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An update on Android activations
Two days after I posted a reminder that Google had not updated their Android activations for five months, Google updated their Android activations. The new total is 750 million. My expectation (based on a rate of…
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Where are the Android users?
Google occasionally reports data regarding Android. Very occasionally. The last time we had some data was in September 2012 when we learned that activations were running at 1.3 million per day and that a total of 500…
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Reminder: Giving a talk at Harvard Business School this week
This is a reminder that I’ll be speaking at the Harvard Business School Technology and Operations Management Digital Seminar Series on ”The evolution of value chains in a computing markets measured in the billions of…
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The Critical Path #75: Bigger Than US Steel
5by5 | The Critical Path #75: Bigger Than US Steel. New data allows us to estimate the components of iTunes with more precision. The entire business is now transacting over $17 billion a year. We take a look at how this…
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Measuring the iBook market
In June of 2011 Apple announced that 130 million ebooks were sold through iTunes. In October of 2012 it announced that 400 million sold. That means 270 million ebooks were sold in 16 months. Or about 17 million units per…
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LG's new Tele-vision
LG Electronics has acquired HP’s WebOS for an undisclosed amount. When last it changed hands WebOS was part of Palm which was purchased for $1.2 billion in 2010. Palm has thus been effectively divided into several…
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The iTunes Value Structure
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reported that global digital revenues were $5.6 billion in 2012. This represented about 9% growth from 2011 and accounted for 34% of total industry…
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Panel Discussion with Horace Dediu, Devin Hunt, and Marko Taipale @Tampere Goes Agile 2012
Building the right thing. Why do some companies seem to be able to build products that fit their customers’ needs exactly while some do not? How to build a company that builds the right thing? Watch the video on Vimeo
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5by5 | The Critical Path #74: Pixelated
On the disruption of console video games and the signals sent by Google with their very own Chromebook. via 5by5 | The Critical Path #74: Pixelated.
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My interview at iCON Prague with Digit.cz
Watch the video on Vimeo This was fun. You can see the original description and download links here.