June 16, 2010 by Brian Ussery
AT&T all but killed innovation for customers new and old earlier this month when it eliminated “Unlimited” mobile data as a core offering to new customers. With this move, AT&T has placed third party limitations between not only the developer and the platform but also the consumer and Apple. Because of AT&T’s move, it’s going to cost mobile application developers more to develop new apps. Fewer folks are likely to download these new apps due to cost concerns and fewer free apps are likely to be available. Such restrictions make consumers think twice about using the mobile web, much less extra services like iTunes and Android Market.
While none of this is good news, unless you’re AT&T, things could get interesting. AT&T is and has been Apple’s proprietary service provider since day one and Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs just recently “defriended” Adobe for an overall lack of innovation. What comes next, seems pretty clear! 
Oh well, maybe next year will be “the year for mobile”.
Tags: apple, at&t, iphone, mobile
Categories: Innovation •
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June 9, 2010 by Brian Ussery
It is still pretty interesting that folks like Fox News obviously still don’t understand search engines. One recent article states, “BP is being accused of trying to manipulate the search results on sites like Google and Yahoo, as it attempts to salvage its battered image following the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.” First of all there is an oil spill or oil spilling in the Gulf of Mexico it’s not just a slick. Second of all these results are clearly marked as “Sponsored” in search results. Third, according to Google the estimated cost for these terms is far lower than Fox or the Fiscal Times alleges. This article is basically all spin or just incorrect information. Either way, there is no manipulation and “big bucks” don’t appear to be changing hands. EDF and www.AudubonInstitute.org also appear in “Sponsored” results for the same terms.
Tags: Fiscal Times, Fox
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June 4, 2010 by Brian Ussery
There has been lots of talk about the 8GB card in HTC’s new Google EVO (two different cards were provided to IO attendees). It will be interesting to see how the HTC EVO is received Friday when the device finally hits store shelves. I’ve been using my EVO for a few weeks now and really like it. I’ve tried to replicate the SD card issue mentioned by others but so far haven’t been able to on my EVO no matter what I try. Maybe it’s Windows related not sure but, either way I wouldn’t be too concerned .
EVO is the first 4G mobile device and sports the supersonic 1GHZ Snapdragon processor. It’s so fast it needs a kickstand and has one build in the back. While EVO is a phone and not a tablet (though nobody can provide a clear definition) it’s pretty large. EVO’s battery in fact is largest I’ve seen in an HTC yet. I like the hot spot feature and look forward to having 2.2 up and running on my EVO. My favorite feature is EVO’s camera, it can take photos from either side of the phone. If you need a new phone, check out EVO.
Tags: Google, HTC EVO
Categories: Innovation, News, Uncategorized, iphone •
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June 3, 2010 by Brian Ussery
I know it’s hard to believe but here is BP’s current PPC ad on Google. BP stop helping and clean up your mess!
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May 25, 2010 by Brian Ussery
Google SSL search launched last week and provides users with an encrypted and secure connection when searching online via https://www.google.com. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), is the same protocol used for securing a wide variety of Internet services. Like secure shopping carts, this new feature is designed to prevent information from being intercepted either in transit or by third parties. Security is achieved in part due to the fact that SSL turns off the user’s browser referrer data. Without referrer data, web analytics can’t accurately track user interactions.
Just because you don’t see traffic from Google SSL doesn’t mean it isn’t there…
Categories: Google, analytics, seo •
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