October 2009
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Inside the App Economy - BusinessWeek →
Have a plan.
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Don't Get Cocky, Twitter →
soupsoup:
Rachel Sklar takes on twitter and how their pandering to celebrities could be a bad business decision.
“Michael Jordan’s son Marcus, a freshman guard at the University of Central...”
– AdFreak: Jordan’s son to wear Nikes on Adidas team
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“Nobody has had a better World Series so far than a former pitcher with a 5.55...”
– Analysis - Agent for Burnett and Lee Is 2-0, and Counting - News Analysis - NYTimes.com
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“I’m not sure who. At IndieCade this year I had this idea for an FPS where the...”
– - Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy
Interview: Keita Takahashi | Game development | Features by Develop
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Ben Huh is LOL. Ben Huh is Business.
1. That I Can Has Cheezburger? purchase price was probably lower than the $2 million Time and others (ahem) reported. Huh is unflappably mum on what he spent, but he’s too good a business man to have ponied up that much—even as fast as the profitable site was growing. Plus, regulatory filings show his angel round he raised to buy that blog and build a company around it was just $2.25 million. When...
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DIY Touchpanels - Maker Faire 2006 →
Breakdown of all the DIY Touchpanels.
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New Chief Positions Motorola for a Rebound -... →
Amazing story of Motorola’s 2009 Q4 offerings from a year ago. How’d they get so lucky with Verizon?
Moto’s CEO is one of the highest paid CEOs anywhere, if he makes Droid work, he’ll have earned it.
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Younger employees help senior executives unlock... →
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“Employees at Galleon recall some unusual scenes. Last summer, Mr. Rajaratnam...”
– So this is how a massive hedge fund researches Lululemon Athletica.
Dealbreaker
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“I think before you have ROI you have to really understand how social media is...”
– Coke Weighs in on Earned Media ROI - eMarketer
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“Q. What was your career path? A. Not to sound self-serving, but you can look at...”
– LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman: Launching LinkedIn From a Living Room - WSJ.com
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The Epic Doll Fight
the latest Barbie was beaten to the stores by two new dolls that could threaten her resurgence, industry insiders say. One comes from perhaps the hottest toy makers in North America, Spin Master Ltd. The other was created by designers with a grudge against Mattel, which wrested away their company’s rights to the hit Bratz dolls.
Mattel Hopes Barbie Facelift Will Show Up Younger Rivals -...
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“It can boost its traffic, but the reality is that I believe Twitter may be...”
– Steve Rubel, senior VP-insights for Edelman Digital
Google, Microsoft’s Bing to Include Twitter in Search - Advertising Age - Digital
A bold guess, I have this gut feeling that he might be onto something.
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Scandal Plays Out Among New Power Elite - WSJ.com →
You do make an excellent point. There are many analysts out there who “dig deep” and do indeed find information that was basically hiding in plain sight. On the other hand, Mr. Patel is correct in stating that this is all part of doing business - especially in the hedge fund and proprietary trading world. The SEC is likely to find a lot more “insider trading” if they merely...
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“There was quite a bit of Twitter outrage”
– New F.T.C. Rules Has Bloggers and Twitterers Mulling - NYTimes.com
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Selling foreign goods in China: Impenetrable | The... →
One strategy that has brought success to several foreign firms has been to charge high prices—a surprise, given that earnings in China remain quite low. A survey by the Nielsen Company concludes that Chinese believe that foreign brands are more expensive, even when they are not. That suggests that they should aim to compete on quality rather than cost. At any rate, Apple, General Motors and Levi...
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Wal-Mart, Amazon Gear Up for Holiday Battle -... →
a battle between the Godzilla of retail and the King Kong of e-commerce
For now, Wal-Mart is far behind Amazon online. Trade publication Internet Retailer estimates Walmart.com had $1.7 billion in online sales last year, while Amazon had $19 billion. Wal-Mart disputes Internet Retailer’s figures because they don’t account for merchandise that’s bought online and picked up in...
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Disney Plans Extensive Overhaul of Mall Stores -... →
I can’t wait to see this.
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“The fragmentation of the media means that “facts” don’t find...”
– In White House v. Fox News War, Who Wins? - The Atlantic Business Channel
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'New York Times' R&D Team Seeks Next Big Thing
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This is the best example I’ve seen about the future of R&D and it’s happening right now.
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Wall Street Smarts - NYTimes.com →
By Calvin Trillin
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In NBC Deal, Learn From Game Theory - WSJ.com →
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Nobel Looks Outside Markets - WSJ.com →
American economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson, who study the way economic decisions are made outside markets, were awarded the Nobel Prize in economics Monday.
Ms. Ostrom’s work challenged the view that when people share a finite resource, they will end up destroying it — what is known as the tragedy of the commons. That view argues that resources that are important for the...
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Timeless
Good design looking forward can be timeless.
From 1957.
Object Lesson: Alice Rawsthorn - New York Times
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Interior to FT-86 Concept
Sick as hell interior
Tokyo preview: Toyota FT-86 Concept
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Support Details | Tech support anger management →
Exactly what you have going on.
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The science of deep-rooted thoughts
A part of the answer may lie in what’s called implicit social cognition, which involves the deep-rooted assumptions we all carry around and even act on without realizing it. Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji is a leader in implicit social cognition research. She excavates the hidden beliefs people hold by measuring how fast they make value judgments when shown a rapid-fire succession...
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Top New York Advertising Creatives Charge $750 per... →
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A Hulu for Magazines? Would it work?
If they could come up with a business model sure but aligning the interests of a half-dozen publishers can’t be easy. Then again, your entire medium is dying.
FT.com /Magazine publishers plan digital store
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