Archive for the 'Online' Category


The Death Of Pandora?

Uh-oh. With AT&T announcing limited wireless data plans, the unavailability of an unlimited plan unless you are a legacy customer, what does this mean for services that depend on streaming via the cloud, like Pandora? Pandora may be making money, but once its users find out they’ve got to pay to listen to that music, […]

Mobile

I watched Steve Jobs’ iPhone 4.0 presentation.  He’s at risk of becoming a caricature of himself.  Every feature is described with superlatives, as if a plumber lifted the back of the commode, delineated the inner-workings and pronounced them not only revolutionary, but emotionally satisfying, decreeing that users would truly love the operation of the toilet.  […]

Linkability

KFC coming out with their new Double Down sandwich. It’s bacon and cheese wrapped inside two pieces of fried chicken. In fact, today, al Qaeda said, ‘We quit. When it comes to killing Americans, we can’t keep up with you guys.’ Do you find that funny?  I find it hilarious.  And after laughing out loud […]

Track Sales Peak

Fascinating that on a day Steve Jobs introduced iPhone 4.0, it was reported that digital track sales in the first quarter actually declined. Oh, there’s some mumbo-jumbo about SoundScan reporting periods, but even if you adjust to the old window for comparison, sales would still be down .09% instead of 1%. In other words, the […]