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Apple Pay vs. CurrentC: One addresses a customer issue, the other a business issue
CurrentC requires an app, password and QR Code to be scanned. It works for pre-paid, cash accounts. This is a solution to a business problem (lower transaction fees, better customer tracking) that is being touted as addressing a customer need. People like using their credit cards. The US economy (and Canada to a lesser extent)…
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“Kobo’s offering is the peak in terms of e-reader hardware right now…
Techcrunch reviews the Kobo H2O: “Kobo’s offering is the peak in terms of e-reader hardware right now – Amazon’s device is slightly smaller and lighter, but you get a far superior screen from the Aura H2O, as well as the built-in water resistance and superior reading light. The only thing you don’t get access to…
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MG Seigler: Commenting is a facade
MG Seigler writes: Here’s the thing: while some try to paint comments as a form of democracy, that’s bullshit. 99.9% of comments are bile. I’ve heard the counter arguments about how you need to curate and manage your comments — okay, I’m doing that by not allowing any. I’m Starting to feel more comfortable leaving…
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The shift to delighting the customer
In “The Dumbest Idea in the World: Maximizing Shareholder Value,” Steve Denning writes about Roger Martin’s new book “Fixing the Game“: “We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value,” says Martin. “The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory…
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Quote: Steve Jobs and Apple
Here’s the thing. Apple’s been here before. Jobs missed most of 2009, and when he returned, it was a while before he got back to full time. The product cycle continued. Existing products were improved. New products were released. Future products progressed in development. Was it the same without him? No, of course not. Did…
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That’s how I feel using Windows Phone 7
My sister got a Samsung Focus for her birthday. She’s 18, uses a Mac and lives on Facebook. She loves it. I don’t think Microsoft is targeting the hardcore geeks and power users with Windows Phone 7. I think they’re targeting the Blackberry users and first time smartphone customers who want a constant connection. from…
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Un-abashed Apple Fan-boyism, but 100% true none-the-less
You’re missing the Big Picture. Fact is, there’s not a corporation on Earth that wouldn’t be improved by putting Steve Jobs in charge. In response to Ray Sun’s “Why Facebook Badly Needs Steve Jobs“. Total un-abashed Apple fan-boyism here: while Ray Sun makes some good points in his blog post, I think “@Mister Snitch!” nails…
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“Unresponsive scrolling and taps are unacceptable…
…what I notice isn’t just the appalling video frame rate (“seconds per frame, not frames per second”, as Tofel says), but also how drastically Flash content affects scrolling and touch events in the browser itself. Even before any Flash content is loaded, these web pages scroll with jaggy animation, and touch events don’t register immediately.…
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This is why the Kobo eReader doesn’t support justification
There’s a reason why most page layout programs considered “Hyphenation and Justification” to be two aspects of the same feature. I strongly agree that you should never use justification without good hyphenation — let alone without any hyphenation at all. From John Gruber regarding Safari’s Use of Justified Text in Reader This, my friends, is…
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Crazy: Microsoft is getting their mojo back
The phone operating system does away with pretty much every scrap of previous mobile efforts from Microsoft, from the look and feel down to the underlying code — everything is brand new. 7 Series has rebuilt Windows Mobile from the ground up, featuring a completely altered home screen and user interface experience, robust Xbox LIVE…