It’s been a year of chess moves between Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter. For example, look at the last few weeks alone:
- Google+ launches as Google’s social effort (and its good)
- iOS5 is announced with …

Noteworthy article on AppleInsider.com yesterday (AppleInsider | iOS ‘stickiness’ grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device): the average iOS device (iPhone + iPad + iPod) has roughly $100 of paid content …

As Facebook Places ramps (via mobile, deals, etc), Facebook has started promoting Favorite Places. It is a module that asks users which Place they prefer (this or that). The two choices seems to be either …

One of the top iPhone Applications at the moment is Roger Ebert’s Great Movies (currently featured by Apple / iTunes). With all due respect to Roger Ebert – who has a long career of movie …

The Google+ launch has been well received and, for the most part, I have been very impressed by the product (it feels more complete, usable and social than other recent Google products). But they still …

More Facebook Places experimentation (is it clear enough yet that Places is gaining strategic importance?):

I like to check in on Apple’s top grossing applications – it’s a good indication of mobile app and publisher trends. And from time to time, I have written about those trends.

The more I play with Apple’s iOS5, the more impressed I am with the Twitter integration.
And the more aware I am of the potential impact it has on Twitter…
But why isn’t Facebook integrated instead or …

As Google continues to focus on HTML5 mobile experiences (and do it very well), they have to think about systematically driving usage… which, for mobile, requires ‘desktop’ real estate.

I am pretty sure that I’m the lone Google TV fanboy. I love the ability to merge the television with Google Chrome … and to eventually lay the Android marketplace atop it (currently there are …

Having played with Apple’s iOS5 for a couple days, here are two big thoughts and a few brief ones after that:

Maybe I am too much of a geek, but I actually enjoy reading application version updates. I assume most people do not read them thoroughly (many do not regularly update their apps either), but it …