Monthly Archives: August 2009

OpenID: the unseen branded revenue opportunity

I’ve gone on and on about identity on the web and the battle over owning your namespace online. As far as I’m concerned there are clear and present dangers in making an ill- or uninformed decision about who you host your identity with. If you use whatever is simply the easiest or most convenient, you’re [...]

Game on: Google and Apple no longer BFFs

Three years ago, on August 29, 2006, Apple announced that Google CEO Eric Schmidt had been elected to their board of advisors. Today, he resigned that seat. TechMeme has all the coverage you need, including a useful post from Erick Shonfeld that poses the question “What happens when the enemy of your enemy is no [...]

Steve Jobs hates the App Store

Photo by David Geller, shared under Creative Commons Ok, Steve Jobs doesn’t hate the App Store. It’s a friggin’ blockbuster success as far as the pundits can see. It’s everything and more than anyone ever thought it could be. It’s the salvation of weak business models. It preserves the patriarchic walled garden hierarchy of app-lockin [...]