Techspansion Closes; Discontinues VisualHub & AudialHub
Brian Hernandez | October 7th, 2008 | No Comments
Techspansion announces it’s “closing its virtual doors.” According to the developer…”VisualHub, AudialHub, and iSquint have been discontinued. The Support Forum and Support E-mail will be available for a while longer to take care of any remaining issues for you. If you have VisualHub or AudialHub, here are directions on how to back them up for […]
Apple’s Revenue Streams
Jesse Chan | June 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment
Apple has multiple revenue streams. The items that are most often noted are: Macs, iPods, and iPhones. However, there are other things that contribute to Apple’s bottom line. The diagram below gives an overview:
[Blue = hardware; Orange = software/services]
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Reduce Platform Switching Barriers
Jesse Chan | December 24th, 2007 | 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 […]
10 Ways To Go Viral
Jesse Chan | November 1st, 2007 | 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 […]
iTunes Movie Rentals and Old Media
Jesse Chan | September 23rd, 2007 | 4 Comments
Word on the street is that Apple is about to unleash iTunes Movie Rentals. If this turns out to be true, what will be the socio-economic impact of Apple’s latest move? Will iTunes dominate the movie industry as much as it has the music industry?
Obviously, Hollywood is wary of this recent development. The […]
Steve Jobs’ Master Plan
Jesse Chan | August 15th, 2007 | 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 […]