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  1. Reminder: The Concept of Apps Has an Expiration Date

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / July 8, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Yesterday Apple announced that they have had 15 Billion Downloads from their App Store.  My question is, how high do you think that number will ever get?  30 Billion?  40 Billion?  100 Billion?  I would bet $100 that it will never cross 100 Billion, might not even be 30 Billion. ...
  2. Is Google+ Another Wave? Buzz?

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / July 6, 2011 / Leave a comment
    The last couple times Google has gotten everybody excited about something that was “social” there hasn’t been much to see.  Google Wave came out and never left Beta before being literally given away.  Google Buzz created buzz for about a week before virtually completely disappearing.  Other more minor releases have...
  3. Google’s Big Blunder?

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 30, 2011 / Leave a comment
    I am often critical of what I consider to be a fundamental flaw in Apple’s business.  I also often praise Google.  Dave Winer is exactly the opposite.  He has been extremely critical of Google’s decision to go social and skeptical about their ability to execute on it.  I am not...
  4. Talking About Google Communications (not Social yet)

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 29, 2011 / Leave a comment
    I’d love to tell you about Google’s new social feature Google+, but I’m not going to for two reasons: I need to play with it first and I don’t have access. None of it means anything till we see how the market reacts. Instead, I think there are two things...
  5. LulzSec, Annonymous, Colbert Nation, Green Peace and Al Queda

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 24, 2011 / Leave a comment
    For those of you who don’t spend a lot of time reading Tech News… there has been a lot lately on the darker side of brilliant technologists, hackers.  The two largest groups of hackers are LulzSec and Annonymous.  These two groups have been responsible for everything from retaliating against Sony...
  6. Twitter Photo Sharing – Easy Money

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 1, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Twitter is expected to announce their own photo hosting service in the next few days.  I have said before that I think moves like this one are dangerous.  Twitter benefits from a good development ecosystem and this move will frustrate many developers at TwitPic and other companies that are built...
  7. Why Did Microsoft Buy Skype?

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / May 14, 2011 / Leave a comment
    A lot of people I’ve talked to the last few days have been talking about the Skype/Microsoft deal.  Many of those people aren’t overly technical, they’re friends and family who use Skype for IM or Video Chat and can’t understand how it’d be a strategic play for a company that...
  8. The Dirty Little Secret About Cyber Security

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / May 13, 2011 / Leave a comment
    In the wake of the Sony PlayStation breach, I feel like there’s something everyone who uses the web all the time should probably know.  It’s a dirty little secret IT people hide behind fancy words like “Firewall”.  The secret is,  ”Your data isn’t that safe.”  It’s not that companies don’t...
  9. Want Challenge/Reward in IT? Work for Startups.

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / May 12, 2011 / Leave a comment
    The graphic above is from Information Week’s annual survey of IT staff and managers, if you work in IT it’s a must read.  The survey is distributed to readers of Information Week, a group that largely consists of some of the finest, most motivated people at large companies and IT...
  10. Laws of IT’s Future: Apps, SOA and HTML 5 and the Tiny Trend

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / April 30, 2011 / Leave a comment
    People are often asking me what I think is going to happen next in IT… do I think cloud is going to take off?  at what level? do I think HTML 5 will be a big deal?  How long will Apple be a leader?  What will they do next?  And...
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