In private conversations recently I’ve found myself being quite critical of Google’s track record in innovation. I’ve been saying that their search product is deteriorating and that outside of search the only business line they’ve really got working well is Android, and amazing though the success is even that has seen significant compromise as [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-20 http://goo.gl/fb/bSshX # To Celebrate The #Jan25 Revolution, Egyptian Names His Firstborn “Facebook” http://pulsene.ws/11NLV # Apple’s new subscription rules would make iOS a no go area for Rhapsody http://goo.gl/fb/zMHKS # London underground to get a mobile network – finally http://goo.gl/fb/oqdFc # And Chelsea kick off against Copenhagen. Here's hoping [...] As you can see from the inset chart Myspace’s traffic is declining at a hell of a pace. This a reminder that ideas are cheap and execution is everything. I was talking with some folk earlier this week about which large companies had responded effectively to the internet and our surprising conclusion [...] I was on a panel last night at an even organised by Jon Watts of MTM London. The event was billed as a discussion about building internet businesses in the UK, but much of the debate turned to whether we are in a bubble at the moment, a topic that keeps coming up at [...] Back in January I wrote a post inspired by Ev Williams comments on focus that I read in the TechStars inspired Do More Faster collection of pieces of advice for startups pulled together by David Cohen and Brad Feld. At the time I commented that I was enjoying the book a lot, and I [...] It has emerged this morning that Huawei are bidding to provide mobile network on the London underground in time for the 2102 Olympics. In my opinion this development is long overdue. Just about every other major city I visit has mobile access on their metro system and if London is to remain a [...] As you probably saw last week Apple announced new subscription billing rules that are punitive to their developer and publisher partners. I wrote about them last Thursday arguing that given the rise of Android Apple should be trying to make itself more attractive to partners, not less. On Friday Jon Irwin, president of the [...] Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13 http://goo.gl/fb/D16kx # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13 http://goo.gl/fb/BMxjK # Agenda for deep dive due diligence session http://goo.gl/fb/dNj12 # Good post from @fredwilson on entrpreneurs, brilliance, and what we often call 'difficult user interfaces' http://bit.ly/ghPuqC # Congratulations to Tweetdeck on sale to UberMedia for rumoured $30m http://bit.ly/f9DbOd # The [...] This morning I went to a breakfast briefing given by corporate finance and research house GP Bullhound to share their ten predictions for 2011. Their predictions are: Google’s Android outdistancing Apple’s iOS Mobile payments to surge in 2011 Social shopping, dating and gambling thrive on mobile Augmented reality apps take off Mobile and smart [...] On Tuesday I wrote about how Android is continuing to gain momentum, but that it still lags Apple in terms of the health of its ecosystem. Also on Tuesday Apple announced a tightening of the rules around purchases via the apps that run on their platform which are designed to increase Apple’s share of [...] |
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