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Genial

Buna seara,

Va trimit atasat o lista de discounturi pentru autoturisme din stoc.

Radu Apostolescu, eu zic sa le ceri un fee modic pentru imagine :)

Altfel, avem si noi Black Friday :) la abonamentele ZF si Business Magazin, 50% reducere doar astazi.

„Toti suntem datori cu un faliment”

Lansare de carte aseara la Gala ZF, autorii fiind colegii mei Cristian Hostiuc/Fini, director editorial ZF, si Sorin Paslaru, redactor sef ZF. Doua titluri inspirate din vremurile pe care le traim: „Toti suntem datori cu un faliment” respectiv „PIB-ul fara tara, cum reconstruim increderea in Romania”. De pus pe lista cartilor pentru vacanta :)

„Dual screen”

De aici, o analiza suficient de interesanta pentru oricine are tangenta cu politica.

Tipping point in industria muzicala

Universal Music Group, home to Lady Gaga and U2, on Tuesday reported that revenue for the last nine months had risen 2.1 percent over the last year.

Sales from CDs dipped again by 14.2 percent to €1.02 billion ($1.29 billion) while digital grew another 8.6 percent to €916 million ($1.16 billion) — poised to overtake physical sales soon.

UMG is not the first label to reach this tipping point. Warner Music Group has seen the same pattern as digital music sales grow and CD sales shrink ever more.

De aici.

Google ISP

Google Inc. has held talks with satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. DISH in recent weeks to partner on a new wireless service that would rival the networks of wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon, according to people familiar with the discussions.

The discussions are the latest move by Google to expand its ownership of the infrastructure that brings the Web to personal computers and mobile devices, including the pipes that connect people’s homes to the Internet.

Din WSJ

Acum o luna, la ZF Digital, cineva din audienta l-a intrebat pe Dan Bulucea, CEO Google Romania, daca Google nu ar trebui sa le plateasca operatorilor telecom ceva venituri pentru ca servicii ca YouTube sau Maps au crescut si pentru ca operatorii au investit in infrastructura. Eu l-am intrebat pe Dan in ce masura recenta miscare de a oferi in Kansas internet la viteze de 1 Gbps (btw, e operational de zilele trecute) nu este un test pentru a vedea cum e cu businessul de ISP. Dan a raspuns politicos pr-istic ambelor intrebari. Nici nu o putea face altfel.

Miscarea facuta de Google e normala, dezvoltarea pe verticala pentru a controla accesul la internet, insa pe cat de normala e pentru Google, pe atat de anormala e pentru industria telecom si cred ca pot simti deja incordarea executivilor din aceasta industrie cand vor citi in aceasta dimineata articolul din WSJ. Chiar si fara o concretizare a discutiilor cu Dish, intentia Google de a intra in acest business ar trebui sa le dea fiori, mai ales dupa ce au lansat in Kansas.

Google vs Samsung

All this plus an overall growth in volumes from 64 million to over 100 million per quarter has meant that the company is raking in enormous profits. Not only did it overtake Nokia, the market share leader for 14 years, but is making more profits than Nokia ever did.

So much profit in fact that it has overtaken Google’s decisively.

The reason I point this out is that Samsung’s success is dependent on having ridden on the back of Android. Samsung’s ascent can be precisely timed to their adoption of Android. The groundbreaking Samsung Galaxy launch was the Galaxy S which shipped in June 2010.

Sursa

Ad-ul zilei

E un MacBook Air? E un iPad? Nu, e Dell XPS12 (click pe imagine pt o rezolutie mai buna). Sursa

O imagine si un articol

Graficul zilei

Veniturile Google pe primele 6 luni, $10.9 $20.8 miliarde, sunt mai mari decat toata industria de print din SUA, care a generat doar $10.5 $19.2 miliarde. Sursa