Category: Business
TechCrunch – Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.
If I could buy one today, I would.
The Ad Contrarian – Advertising And The Future Of Apple
Not a bad negative outlook of Apple post Steve Jobs, it starts with a pretty good premise but the conclusion doesn’t jibe.
Shawn Blanc – The Amazon Tablet
Best summation of what the Amazon tablet if it’s going to make a splash needs to be.
QuirksBlog – Twelve steps for saving webOS
Pretty good plan to take a webOS into a top tier platform for developers, though not much to get in the hands of consumers which would beat every other factor and practically guarantee bringing developers.
NYTimes.com – Its Gene Patents Upheld, Myriad Genetics Moves to Protect Its Secrets
Regardless of whether or not you agree with the idea of patents on genes, the fact that these patents are forcing patients to undergo a more expensive and less effective procedure should give anyone concern.
Apple – Letter from Steve Jobs
It’s a day everyone knew was coming but that doesn’t make it any less shocking or a little sad.
Ars Technica – Does Apotheker need an apothecary? Why HP is exiting the PC business
Really smart take on this story by Ars.
Groklaw – Google Reexam Requests Devastating to Lodsys
What’s interesting about this story is the suspicion that Google and Apple had not previously filed re-examination requests because their agreements with Lodsys prevented such an action, apparently not so at least for Google.
Freedom to Tinker – Google+Motorola = Software Patent Indictment
That point is the reason patents are a blight on the software industry, you can’t just stop being a part of the system. Patents are a field of hidden landmines for any person/company that does software of any sort.
Harvard Business Review – Groupon Doomed by Too Much of a Good Thing
Oh Groupon, I feel like you just need to go back in time when it was cool if you weren’t making money.