Announcing Dogpatch Labs San Francisco Roster
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9 Guiding Design Principles
August 18, 2010 – 8:12 am | View Comments
9 Guiding Design Principles

Thanks to the iPad, I have been on a documentary kick: both Netflix and iTunes make it easy to access interesting content that I otherwise wouldn’t think to watch. Combined with the iPad’s portability, consuming …

Apple Actively Promoting Facebook App Store Page
May 13, 2010 – 10:26 am | View Comments
Apple Actively Promoting Facebook App Store Page

As I have written numerous times before: “finding” (ie search and filtering) becomes exponentially more difficult as inventory grows. Apple’s app gallery faces this problem (as do giants like eBay, Amazon, etc). For instance, it …

Whats Hot in iTunes? Location-Based Apps.
March 22, 2010 – 9:56 am | View Comments
Whats Hot in iTunes? Location-Based Apps.

SXSW 2010 was all about location. In fact, we could look back on 2010 as the year of location and geo… which would be a natural progression from 2009’s mobile growth.
According to iTunes and …

Doodle Jump’s iPhone App Warns: “Insanely Addictive”
January 18, 2010 – 5:38 pm | View Comments
Doodle Jump’s iPhone App Warns: “Insanely Addictive”

Most iPhone apps do not come with warnings – but Doodle Jump, the #2 paid application by Lima Sky, has built an advertising campaign around the addictive gameplay: Be warned: this game is insanely addictive!” …

When Amazon Destroys iTunes in Pricing… What Do You Do?
October 12, 2009 – 1:41 pm | View Comments
When Amazon Destroys iTunes in Pricing… What Do You Do?

Consumers used to go to Apple’s iTunes because it was easier, cheaper and more effecient. Now compared to Amazon, it is is neither cheaper nor easier… Now I buy my music directly through Amazon (as …

Top 20 Grossing iPhone Apps: Dominated by Brands and Games
October 12, 2009 – 11:23 am | View Comments
Top 20 Grossing iPhone Apps: Dominated by Brands and Games

Apple recenly added a new sort / finding path for iPhone apps: Top Grossing Apps. It is far from perfect and not at all based on your habits or your friends’ (it should be Facebook …

iTunes’ New Music Tuesday Emails are Very Confused….
June 23, 2009 – 4:07 pm | View Comments
iTunes’ New Music Tuesday Emails are Very Confused….

I would feel bad criticizing Apple’s email marketing campaigns, but I have spent plenty of time applauding their other advertising efforts (see here, here and here).
Yesterday, Apple reminded me to insure my iPhone …

1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?
April 21, 2009 – 9:31 pm | View Comments
1 Billion Apps – So Now What for iTunes’ App Store?

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It’s a staggering number: 1,000,000,000.
The iPhone App store launched in July of 2008 and grew faster than most anticipated – both inventory and adoption. The App Store’s 25,000 apps …

13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)
April 19, 2009 – 9:32 am | View Comments
13 iPhone Apps I Want Developed (Google, ESPN, FriendFeed)

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1. GMail
The improved Gmail iPhone site is just that: improved. But a true GMail iPhone App would allow fuller cusotmizations, run faster, better integrate calendars and contacts… and soon …

Features vs. Business; Neuvasync & Google Sync
April 4, 2009 – 5:20 pm | View Comments
Features vs. Business; Neuvasync & Google Sync

Last week, the back of my iPhone cracked and the good folks at the Apple Store were nice enough to replace it (although I do not understand why ‘appointments’ are required). Switching phones used to …

Why Amazon Should Acquire Netflix
January 2, 2009 – 7:56 am | View Comments
Why Amazon Should Acquire Netflix

As part of my 2009 Digital Media Predictions series, I said that Amazon should acquire or merge with eBay and/or Netflix. Both perspectives are coming… but first, Netflix:
Movie ticket sales are down. DVD and Blu …

Amazon Kindle’s Biggest Threat: Apple’s iTunes & iPod Touch Tablet
January 2, 2009 – 7:55 am | View Comments
Amazon Kindle’s Biggest Threat: Apple’s iTunes & iPod Touch Tablet

After thinking more about yesterday’s post “Amazon Kindle + iPod Touch Tablet + Netbooks…?”, I am convinced that the Amazon Kindle (which I’m a big fan of) is going to die at the hands of …