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Apple’s EcoSystem

Jan 26 2010

By Jesse Chan | Comments off

Tomorrow, the world is expecting Apple, Inc. to revolutionize the world, once again. It’s revolutionized the world several times: personal computing, the iPod, the iPhone, and hopefully, tomorrow — the iTablet (or something along those lines). However, we must realize that all these hardware devices have fairly dependent ties to iTunes for content and that […]

Tags: apple, ilife, ipad, iphone, ipod, itablet, itunes, iwork, mac, mac os x, mobileme, os x, steve jobs

Reduce Platform Switching Barriers

Dec 24 2007

By Jesse Chan | 1 Comment

The computing platform is what matters. It’s one thing if you’re the big fish with THE platform. But what do you do when you’re the small fish, your competitor already owns the dominant platform, and has millions of customers? How do you switch customers to your platform? Answer: Reduce the platform switching barriers. However, it […]

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10 Ways To Go Viral

Nov 1 2007

By Jesse Chan | 3 Comments

We’ve all seen it before, a small company comes out of nowhere and takes the world by storm. Within days everyone seems to know about them. How is this possible? Many times this happens by accident, but other times, it has been carefully planned out to go viral — spreading the news like wildfire.

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The Platform Is What Matters

Oct 17 2007

By Jesse Chan | 12 Comments

Today, Steve Jobs mentioned that the Apple iPhone will finally opening up for third-party application development in February 2008. Apple will provide a iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers to create applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Steve Jobs’ Master Plan

Aug 15 2007

By Jesse Chan | 10 Comments

“Digital convergence” is a word that has been thrown around since the early-90’s. It seems every company has tried its hand at it, but none have really succeeded. Now, however, digital convergence is starting to become a reality in the mobile space and the living room. There is no company better positioned to dominate this […]

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Posts Tagged ilife

Apple’s EcoSystem

Reduce Platform Switching Barriers

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