by Jeff Yablon | Feb 14, 2012 | Business Process, Development
If Apple gets their way, they’ll soon control the book business in much the same way they’ve taken over the music business. And Apple is pretty good at controlling businesses; they’ve just sued Samsung to stop distribution of the Google Galaxy Nexus,...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 2, 2012 | Business Process, Development, Media
Every now and then, I talk about coopetition. It’s one of those words you might have to double-take, not sure if it’s a misspelling, and when you’re sure you’re read it right it can become a word that you think I’ve made up. It’s...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 28, 2011 | Business Process, Content, Media
As business change continues to swirl around video games and other media properties, Redbox prepares a 20% price increase (albeit one that shouldn’t have a bad impact on or create fallout from their customers), and Netflix keeps making stupid mistakes, you might...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 11, 2011 | Business Process, Media
The guys who made PressPausePlay have a problem: as they make abundantly clear in the film, anyone can make music or movies using inexpensive equipment that they might well already own. But whether that’s a good thing or bad is up in the air. When I’ve...
by Jeff Yablon | Jul 13, 2011 | Business Process, Customer Service, Media
Reed Hastings is lucky he’s rich, because if he’s behind a move Netflix made yesterday he may be the stupidest CEO of a multi-billion dollar company, ever. We’re taking a break from analyzing Google+ today, because yesterday Mr. Hastings’...
