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Show Me The Money: iOS Developers Also Code For Android, But Prefer Apple's Cash

BY Kit EatonMon Jun 13, 2011

A survey of developers at Apple's WWDC shows they all love the platform and its chance to earn money. No surprises there. But the survey also dug up the fact that 50% of iOS coders pen apps for Android.READ»

SOTU | Comment

State of the Union Address Word Cloud Shows Obama Thinking About "People"

BY Kit EatonWed Jan 26, 2011

The President is also keen on all things "new." Last night's SOTU speech prompted us to run his words through our text analysis process and dig into the text. What do his words reveal about our "future"? READ»

WEALTH | Comment

Why Are the Rich So Good at the Internet?

BY David ZaxTue Nov 23, 2010

New research from Pew Internet shows that the digital divide is wider than previously thought--and wealth correlates almost exactly to Internet usage. How much do you have to earn before you hit the tipping point?READ»

AT&T | Comment

Analysts Feud Over How Many iPhone Users Will Abandon AT&T

BY David ZaxTue Sep 21, 2010

Would you sever ties with your family (plan) to escape the clutches of AT&T? The company's CEO thinks not.READ»

NOKIA | Comment

What Special Nokia Phone Is Riling Up Analysts and Why?

BY Kit EatonTue Sep 7, 2010

Despite leading the cell phone world for years, the giant Nokia seemed to have stumbled over planning for the smartphone future. Today some analysts think its future is brighter and have bumped up their Nokia predictions. What's going on?READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

Interview on Nightline

BY Joey FittsSun May 9, 2010

DubaiEYE Nightline interview @ http://ow.ly/1IoDt Discussed latest research on strat mgmt, next book on Stategy 2.0 + Social Strategist.READ»

FACEBOOK HAPPINESS | Comment

Facebook's Global Emotion Analysis: Sports Can Make Us Sad Like Disasters Do

BY Kit EatonThu May 6, 2010

Facebook's happiness measurements have been little more than novelties so far. But the analytics team has just tweaked its system to cover more of the world, and turned the happiness index into a serious research tool. The first ...READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

Leaders Presents... Balanced Scorecard Forum 2010

BY Joey FittsMon Apr 5, 2010

Joey Fitts chairs the BSC Forum 2010 in Dubai and will join Drs Kaplan and Norton for a 2 day masterclass. Fitts presents 3 sessions on The Social Strategist - explaining how new social media capabilities enable improved strategy formulation, communication and execution. www.leaderspresents.com/bscREAD»

FACEBOOK HAPPINESS | Comment

Facebook Measures British, Canadian, and Australian Happiness, Serious Case of Mondays

BY Kit EatonWed Mar 24, 2010

Facebook is a friendly distraction for most of us, but that doesn't mean it can't also be a tool: Facebook's been exploring those billions of status updates as a social data source for example. The data on happiness indices around the ...READ»

IPHONE USERS | Comment

Analysis: When Working Day's Done, iPhones, and Soon iPads, Light Up

BY Kit EatonMon Mar 15, 2010

Analysis of iPhone user trends show the devices get most play at evening time and also on the weekends, when they generate 7% more traffic than weekdays. Besides being useful for PR purposes, this shows business iPhone use still ...READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

Video excerpt: Customer Intelligence @ Strategy Leaders Roundtable w/ Kaplan & Norton

BY Joey FittsSun Mar 14, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NerKNhodrao Joey Fitts discusses customer intelligence at the Strategy Leaders Roundtable with Drs. Robert Kaplan and David Norton at Palladium's Americas Summit in San Francisco in November 2009. Fitts cites cases of organizations utilizing both structured and unstructured information to gain competitive advantage. Included: the case of a leading cellular communications company who realized a savings of USD $2 Million per month, an example from the book he co-authored, Drive Business Performance: Enabling a Culture of Intelligent Execution.READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

The best website measurement system? Part I of Quantcast

BY Robert ScobleTue Mar 2, 2010

Do you run a website? Do you want to know more about the traffic that's visiting it? Then you need to use Quantcast. It is one of a group of services like Alexa and Compete that help you see how many people are visiting your site. ...READ»

ANALYSIS | Comment

Best Website Measurement System: Quantcast, Part II

BY Robert ScobleTue Mar 2, 2010

Do you run a website? Do you want to know more about the traffic that's visiting it? Then you need to use Quantcast. It is one of a group of services like Alexa and Compete that help you see how many people are ...READ»

SOCIAL NETWORKING | Comment

Want to Share a Message on Twitter? Talk About Twitter

BY Kit EatonMon Mar 1, 2010

If you're trying to improve how far your Tweets get shared, try talking about Twitter itself in those 140 characters--it'll boost your chances according to some new analysis. But Facebookers seem to hate Twitter--its mention is a ...READ»

NEXUS ONE | Comment

Google Nexus One Failing: Just 20,000 Sold in First Week

BY Kit EatonWed Jan 13, 2010

Underlining what some have been thinking, it's now been confirmed that Google's Nexus One "superphone" isn't super enough to go flying off the shelves. In its first week of sales just 20,000 units have been bought by the public. ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Could Dotcom Investments Drive 2010's Economic Upswing?

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 12, 2010

Was the end of 2009 the end of the start of the upswing, or the beginning of the end of it? New figures released that track fourth quarter venture capital spending make for interesting reading on this matter. Except if you're in ...READ»

DIGITAL MUSIC | Comment

Are Slipping iPod Sales Bad News for the Recording Industry?

BY Kit EatonThu Sep 10, 2009

Over at PaidContent they're making a bit of noise about some thinking by analyst Mark Mulligan that says a slip in rising iPod sales is bad news for the record industry. It's an interesting idea, but basically misses the point. The ...READ»

PAYING FOR CONTENT | Comment

Ad-supported Content, Out: Paid Content, In?

BY Kit EatonTue Aug 4, 2009

According to a new survey published by private equity company Veronis Suhler Stevenson, consumers are getting wise to advertising and are choosing to avoid it. In 2008, for the first time, people used more paid content than ...READ»

PALM PRE | Comment

Over 300,000 Palm Pres Sold, but Is It Enough?

BY Kit EatonTue Jun 30, 2009

We said the Palm Pre's early performance was "not doing too badly." And now some new figures cement that fact: The Pre has likely sold 300,000 units. That's especially good since it sold only that many phones in the entire ...READ»

GENE MUNSTER | Comment

Does the DVR Apple Television Rumor Make Sense?

BY Kit EatonMon Feb 9, 2009

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has gone all out in forecasting that Apple will enter the digital video recording net-connected television market by 2011. It's a bold assertion, with research behind the claims, and it seems to make ...READ»