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Should Tablets Be Cool, Or Is It Good Enough to be a Toy?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

When Do Tablet Become Cool?

Are tablets cool? Are they tools, or toys? And if tablets are ‘just toys’, is Influency* still part of the discussion?

I’ve owned my Nexus 7 for about nine months now. And as its gestation period has progressed I’ve noticed that this great little tablet has taken a position somewhere between tool and toy. This is partially a matter of practicality and what tablets are well suited for, and partially about my having started using a Chromebook when I’m on the road; the Chromebook is so much more like a ‘real’ computer than that little keyboard-less tablet can ever be and so easy to carry—and reliable for a full day’s battery—that my original plans for using the Nexus 7 have changed. ... READ MORE of Should Tablets Be Cool, Or Is It Good Enough to be a Toy? at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (384 words, 1 image, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Influency

I Want a Mac/iPhone/Windows 8 PC/Nexus 7/iPad/Tablet !

Posted on November 2, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 6 Comments

Operating System Market Share October 2012

As I watch New York City attempt to recover from Hurricane Sandy and think about business change, I’m more aware than ever about perception and reality. The most difficult challenge I’ve had to overcome this week is the lack of fresh bread in my neighborhood. I’m grateful, and walking around the Upper East Side of Manhattan I’ve run into quite a few people who “get it” better than I might have guessed. I’m grateful for that, too. ... READ MORE of I Want a Mac/iPhone/Windows 8 PC/Nexus 7/iPad/Tablet ! at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (719 words, 1 image, estimated 2:53 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Marketing

As Things Change, They Change Faster

Posted on September 19, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

Sometimes, this stuff all changes too fast, even for me, your friendly neighborhood business change guy.

But the intersection between technology, business, and people’s behavior is one that we pay attention to, because there’s no other choice. And that change just keeps coming. How fast? Take a look at this:

This is a sign-up form to become a publisher at Atavist. Atavist is—or will be—a book publisher. Atavist is starting as a pure eBook play, with “plans” to one day print the real thing. Oh: and Atavist is backed by a $20 million investment from Barry Diller and Scott Rudin, two top-of-the-foodchain media guys. ... READ MORE of As Things Change, They Change Faster at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (602 words, 2 images, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Media

News Not Written About: Google Has Dumbed Down The Nexus 7

Posted on July 25, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 44 Comments

Nexus 7 Lock Screen At First Boot

I’ve got me a Google/Asus Nexus 7 Tablet (yep, I’m so excited that I’m going with “I’ve got me . . . “). I ordered it right before the pre-order period ended, and it arrived a bit under a week later. And it’s as cool as all the many, many reviews of the Nexus 7 say it is; the Nexus 7 is an absolutely amazing tablet computer, doing way more stuff for $200 than any device I’ve seen. ... READ MORE of News Not Written About: Google Has Dumbed Down The Nexus 7 at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (2546 words, 2 images, estimated 10:11 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Design, Media

Nexus 7: Just Try And Sue Google Now, Apple

Posted on July 20, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

Yesterday, my Nexus 7 arrived and I spent a bunch of time digging into it. I’ll have the results for you next week.

Something (almost) even cooler than my new Nexus 7 arrived at Answer Guy Central yesterday. Remember that UK judge who threw out Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung because he ruled that the Galaxy Tab isn’t as cool as the iPad? He’s ordered Apple to publicize his ruling.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Against Apple iPad, and 'Cool'Google Nexus 7 Tab

Given how I feel about software patents, that would be plenty of cool for one day. Justin Bieber, I’m watching you. ... READ MORE of Nexus 7: Just Try And Sue Google Now, Apple at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (388 words, 3 images, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Content, Media

UK Court Rule: iPads are Cool . . . Losing Patent Protection

Posted on July 10, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 5 Comments

I’ve long had concerns about the way patents and trademarks are issued. And while I confess to knowing very little about the systems in place outside the USA, I understand how things work here well enough that one of the things you can hire Answer Guy Central to do for you is Intellectual Property Consulting.

Yesterday, a court in the UK ruled that the Samsung Galaxy Tab, one of the many Android-based tablet computers, doesn’t infringe on Apple’s iPad patents because . . . I’m not kidding . . . the Galaxy Tab “isn’t as cool as the iPad”. ... READ MORE of UK Court Rule: iPads are Cool . . . Losing Patent Protection at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (427 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Content, Design

The iPad Retina Display is a Complete Waste of—Everything

Posted on March 22, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 16 Comments

The newest iPad’s “Retina Display” is Stupid.

There, I said it.

Holy cow, the crispness of resolution of video or any elements “built for the Retina Display” is amazing to behold. Now, go find something—anything—that actually makes use of the technology. ... READ MORE of The iPad Retina Display is a Complete Waste of—Everything at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (585 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Content, Marketing

Apple, eBooks/iBooks, Evil Business Practices, Odds and Ends

Posted on February 7, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 7 Comments

Since Apple announced their plans for world domination of electronic books a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been busy telling you about a few other business change issues. The MegaUpload/Carpathia story is huge, of course, and the new face of retail as envisioned by RentTheRunway is a big story. It’s hard to ignore Neil Young all but coming out in favor of music piracy, and I couldn’t let the sheer fun that is Jot.ly’s foray into the idea of rating everything get away. And I sure hope you read about Google Wallet and NFC’s non-invasion of the US market. ... READ MORE of Apple, eBooks/iBooks, Evil Business Practices, Odds and Ends at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (483 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Design, Media

iPad Extends Reach, Controls Second Rate Newspaper (NY Post)

Posted on June 20, 2011 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about how The New York Observer Used Me As a Source for a Story on David Pogue. In that piece, I referred to The Observer as New York City’s fourth biggest newspaper.

The Top Three, in no particular order, are The New York Times, New York Post, and New York Daily News. I’m a Times reader, but I present the big three without comment as to which is best, because they’re all big, and being written with clearly different readers in mind it would be wrong to say that one was better than the other. ... READ MORE of iPad Extends Reach, Controls Second Rate Newspaper (NY Post) at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (450 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Customer Service, Media

You’re Only Allowed To Watch TV on a TV (Oh, Really?)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 4 Comments

The horse is out of the barn. I guess we’d better slam that door shut. In yet another example of why business change and the way you manage it matter, Fox Television has shown—again—a clear misunderstanding of the business they’re in.

Recently, Time Warner Cable released an iPad App that lets its subscribers watch some of the channels they’re already paying for on their evil little media consumption devices. In the last few days, Cablevision has done the same thing. Fox Television (and to be fair, others as well, but picking on the lack of business acumen at Fox and their parent company NewsCorp is just so easy!) think that’s a bad thing. ... READ MORE of You’re Only Allowed To Watch TV on a TV (Oh, Really?) at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (415 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Media

A New Form of iPad Evil: Tech Journalists Who Can’t Write

Posted on January 4, 2011 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 2 Comments

Gorillaz play on an iPad

How can The Gorillaz be part of the evil that is the iPad? By using everybody’s favorite tablet computer well, and  then watching their music label and bad writing make them look bad.

Gizmodo, one of those incredibly popular technology blogs that has supplanted old-school newspapers and magazines as the place where geeks get their information, reported last week that you could Download the Gorillaz’s New iPad-Only Album. ... READ MORE of A New Form of iPad Evil: Tech Journalists Who Can’t Write at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (337 words, 1 image, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Content, Customer Service, Search Engine Optimization SEO

The iPad Is at Verizon! (Real) Whoopee! (Fake)

Posted on October 14, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 2 Comments

Verizon is selling the iPad. No kidding, it’s not a rumor. Go to Verizon’s web site and you can see the offer:

iPad at Verizon

See the prices? They’re exactly the same prices you pay to get a phone-enabled iPad from AT&T. But Verizon’s iPad isn’t a phone. It comes instead with a MiFi Mobile HotSpot device, meaning that you can have Internet on your iPad anywhere. Which make a lot more sense than having your iPad be a phone. And if you’re technically adept you can make it be a phone by playing with the Internet connection that the MiFi device gives you. ... READ MORE of The iPad Is at Verizon! (Real) Whoopee! (Fake) at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (434 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Apple TV: the iPad Control Monster at a Whole New Level

Posted on October 11, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 17 Comments

What’s the size, weight, and color of a hockey puck, is evil, and wants to control you, your computer, and much, much more?

This weekend I spend a few hours playing with an Apple TV. It was a gift. A really thoughtful gift that someone with a geek in their lives could do well to choose for them. And it looks great, works exactly as advertised, and like so many of Apple’s creations does what it does in a way that you can’t help but be impressed by. ... READ MORE of Apple TV: the iPad Control Monster at a Whole New Level at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (534 words, 1 image, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Design, Media

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and The iPad at Best Buy

Posted on September 17, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 7 Comments

I love statistics.

No, I’m not a big math geek. And by “love” I actually mean “hate”. As much fun as statistics can be to play with and as useful as they can be when viewed objectively, they’re incredibly easy to manipulate so they say something different once you’ve twisted them.

Or as Mark Twain once put it: “There are three kinds of lies. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics“.

The CEO of BestBuy has been quoted, or perhaps misquoted, as saying that the iPad has cannibalized 50% of laptop sales. And nobody is better qualified to make a judgment like that than the man who runs the USA’s largest electronics chain, right? ... READ MORE of Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and The iPad at Best Buy at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (382 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Steve Jobs Hates Reality TV. Me Too. But Steve Owns You.

Posted on September 8, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 0 Comments

Steve Jobs Hates Reality TV. Or he hates “Amateur Hour”. Or . . . wait . . . maybe he hates you, but wants your money.

At last week’s unveiling of the new Apple TV, Chairman Steve used the words “people don’t want amateur hour”. Of course, the amount of time that gets spent on YouTube makes that statement so obviously incorrect it wouldn’t even be worth commenting on had it not come out of the mouth of Steve Jobs. ... READ MORE of Steve Jobs Hates Reality TV. Me Too. But Steve Owns You. at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (382 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Media




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