The real threat that Samsung poses to Apple | asymco – really interesting article on Samsung’s strengths
On Legacy iPhones and Cannibalization – AllThingsD – the legacy phone makes up the lower price models in the Apple range
Apple Joins Google in $500 Million-Plus Bid for Kodak Patents – Bloomberg
Billionaire Sells Stake in Topshop for $805 Million – NYTimes.com
Google exec was told to stop Tweeting | The Wall Blog – the people who are responsible for engineering social media don’t even understand how things can propagate
TI rolls open-source RTOS for MCUs – lower footprint than Linux which should be compelling
MediaPost Publications Pre-Roll Video Ad Prices Dip, Large Inventory Blamed 12/07/2012
Facebook in Talks to Buy Microsoft’s Atlas Ad Platform – AllThingsD
Communities Dominate Brands: Why Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone 8 will fail – ie will never become the promised third ecosystem – Tomi Ahonen updates his numbers of Nokia market share
As of February, you’ll have two fewer characters to tweet with when you share a link on Twitter – The Next Web – trillions of links already
Apple Hires Hacker Who Helped Save Windows From Security Hell | Wired.com
Exploiting the implicit – MEC whitepaper
Times of London offers $80 Nexus 7 to new digital subscribers | Geek.com
Time Spent In Mobile Apps Is Starting To Challenge Television, Flurry Says | TechCrunch
Apple loses $34.9 billion in market cap in its worst trading day in 4 years, but why? – The Next Web
Lack of Distribution Is “Killing” Surface – AllThingsD
Twitter Loses Ability to Properly Display Instagram Photos – NYTimes.com
Michelin Stars slammed in fear of rent hikes, | Market-interactive.com
Facebook Messenger for Android drops account requirement, taking on SMS and WhatsApp | The Verge – interesting how Facebook is being usurped as a communications platform
London Calling: Should Apple buy ST-E or Renesas Mobile? – but what about patent licences?
Printed electronics pilot line starts production
The Nokia Lumia Sellout – Most Likely A Marketing Strategy – Seeking Alpha
Nielsen | Social Media Report 2012
Yahoo sees several flaws in $2.7 billion Mexico ruling: source | Reuters – the big question is why wasn’t it disclosed in company documents in the first place
Touché – Carnegie Mellon University | CMU – really interesting immersive media experiments
Daring Fireball: Why ‘The Daily’ Failed – there is also the problem that the content didn’t have value. It wasn’t a professional tool like the Wall Street Journal or provide something you couldn’t get elsewhere
Nokia Siemens sells optical network unit to Marlin Equity Partners – ok, interesting move. But will it be enough to be competitive against the new network players?