Category Archives: Business
How The Verizon iPhone Could Backfire For Apple
For years now, owning an iPhone has been like partying at a crowded club: it’s difficult to get accomplish basic tasks (have a conversation, ask somebody out), it’s crowded with people (AT&T’s data lines), and the cover charge is a pain (Yay, tiered data plans!). But there’s a line out the front and a velvet [...]
4 Reasons Why BlackBerry is Beating Apple’s iPhone
StatCounter is claiming that BlackBerry is beating Apple’s iOS for the first time ever … forgetting, of course, that when Apple launched the iPhone, the BlackBerry was already about a decade old and was beating Apple. Anyway, here’s why it’s happening: Cheap BlackBerry devices on Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile. On Virgin, you can get [...]
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The recession is over, part 3 — Black Friday preview
Warren Buffett agrees with me — the recession is over. Yay! Here’s another economic indicator that things are better: I’m avoiding Michigan Avenue again. Last weekend it was packed with shoppers and Chicago tourists. There was a crowd at the Gap — I had to wait in line to try on my jeans. It hasn’t [...]
Congratulations, America, the recession is over
There’s a lot of chatter about the jobless recovery and how Obama is ruining America with his socialist programs and Pelosi and Co are going to be outed by the unemployed and frustrated masses in November. I don’t think any of that’s true. In fact, I think the recession is over. So, three cheers. Congratulations. [...]
AT&T sucks? Actually, maybe Apple sucks.
AT&T has gotten a lot of heat with their iPhone deal. People complain that AT&T’s coverage sucks, they drop calls, their 3G is spotty. Maybe that’s true … but it wasn’t true yesterday. Get this: I’m hanging out in Monroe Harbor with my buddy, Chris. I check my phone to see if my wife has [...]
Clive Thompson’s $18,000 visual thinking machine vs. a piece of paper
Man, Wired, you say some crazy shit sometimes. Take this month’s article from Clive Thompson: But if we really want to unlock visual thinking, our digital tools have to evolve … We need iPad-like surfaces the size of posters so we can sketch out concepts, share them with others, and mull them over until patterns [...]
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120,000,000 iOS Devices – What’s That Mean?
Steve Jobs announced the other day that there were 120 MILLION devices running Apple’s iOS — iPods, iPhones, iPads. That sounds like a lot! He also jabbed at Google’s activation rate number, implying that they were still the fastest growing mobile OS. Whatever. What’s the context of this claim? Wikipedia compare OS market share with [...]
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The Myth Of The Second Salesman
I’ve witnessed this a few times and heard about it a few more. A company is struggling (in my case, a legal services firm) and needs more customers. “Get more boots on the ground!” says the boss. “We need a SECOND salesman.” The ideas that perpetuate the myth are simple: more man-power means more cold-calls, [...]
5 Reasons Verizon Won’t Sell The iPhone
The grass is always greener and everybody with an iPhone lusts after Verizon’s massive network. Don’t listen to Luke Wilson — Verizon’s network is better than AT&T’s. And Verizon’s dad can beat up AT&T’s dad too. So the rumor mill churns out story after story about Verizon carrying the iPhone, but guess what — they [...]
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