Some iPhone Stats

I just got this in info in an email from O2 (I’m a registered iPhone developer), some interesting numbers: Edit/Update: It seems that they just sent me a summary of Mulley Communication’s iPhone survey results…. from 2008! 72% of users would recommend an iPhone to friends/family 86% of users said their next phone will be [...]

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Invention vs. Innovation

This is where I draw the distinction between the Inventor and the Innovator. The inventor creates the new idea, but it’s often the innovator that brings it to market. Without the inventor we would have no new thoughts, but without the innovator those new thoughts might never reach people to provide a benefit.

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iTunes Beats Paypal for Registered Users

A few months back I was watching Apple’s Rock N’ Roll event (this post has been in my drafts half written since then!), and one thing mentioned that really struck me was the number of registered iTunes users who have registered credit cards – a whopping 100m. I’ve seen the comparisons done between social networks [...]

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Murdoch’s Paywall

There has been a lot debate online recently surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s change of mind about paywalls for his online newspapers. I’ve been reading a huge number of arguments on both sides (including a 40min video interview with Rupert himself) and am sad to say that most of them seem to be missing the point. Earlier [...]

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5 Great Uses of YouTube Annotations

Youtube annotations allow video creators to add clickable links to certain parts of their videos. This was originally designed to create simple transitions from one video to another, but as with all technologies the best results have come from putting it to previously unimagined uses. Here are four of the best examples of how it’s [...]

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