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David Card
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The Chrome OS backlash is the dominant topic of discussion today. Om thinks Google should focus on corporate markets, where they appreciate security, manageability, and thin clients. There’s an interesting discussion under my teaser piece (longer version here) at GigaOM – some folks make good cases for emerging markets. The “I spend all my PC time online” argument is less compelling, unless OEMs can deliver truly “disposable” machines. Chrome OS, through its developers, may offer a good proof of concept for the flexibility and power of HTML5 apps, but so would a browser running on Android, or any established desktop OS, for that matter.

The 10 key skills for the future of work

Hmmm. Thoughtful collection.

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Is iAd doomed?

Apple just doesn't get the advertising business. Not that it cares.

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Adobe pays $400 million for Efficient Frontier

Adobe has spent $2 billion to re-invent itself. It's one to watch in NewNet.

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Facebook Timeline for mobile web and Android lets you access apps but not privacy controls

I wondered how much Timeline would differ in a mobile incarnation. Not too much.

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Facebook Timeline begins worldwide rollout

Facebook's overhaul of its profile pages is starting to show up across markets. Timeline produces a pretty result without making the user do a lot of work, but if he wants to customize it, or to present different personae to different groups of friends, it's pretty complicated. Adoption patterns should be informative.

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