How would you like a free Facebook phone? Did you know Truphone built an app for one in 2007? How about a mobile phone signed by Mark Zuckerberg? Would you pay $1 a year for a Facebook phone? Perhaps free Groupon coupons would get your credit card out of your wallet? Facebook Phone Idea Killed [...]
Smartphone Market Growth Causing Media Hysteria
October 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Smartphone Market Exploding Worldwide Journalists and bloggers say writing the first sentence of an article is the most difficult (next to the title, of course). And that’s certainly the case with smartphone growth. If this piece were a review of the latest mobile device, its features, comparison to other phones and consumer smartphone preferences , [...]
Future Mobile Media Publishing
August 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As digital newspapers and magazines switch to the Web–especially using mobile apps–publishers must change mobile media copywriting strategies. This includes New York Times digital and mobile publications. I was an early adopter of the New York Times iPad version. But I found its iOS app inferior to the Wall Street Journal‘s which has successfully merged written content [...]
Netflix Competes with iTunes, Amazon, Cable & Satellite Services
December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Netflix, once the sleepy little DVD service, is now competing with Apple’s iTunes Store, Amazon and Cable and Satellite companies. Forget the DVD’s. Netflix is winning the streaming video business with 20 million subscribers–52% higher today than September, 2009. Meanwhile, Amazon is feverishly partnering with Microsoft and Sony to stream videos to game consoles. Why [...]
