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The iPad Should Be Free

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In a world where Apple not only sells their iPad (ranging from $400 - $900) and also controls the majority of the content that you can put on it from iTunes , why wouldn't they deploy a similar model to Amazon's in the hopes of owning the consumer by way of the hardware? The Kindle and the iPad could be free. or does it? buying habit.

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The Era Of Exponential Marketing

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One of the clearest explanations of exponential versus linear growth came to me courtesy of a presentation that I saw from Ray Kurzweil (futurist and author of books like The Age of Intelligent Machines and The Singularity Is Near , to name a few). MediaPost had a news item yesterday titled, iPad Sales Are Driving Massive Tablet Growth.

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Why the Kindle Fire is Not For Me

Ari Herzog

I did not want a Kindle to replace the experience of reading tactile books when I wrote about it in February 2009. When stacked up against other popular tablets, the Fire can’t compete. Where would a Kindle, or a Nook, or an iPad even, fit into my world of technology? But a tablet as in a book reader? Not for me.

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The New Small

Ari Herzog

I discussed my second book, The Next Wave of Technologies. Another book?”. My next book is called The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. Technology books can be dry. To get the book out, I had a number of options. This one won’t be. A New Model.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #137

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But I'm seeing a methodical approach where Google is starting to bake social into their traditional strength of 'good tools,' rather than trying to reinvent social for social's sake (and compete with Facebook head on). So, you would think that I'm sharing this article because it speaks to the end of print books. or something.

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The Most Powerful Stat You Need To Know About Online Video

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It turns out that online video is actually competing with people who want to watch videos on the go. They do not carry the CW Network , so I was unable to watch the debut of Arrow (a new TV show based on the comic book character, Green Arrow ). It's downloaded on to my iPad and iPhone. So, the content is here. advertising.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #122

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"Rumour has it that Amazon wants to buy the mobile chip maker Texas Instruments ; the chips already power the Kindle Fire tablet, and speculation is that Amazon wants to move into the mobile phone space, to compete not just against the iPad but also the iPhone. the book oven. alistair croll. bitcurrent. blackberry.

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