We should not be surprised to hear that Google is trying to get its browser and operating systems (“Chrome“) pre-installed on computers, just as Microsoft’s OS and browser currently are for most PCs.
All of this activity, though, has prompted some interesting questions about where the browser starts and ends, and how much should [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Information Markets'
The window is not the view. The browser is not the internet.
September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Information Markets, Product Development
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My poll results and the NY Times
July 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets, Poll
Not so long ago I ran a highly scientific poll asking people what they would pay for news. The results are now in. But first ….
We read in the FT that the NYTimes is now considering charging for their content. With respect to what they would charge, we read:
The New York Times [...]
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Is violating privacy a successful business model?
June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets, Product Development
This article in the FT about a Facebook ap called We’re Related has raised some eyebrows across the pond (in Europe, that is).
Essentially the application asks to use your private data to see which of your friends might be related to you, however distantly, and then can potentially share that information, even though [...]
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Ads as a basis for your business model are so yesterday
June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets, Product Development
From a blog post in the WSJ about differing styles in entrepreneurship (Silicon Alley vs. Silicon Valley) we hear this from some some NYC based entrepreneurs:
“Does everybody understand that the ad revenue model is just over?” he [Mr. Brill, co-founder of media startup Journalism Online] asked.
Jalak Jobanputra, senior vice president at the New York City [...]
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And yet more free news on the coming death of (mostly) free news
May 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Information Markets
Coincidence? Both the FT and the Economist (journals owned by the same company), recently published extensive stories about how news organizations are struggling with users’ expectation of free news content and the inadequacy of the advertising driven business model to support this. The Economist’s story is here. And the FT’s here.
Both articles [...]
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How much would you pay to read the news?
May 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets
As someone who is just plain curious to now, how much would you pay to read content provided by top newspapers?
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Paying for content, once again
May 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets
There was a time, not so long ago, when newspapers charged you for the news you read. That time has mostly gone from us, but there are not a few people who would like to see them return, in whatever form necessary.
The FT reports that the WSJ, among others, is considering charging micro-fees for [...]
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You *WILL* pay for content
April 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets
The frustration of the news industry is understandable. Like the music industry before it, the pressures of digitization and easy copying and distribution are destroying businesses and forcing some people (cough, Associated Press) to make silly pronouncements and pursue what will ultimately be futile legal redress.
Which is why we take the following news from [...]
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It will be a cacophony, but what kind of cacophony?
April 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Information Markets, Usability
The FT does a nice job of reviewing the rise of real time content. It starts:
With the maximum 5,000 friends on Facebook, subscriptions to 13,000 on FriendFeed and “following” more than 86,000 people on Twitter, Robert Scoble is struggling to cope with social media’s move to a real-time world.
This is a problem we all [...]
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