Apple‘s recent purchase of mobile ad network Quattro Wireless may signify a much more significant shift in Apple’s business model than it would otherwise seem. So, why did Apple buy Quattro (Apple earlier sought to buy market-leader AdMob, but ceded the purchase to Google once the price became too rich)? Apple has always focused on [...]
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Will Apple Bet the Farm on Quattro Wireless?
Posted in Strategy, Technology Also tagged admob, advertising, Apple, iphone, Mobile, quattro wireless 3 Comments
Track Changes to Privacy Policies and Any Webpage with Google Reader
The Google Reader team recently announced that Reader now allows you to follow changes to any web page, even if that page doesn’t support RSS. I am a heavy Google Reader user (particularly on my iPhone) and this is a great tweak that has some interesting applications. For example, eBay sellers could subscribe to eBay’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Facebook, GoogleReader, privacy, RSS, terms of service 2 Comments
