Interesting Tidbits for September 10th

Things worth reading for August 22nd through September 10th:

• Gartner Negative on PC Growth – Zacks.com – Last of several links about the lack of growth in the PC market.
• Gartner Cuts PC Growth Estimates, Blaming Economy, Tablets | News & Opinion | PCMag.com – Third of several links about the lack of growth in the PC market.
• Blame the iPad for Slow PC Sales – NYTimes.com – Second of several links about the lack of growth in the PC market.
• Are Tablets Taking the Place of PCs? – Digits – WSJ – First of several links about the lack of growth in the PC market.
• » Toss Productivity Out :zenhabits –
• Eric Ries Is A Lean Startup Machine | Fast Company –
• The Complete Guide To Freemium Business Models | TechCrunch –
• Lucy Hood: Smartphones Are Bridging the Digital Divide – WSJ.com –
• Mass-Market Paperbacks Sales in Decline – NYTimes.com –
• Freemium businesses boom as computing costs fall | Reuters –
• Alyson Hyder takes the helm at VivaKi Ventures | VivaKi –
• Henry Ford, Innovation, and That “Faster Horse” Quote –
• Press Releases, Media Resources | Spencer Stuart – Average Chief Marketing Officer Tenure Hits New High: 42 Months –
• Balance of power continues to shift in the e-book wars — Tech News and Analysis –
• You Can Now Watch “The Big Lebowski” With Your Facebook Friends – Fascinating article from Mashable about a new social viewing opportunity on Facebook. However, the article is quite unclear about whether the opportunity is to co-view via simultaneous streams (rather like what happened in Second Life) or if it merely aggregates and time-stamps comments, rather like the social notes functionality for Amazon’s Kindle platform. Does anybody have insight on this? Joost, many years ago, was developing a simultaneous streaming technology but I don’t see it ready for prime time anywhere outside of Netflix viewing parties on Xbox.

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