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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Three related meme’s have gathered steam this week:
1. Q4 2008 and 2009: Year of the Netbook
2. The large form Apple Touch
3. Memo to Jeff Bezos: My interest in the Kindle is waning

So what do these …

In the span of two hours, I received three emails from Apple to the same email address:
A little overboard? Verging on spam? Three unanswered emails from anyone within two hours is overkill… let alone …

I subscribe to ESPN’s Insider service… and I’ve written many times about why.
Today, while listening to my favorite radio show (The Thundering Herd), I noticed that ESPN started pushing ads directly into the programs. I …

As a consumer - and an inbox owner - email marketing can range from highly effective wildly annoying and irrelevant. The respective consequences can lead to activity / purchases or permanently blocking emails by classifying …

I think ESPN and their online efforts go overlooked - mostly because they are so dominant on television and radio. But I have been *very* impressed with their online efforts recently:
Podcasts: The have the …

I love podcasts (they get me through the day).
But, I really hate iTunes Podcasts center.
As iTunes continues to improve, their Podcasts section still seems to be on its first generation. And based on passing conversations …