“If you don’t eat your own children, someone else will”: That’s how Michael Mace, Principal of the Silicon Valley–based Rubicon Consulting, began his presentation, “Check Out My Scars: Seven Lessons from the Failure of E-Books in 2000, and What They Mean to the Future of Electronic Publishing,” at the 2010 O’Reilly Tools of Change for…Continue Reading
Though we’ve recently noticed a few more Kindles on the subway, mobile phones are infinitely more common. As more consumers choose to read e-books on their smartphones rather than purchase standalone e-reading devices, publishers are working to create apps and other iPhone-ready content. Flurry, a company that provides analytics to mobile phone application developers, found…Continue Reading
By Ariel Aberg-Riger I love Google. Like, a lot. I use Google Reader. And Gmail. And Google Docs. And Google Calendar. And Google Analytics. I happily let Google see everything I do. I eagerly await the day Google search can be fused to my brain. So, when I first heard the rumors about Google’s mobile…Continue Reading
