Shrinking the Supply Chain – How Technology Consolidates What we Get and When We Get It
One thing heavily overlooked is how technology shrinks the supply chain. By supply chain I mean in the broadest and most general sense how a product or service is ultimately delivered through to the end user. This morning Fred Wilson wrote about Demand It! From Eventful. With Demand It! the basic concept is simple – users […]
On AmEx Sync
Lately, American Express has been very active integrating promotions with social platforms. I first noticed foursquare deals a few months ago and this past week noticed Amex has several Twitter-related promos running. Both leverage Amex’s recently launched (relaunched?) Amex Sync. Essentially, Amex card holders get pre-specified discounts when they perform certain tasks on social platforms (ie […]
The Fat Part of the Digital Data Adoption Curve
I’ve written in the past how adoption always follows an s-shaped adoption curve. When it comes to digital data adoption we are in the fat (steep upward sloping) part of the adoption curve. Reuters reported on Monday that Google is now streaming 4 billion videos a day. Moreover, 60 hours of video content is uploaded every minute […]
Idaho Requiring Online Coursework to Graduate High School
USA Today recently reported Idaho is set to become first state to require online coursework of graduating high school students.
Boxee Box adds OTA Tuner – Does it Matter?
Gigaom reported that a future Boxee Box upgrade will allow users to access live over-the-air TV programming. I’m a big fan of Boxee and of the Boxee Box. The ability to search across different video content services is a key element of what TV needs to be. As I’ve written about in the past, universal […]
on Square
It was announced yestereday that Richard Branson made a personal investment into the mobile payment technology Square. I’ve recently been using square and absolutely love it.
on Amazon’s Digital Book Lending Service
Amazon is now a library – sorta. Last week, Amazon launched the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library which gives Kindle users who own an actual Kindle device (and not just use the Kindle app on other devices) AND are Amazon Prime subscribers access to 5,000+ books they can “borrow.” A few things worth noting: 1) this is probably the first example of a subscription service for digital books. […]
Signs of a Post-PC Era (Infographic)
Broadband solutions provider Sandvine recently published a report (Global Internet Phenomena Report) showing signs of a post-PC era when it comes to streaming video consumption. Here is the infographic:
The Value of the SmartTV Landing Pages
The NYTimes reported LG will be offering ads on their SmartTV platform. A clear sign that search and navigation are where the value lies when it comes to connected TVs.
Internet Trends
Mary Meeker’s 2011 Internet Trends if you haven’t seen them already. You can access the slides here. I’ll add my commentary when I can. [youtube]0g9vmtG7r7c[/youtube]
