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Archive for July, 2009
Business Thoughts: Tool Providers v. Service Providers
In: The Web| Work| advertising| branding| business| marketing| social media
29 Jul 2009The hip new shiny thing for a new company is to position themselves as a service. Stepping back from the hype machine for a minute, can you really identify a service provider when you see one? Or are the companies that sell themselves as services are actually tools. And what differentiates a tool provider from [...]
Browser Wars: July was not a month for revolutions
In: Browsers| Internet| The Web| Web Performance| Web analytics| analytics
29 Jul 2009Once again it is time to analyze browser usage in the US for the last month. July saw the appearance of Firefox 3.5, which has replicated the pattern seen with Internet Explorer 8, where it supplants the previous version slowly and linearly as people get around to upgrading.
Can MSIE 8 overtake MSIE 7 in August? [...]
T-Mobile Dash 3G – First Impressions
17 Jul 2009UPDATED: Impressions after the first month can be found here.
For the last 12-14 months, I have carried a Blackberry Pearl 8100 on my hip. And, as far as smartphones go, it served as a good, basic started phone. There were some issues though, including:
No push email, due to limited corporate licenses for the Blackberry Enterprise [...]
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Browser Wars: June was an interesting month
In: Browsers| Internet| Software| The Web| Web Performance| Web analytics| analytics
1 Jul 2009June is one of my favorite months. The sun returns (although in the Boston area there are concerned that it has been replaced by clouds and humidity), the kids get out of school (and get sent to camp), and the outdoor pool opens (and I actually swim in it).
In the US browser market, Internet Explorer [...]