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Google Buys Motorola: Patent (and UX) Defense
Albert Wenger – Aug 15, 2011
Google buying Motorola is a strong defensive move against both Microsoft and Apple on two fronts: patents and user experience. Apple is vertically integrated and Microsoft controls Nokia (without having had to buy it). Between that and having filed or [...] Read more
Taxes in Marketplaces: Amazon’s Cloud Reader and Pressure on Apple’s 30% Cut
Albert Wenger – Aug 11, 2011
Fred’s blog post today is about how new and powerful HTML5 apps are emerging, giving the new Kindle Cloud Reader as an example. The Cloud Reader is also an example of something else: if you tax a system too much [...] Read more
Double Dipping
Albert Wenger – Aug 9, 2011
What happened in yesterday’s market underlines the deep bind we now find ourselves in. We have politically precluded new revenues and have shifted our attention to deficit reduction at a time when we would need to invest. We have already [...] Read more
If You Need To Raise Money, Get Your Financing Done ASAP
Albert Wenger – Aug 4, 2011
I was already planning to write this post today before I knew that the markets would open down sharply (Nasdaq down almost 3% as of 11:30am Eastern). While we are still well off the 52-week lows this shakiness in the [...] Read more
Identity, Pseudonymity, Anonymity and HR1981
Albert Wenger – Aug 3, 2011
The question as to what should represent people online has has generated some mighty fine posts and comments recently. Here is a short list of people strongly supporting some form of pseudonymity or even anonymity: - Caterina Fake: Anonymity and [...] Read more
A Time of Demagogues and False Prophets
Albert Wenger – Aug 2, 2011
I have been struck recently by how much is being said and published by politicians and their supporters that is outright wrong. The latest attempts to rewrite slavery as a time of “family values” for African Americans is yet another [...] Read more
Rewriting the Tax Code
Albert Wenger – Aug 1, 2011
I wrote a bit of a rant recently about the structural changes in our economy and society that need to be addressed. What we are getting instead – not surprisingly – is a lame last minute compromise on the debt [...] Read more
A Brief History of Disruption: Classified Ads
Albert Wenger – Jul 29, 2011
As I have been preparing for my talk in Edinburgh in August, I have been collecting examples of disruption. One that I am particularly fond of because so much has happened in the last 15 years are classified ads. Here [...] Read more
Twilio: Bringing Simple Yet Powerful Communications to the Client Side
Albert Wenger – Jul 26, 2011
The team at Twilio has done an amazing job making telephony accessible to developers. Making and accepting calls, as well as sending and receiving texts is now as easy as a couple of lines of code. The simplicity of Twilio’s [...] Read more