making lately? Chank: … Continue reading →
Why doesn’t Google Search have 100% market share?
Sep. 13, ‘11: “Google” is to search as “Kleenex” is to kleenex. But if that’s the case, why are one-third of searches still happening on other sites? While it once seemed safe to predict that Google’s share could eventually reach 80%, it now seems … Continue reading →