Category: Online Trends
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Learning more about streaming, this time it’s about Netflix (again)
Over the past few months I’ve been learning more about streaming, trying to understand beter how it works and who operates in this market (think Spotify, Rdio and LoveFilm). A logical next step was trying to get a better grasp on the business side of things; what makes streaming so interesting from a business revenue point […]
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Lessons learnt from Marc Andreesen: making your own cake and eating it
It’s always interesting to read Marc Andreesen’s thoughts on things. As a co-founder of browser firm Netscape and investor in Internet success stories like Zynga, Twitter, LinkedIn and Groupon I find that Andreesen tends to have a good overall perspective on things, being familiar with the world of startups as well as with that of established […]
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Endless possibilities in the cloud
It was interesting the other day to read an online piece on 10 Technologies That Will Change the World in the Next 10 Years. Perhaps not surprisingly, the cloud was the third technology mentioned in this overview. We’ve already got video and music being accessed and stored in the cloud, the general expectation is that […]
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Pottermore and the digital publishing extravaganza
ebook publishing is taking off in more way than one. Back in April the Association of American Publishers reported triple-digit growth in ebook sales. Earlier this week Louise Voss and Mark Edwards became the first “indie authors” to top the UK ebooks chart. Finally to top it all off, JK Rowling, author of the iconic “Harry […]
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iCloud: what’s all the hype about?
This week saw Apple launching its iCloud music streaming and online data storage service. It will enable users to instantly access any song purchased on iTunes on any device. Anything downloaded from the iTunes Store will be made available on all your Apple devices for free. In addition, for $25 a year, iTunes Match will take […]
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