Apple Apps: Developer 70% Apple 13%

Didn't you all think Apple was making more?


from SAI Business Insider Chart of the Day

see How Much Apple Is Making On The App Store

The iPad is a PC

A survey by SAI Business Insider asked which computing device is primary used for 'personal computing'.

Check out the chart below

original article link Chart Of The Day: The ipad Is Becoming The Only PC That Matters

The iPhone Location Tracking Issue.

Image via Wikipedia"No, iPhone location tracking isn't harmless and here's why - Secret Apple database already being tapped by cop"

A thought provoking analysis from The UK's The Register

see No, iPhone location tracking isn't harmless and here's why

The Future of Publishing

Referring back to my previous post

Online Digital Music - Pandora's Box

Now why can't the music industry do the same thing?

See from SAI Business Insider

"he gets to keep 70% of her book sales -- and she sells around 100,000 copies per month."

Full article This 26-Year-Old Is Making Millions Cutting Out Traditional Publishers With Amazon Kindle

The Daily: An iPad Electronic Only Newspaper from Steve and Rupert.

"Steve Jobs will join Rupert Murdoch on stage at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to reveal iPad newspaper The Daily.."

"The date for the event is said to be January 19..."

"The Daily is specific, especially for Murdoch’s media powerhouse News Corp., as it will have no web or print edition – the only way to get it will be on the iPad, where each edition will cost $0.99."

Tellingly most of the comments on this Mushable article say that it will be a flop.

My rating? It will depend on style and content. A big issue the app will have to overcome is an almost universal dislike by most online readers of anything that Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. does online. We have to assume that Rupert is aiming for the 'corporate' market or rather all those middle aged men who have bought an iPad to look groovey and for whom 0.99 cents a read is chump change.

My take? It's going to be a stuggle but News Corp. have deep pockets so it will not be pulled after a few months if the numbers don't look good.

And by the way, Steve comes up smelling roses all around: doing his bit for the traditional journalists, bridging the generation gap (in geek terms anyway), and Apple makes more app money.

From Musable.com

Jobs and Murdoch to Unveil “The Daily” January 19 

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Tech.com - 11 Tech Predictions for Twenty Eleven.

Tech.com calls these 'risky' predictions.

Not sure why as they all look reasonable to me.

See

11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011