Monthly Archives: December 2010

Rebooting Web Publishing Design

December 19, 2010 – 6:47 pm

TweetLet’s start by reviewing the basic ingredients of a successful online publishing operation: 1 / Quick load. 2 / Ease of operation and update 3 / Consistent visual identity 4 / Platform independence 5 / Open to the rest of the web 6 / Geared for transactions 7 / CRM and marketing-friendly Why am I [...]

Edited by Frédéric Filloux | Posted in mobile internet, online publishing | Comments (21)

CES: The Missing Protocol

December 19, 2010 – 6:27 pm

TweetWe’re done with 2010 and off to 2011 with CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. Still hungover from New Year festivities, hordes of exhibitors, store owners, and civilians brave one another and the refined Las Vegas culture in order to show off and ogle the latest gotta-have-it gadgetry. Once upon a time, the computer industry’s signal [...]

Edited by Jean-Louis Gassée | Posted in hardware | Comments (7)

Video will be the online advertising engine

December 13, 2010 – 1:07 am

TweetLast week, Akamai quietly rerouted loads of its client’s traffic to deflect Wikileaks related attacks. The company, based in Cambridge (Massachusetts), had a surfeit of busy days fighting massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks. These raids were directed at companies seen as too complacent with the US government (the so-called “Wikichickens”, as coined by [...]

Edited by Frédéric Filloux | Posted in advertising, hardware | Comments (7)

LimpingMe: Apple’s Cloudy Service.

December 13, 2010 – 1:06 am

Tweetby Jean-Louis Gassée Friday morning, I stop at Il Fornaio to get my last caffeine fix of the morning. Once arrived at the office across the street, I realize I “lost” my iPad. Not to worry, I’ve done this before. Find My iPhone will tell me where it is. It worked a couple of months [...]

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Measuring the Nomads

December 5, 2010 – 2:12 pm

TweetThe more diverse and ubiquitous the internet gets, the harder it becomes to measure. Especially with the mobile version’s rapid growth. A few weeks ago, my friends from the International Newsmedia Marketing Association (INMA) asked for a presentation discussing audience measurements for smartphones and tablets. The target was a conference held last Friday in Boston. [...]

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Mac App Store: Soon But Controversial

December 5, 2010 – 2:07 pm

Tweetby Jean-Louis Gassée This year, three wishes were on top of my list: A smaller, lighter MacBook, an app store for the Mac, and a curated iOS app store. I got two out of three. The 11” MacBook Air works quite well when the passenger in front of me fully reclines his seat; and Apple, [...]

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