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• Did Nexus One fail?
  Chris Selland, July 21st, 2010 at 8:40 am, Comments: 0

  Was the soon-to-be discontinued Nexus One a failure? Or did it plant the seeds for Android’s success?

• Wiring the Web
  Chris Selland, April 23rd, 2010 at 9:04 am, Comments: 0

  It’s been a busy couple of weeks for tying together the disparate pages and services that most of know as ‘the web’ – and the identities, preferences and profiles of those who use and browse it. Facebook’s announcements this past week have rightfully gotten tremendous attention, Twitter has been busy, and Salesforce.com made an equally important – if less-understood – move with its acquisition of Jigsaw. The battle for owning identity across the web – and mobile as well – is in high gear. What do Google, Apple and Microsoft have planned?

• Nexus One – Week One
  Chris Selland, March 25th, 2010 at 7:53 pm, Comments: 0

  Quick thoughts on the $GOOG Nexus One after using it for a week

• Warning Signs ‘Flash’ing for Adobe
  Chris Selland, March 6th, 2010 at 4:54 pm, Comments: 0

  What does the Flash vs. HTML5 debate – over the future of web video – mean to Adobe’s future?

• Tech in 2010 – Growth with a Quality Bias
  Chris Selland, February 21st, 2010 at 12:07 pm, Comments: 0

  Tech is poised for growth in 2010 but it’s increasingly looking like a much better year for the well-established and well-respected tech companies, and a challenging environment for the second-tire companies.

• Beyond Buzz
  Chris Selland, February 16th, 2010 at 7:19 pm, Comments: 0

  Like most of my online friends, I love shiny new toys, and as soon as I got Google ($GOOG) Buzz I played around with it in Gmail (web and mobile) – and wasn’t overly impressed.  It initially struck me as a FriendFeed-esque aggregator of other sources (notably Twitter ($TWIT)) with some commenting capabilities of its own.  Last [...]

• After the iPad – Wireless Price Wars?
  Chris Selland, January 29th, 2010 at 10:04 am, Comments: 0

  First I should get my opinion on the $AAPL iPad out of the way.  Yes, I want one – but I will probably get rid of my iPhone if I do.  Lack of multitasking and a keyboard drives me nuts. I want a $GOOG Android phone. iPad is cool media consumption device, but those who buy [...]

• What’s Up at RealNetworks?
  Chris Selland, January 14th, 2010 at 1:21 pm, Comments: 0

  Lots of activity in $RNWK this morning as the share price is up ~16% at the time of this post – following yesterday’s announcement that founder and longtime CEO Rob Glaser is stepping down.  Investors are clearly seeing this as a path to the sale of the company as Canaccord Adams upgrades them on buyout speculation and [...]

• Salesforce going shopping?
  Chris Selland, January 12th, 2010 at 11:56 pm, Comments: 0

  Looks like there’s a good chance my predictions that Salesforce.com ($CRM) will get more aggressive on the M&A front in 2010 are coming true.  Fellow Enterprise Irregular Larry Dignan has more details on the $500 million convertible bond issue. Of course, $500M likely does not a ‘game changer’ acquisition buy, but it can certainly help [...]

• Ten Tech Tells for ’10
  Chris Selland, December 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 pm, Comments: 0

  This is by no means a comprehensive list – it’s admittedly biased toward the tech sectors I follow most closely (software and wireless) – but here are a few companies I’ll be keeping an eye on as we move into the new year – some as short-term opportunities, others with a longer time horizon.  If, [...]