December 2011
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Why Buy The Cow For $1.2 Billion When You Can Get... →
parislemon: VentureBeat’s Devindra Hardawar reports not only that HP was trying to sell webOS for $1.2 billion (the same price HP paid to get all of Palm just last year), but that Facebook was one suitor they met with.  While Hardawar cites a source saying that this deal “was practically laughed out of the room”, I wouldn’t totally put the idea of webOS and Facebook to bed.  Back in August,...
Dec 28th
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Why Spotify can never be profitable →
(via Instapaper) Here’s an interesting look at why companies like Spotify will fail at becoming profitable. Personally I don’t like Spotify. Don’t get me wrong from a technical standpoint it’s amazing. The lack of buffering even when you skip around in a song is something I still marvel at. However I just hate the idea of music becoming a subscription service. Bad for...
Dec 14th
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Android ranked most ‘closed’ open source OS  →
Proof that for Google being “open” is only a crutch they use to try and enter markets where they don’t dominate. After all there is nothing open about their search algorithms.
Dec 14th
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