The Kindle app runs on iPads, BlackBerry, and Android devices, so you can read your books wherever you want; with Apple, you’re locked into Apple devices. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Net-neutrality proponents howled when Comcast started throttling traffic from BitTorrent, a bandwidth-hogging program people use to swap video files. The Federal Communications Commission sided with the open-Internet folks, ruling that Comcast could not selectively choke off traffic. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Carrier networks were originally built for connecting phone calls. Now they’re getting swamped with bandwidth-hogging data applications. Keeping up will require huge investments. Who’s going to pay for that? Daniel Lyons Read Quote
The iPod Touch is basically an iPhone with the phone part taken out, which is fine – since making calls is the one thing that the iPhone doesn’t actually do very well. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Fixing mistakes is one thing. Apple’s bigger strength has been its ability to keep improving hit products. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
I often wonder what the world would be like if more companies were like Apple. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Android is the kind of runaway smash hit that techies spend their careers dreaming about. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
PayPal claims it can help merchants expand into international markets; its system makes it easier to do business with customers in multiple countries, for example, by handling tricky stuff like currency conversions automatically. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Apple is very, very good at almost everything it does, and that includes corporate communications. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Do not track’ probably won’t spell doom for online advertisers. But it will put the burden on them to explain to consumers what targeted advertising is and why it’s good for them. They’ll have to come out of the shadows; they’ll have to be honest with people. What a radical concept. I’m all for it. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
