$1B for a service used by self-absorbed 'hipsters' to take photos of food and who pay nothing for it? Nuts!
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With young people it's paying extra for things like Apple hardware when equivalent or better alternatives are cheaper. Blah blah.
So what if I hate windows, and Linux does not meet my needs but OSX does? I should just buy a virus prone Windows machine cause it costs less? There is more to it than just price. Either way a Mac Air is very price competitive to other comparable ultrabooks.
So you will give the world access to your email to see said pictures? I suppose your email has photo editing? Like and commenting? IG has a large built in user base, its a nice little app. Sorry, but email does not come close to providing the same user experience. IG created a nice product and a lot of people use it. With that said, the $1B price tag is retarded IMO.
Anything is possible. But don't underestimate the user's ease of just putting it up on IG, versus taking photo, attaching to email, sending somewhere, getting posted to some app or site that I probably have to sign up for etc......
Well yeah, take the billion of you can. But assuming they had no offers, there are ways they could make money. I also don;t think its a fad. I like Instagram, and have lots of friends that do.
Maybe a company like Coca Cola pays Instagram to hold a contest for best Coke brand photo? The user gets a prize of $25,000. I bet people will use Instagram over email. Users pay nothing,
I love Instagram. If they stayed private, I have to imagine they have little overhead, and making a living for a handful of employees would not be hard - they would not have to monetize their base all that much. While they do have ways to make money in the latter scenario, it likely will not provide enough revenues to make the $1B purchase price worth it for Facebook. While I like FB from the perspective of connecting with family and friends, their UX is becoming annoyingly complex. Networks such as Path, Google+, and Instagram have great UX's in comparison.
The crazy part about Maryland Dept of Corrections is that was the GOVERNMENT asking for the credentials. Then the state passed a law to protect us from the state.
Not sure how it is working out for us. What is the per capita health expenditures for people 65 and older in the US. I'd like to see that compared to other countries, since in the US we have a universal, government health system for people 65 and older. Wonder if we will find our government doing it better than others?
It has nothing to do with lazy or incompetence, lack of funding, lack of resources, and it has nothing to do with being against productivity, it is the biases in solutions. One example is the anti-mac thing that still exists, however the iPhone really upset that apple-cart. However, I would say this is all changing and cloud and consumerization of enterprise solutions is forcing the change.
What if the end point's security is better than yours? Why does everyone assume their security is better than a cloud service's? In some cases it is and some cases its not.
That is key, IT has not set up easy to use file sharing, so people turn to Dropbox. IBM should implement an official one that works well. It could be a different provider like Box, or another. But give EEs the ability to use things to do their job easier, while maintaining security.
Employees often times use these tools because IT does not provide their employees with good USABLE solutions. When IT's answer to everything requested by employees is SharePoint, then EEs turn to other solutions. I can Citrix in which is a lame experience, or use something like Zoho, which is an awesome experience from a user perspective. Obviously, any solution needs to be vetted, but employees want things that work great, like many of the consumer products they use personally.
I would disagree. 1) Been 5 years since the iPhone came out. 2) Mobile growth has been exponential both in adoption and pace of innovation compared to almost any personal technology I have seen. Sure we are still in the early innings, but I hope anyone involved in tech recognized the potential at least one year after the iPhone release.
"I applaud the government for having the foresight and initiative to develop a comprehensive strategy to advance of some of the most attractive attributes of today's communications solutions," he said in an email. "The strategy that they have developed, in collaboration with industry, clearly emphasizes the need to provide reliable, secure, and cost effective access to mission-critical and citizen-centric services anytime, anywhere."
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Dude, the mobile revolution has been going on for years.
You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to remain encrypted. Anything you say, do, or decrypt can and will be held against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you?
Not necessarily. Amazon;s whispernet lets you use 3G wireless free to download stuff you buy. There is no free lunch, you will have to give something up, watch an ad, free sub. But you do not necessarily need to have a sub. In fact, the governmnet could allocate part of the spectrum to public free wireless, and let people figure out ways to make it work - PBSg.
A lot of people used to use buggy whips too.
OTA will die eventually. Maybe the model is download/watch my show free on the internet - like Amazon's whispernet - and the bandwidth is free in return for your data.
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-instagram-will-make-money-2012-4
I said this back when the deal happened.
$1B for a service used by self-absorbed 'hipsters' to take photos of food and who pay nothing for it? Nuts!
Blah Blah With young people it's paying extra for things like Apple hardware when equivalent or better alternatives are cheaper. Blah blah.
So what if I hate windows, and Linux does not meet my needs but OSX does? I should just buy a virus prone Windows machine cause it costs less? There is more to it than just price. Either way a Mac Air is very price competitive to other comparable ultrabooks.
So you will give the world access to your email to see said pictures? I suppose your email has photo editing? Like and commenting? IG has a large built in user base, its a nice little app. Sorry, but email does not come close to providing the same user experience. IG created a nice product and a lot of people use it. With that said, the $1B price tag is retarded IMO.
Anything is possible. But don't underestimate the user's ease of just putting it up on IG, versus taking photo, attaching to email, sending somewhere, getting posted to some app or site that I probably have to sign up for etc......
Well yeah, take the billion of you can. But assuming they had no offers, there are ways they could make money. I also don;t think its a fad. I like Instagram, and have lots of friends that do.
Maybe a company like Coca Cola pays Instagram to hold a contest for best Coke brand photo? The user gets a prize of $25,000. I bet people will use Instagram over email. Users pay nothing,
I love Instagram. If they stayed private, I have to imagine they have little overhead, and making a living for a handful of employees would not be hard - they would not have to monetize their base all that much. While they do have ways to make money in the latter scenario, it likely will not provide enough revenues to make the $1B purchase price worth it for Facebook. While I like FB from the perspective of connecting with family and friends, their UX is becoming annoyingly complex. Networks such as Path, Google+, and Instagram have great UX's in comparison.
The crazy part about Maryland Dept of Corrections is that was the GOVERNMENT asking for the credentials. Then the state passed a law to protect us from the state.
Hoping for the movie version. Great little Hulk mini-series-story
Not sure how it is working out for us. What is the per capita health expenditures for people 65 and older in the US. I'd like to see that compared to other countries, since in the US we have a universal, government health system for people 65 and older. Wonder if we will find our government doing it better than others?
You can view and create on an iPad or android tablet. I'd wait for battery life stats first, before claiming all day work.
I take notes with my iPad, and have no problems doing it. I do mind map most of my notes. You can do plenty of work on the iPad.
It has nothing to do with lazy or incompetence, lack of funding, lack of resources, and it has nothing to do with being against productivity, it is the biases in solutions. One example is the anti-mac thing that still exists, however the iPhone really upset that apple-cart. However, I would say this is all changing and cloud and consumerization of enterprise solutions is forcing the change.
What if the end point's security is better than yours? Why does everyone assume their security is better than a cloud service's? In some cases it is and some cases its not.
That is key, IT has not set up easy to use file sharing, so people turn to Dropbox. IBM should implement an official one that works well. It could be a different provider like Box, or another. But give EEs the ability to use things to do their job easier, while maintaining security.
Employees often times use these tools because IT does not provide their employees with good USABLE solutions. When IT's answer to everything requested by employees is SharePoint, then EEs turn to other solutions. I can Citrix in which is a lame experience, or use something like Zoho, which is an awesome experience from a user perspective. Obviously, any solution needs to be vetted, but employees want things that work great, like many of the consumer products they use personally.
I would disagree. 1) Been 5 years since the iPhone came out. 2) Mobile growth has been exponential both in adoption and pace of innovation compared to almost any personal technology I have seen. Sure we are still in the early innings, but I hope anyone involved in tech recognized the potential at least one year after the iPhone release.
"I applaud the government for having the foresight and initiative to develop a comprehensive strategy to advance of some of the most attractive attributes of today's communications solutions," he said in an email. "The strategy that they have developed, in collaboration with industry, clearly emphasizes the need to provide reliable, secure, and cost effective access to mission-critical and citizen-centric services anytime, anywhere."
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Dude, the mobile revolution has been going on for years.
Gives Solyndra a whole new meaning.
You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to remain encrypted. Anything you say, do, or decrypt can and will be held against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you?
I do. Speech to text rules. I type less each day.
Not necessarily. Amazon;s whispernet lets you use 3G wireless free to download stuff you buy. There is no free lunch, you will have to give something up, watch an ad, free sub. But you do not necessarily need to have a sub. In fact, the governmnet could allocate part of the spectrum to public free wireless, and let people figure out ways to make it work - PBSg.
A lot of people used to use buggy whips too. OTA will die eventually. Maybe the model is download/watch my show free on the internet - like Amazon's whispernet - and the bandwidth is free in return for your data.
Introducing the 4GS.
C'mon man, he has been hard at work on his NCAA bracket.