Archive for August 2nd, 2008
F|R: The Top 5 Reasons Tech Execs Fail
Regardless of the title your company’s top technology executive uses — CTO, CIO, Chief Product Officer or VP of Engineering — your company will ultimately look to this person to produce the software and technical products upon which your business success depends. Through our earlier career experiences (at Quigo, eBay and PayPal), and now through our consulting practice (AKF Partners), we’ve noticed that there are five consistent reasons why a tech executive fails. Per...
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Becoming and Staying Facebook Friends with Jeff Pulver
Ever since reaching 5,000 friends on Facebook on March 14th, 2008, Ive been troubled by the issue of the 5,000 friend limit on Facebook. Life on Facebook would be simpler if there was no limit on the number of friends / relationships I could maintain in the Facebook name space. Despite the fact that Mark Zuckerberg told me back in November, 2007 that 5,000 was just a number, it is the number which limits my ability to use Facebook as my default communications network. The only work around ...
New Controllers Coming for Guitar Hero + Music Studio!
Software publisher Activision and peripheral maker Logitech have announced a joint venture to make premium controllers shaped like instruments for Guitar Hero World Tour. The game is expected to debut this fall, and will be available for the all the popular gaming consoles, including Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlaytStaion 3 and Nintendo Wii. The new game will use new controllers, including a more responsive and freshly designed guitar along with a new microphone. The major difference from th...
Kindle Moving & Grooving
Ever since Amazon launched the Kindle last November, TechCrunch has been wondering about just how successful it’s been. (Me, too!) The electronic book initially sold out and supplies have been tight. The Kindle is such a small part of Amazon’s overall business that the company does not break out how many it’s sold. But we found out anyway: 240,000 Kindles have been shipped since November, according to a source close to Amazon with direct knowledge of the numbers. Not bad, but c...
Apple Stays Exclusive with AT&T — Boo!
According to USA Today, AT&T and Apple have agreed to extend their exclusivity relationship through 2009, meaning the next iPhone will be made specifically for AT&T service. The report claims that Apple originally signed the deal with AT&T through 2008 and next year would start selling iPhones on other carrier services. But after AT&T offered a $300 subsidy on each iPhone instead of the revenue-sharing model that became such a hot issue last year, Apple decided it was in its be...
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