Comments - 2011: Apple's Dominance, Facebook to Go Public, Groupon's Billions, Google: More than Ads? - TechHui2024-03-29T06:53:54Zhttp://www.techhui.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1702911%3ABlogPost%3A71840&xn_auth=no@Dan That's classic! :Dtag:www.techhui.com,2011-02-16:1702911:Comment:758372011-02-16T20:44:31.243ZJKhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/JosephKourieh
@Dan That's classic! :D
@Dan That's classic! :D @Brian Those are good points.…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-02-16:1702911:Comment:756812011-02-16T19:58:17.783ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
<p>@Brian Those are good points. Cloud platforms create a strong vendor lock-in. I like Google's offerings so much I'm generally willing to live with that, but I'm interested to hear more about your cloud standards idea.</p>
<p>@Joseph Thank you. It will be interesting to see what happens with Facebook's email alternative. The other day my friend's daughter's response to his request for an email was very interesting. "Dad, I don't even have an email account. Email is so 2009." She communicates…</p>
<p>@Brian Those are good points. Cloud platforms create a strong vendor lock-in. I like Google's offerings so much I'm generally willing to live with that, but I'm interested to hear more about your cloud standards idea.</p>
<p>@Joseph Thank you. It will be interesting to see what happens with Facebook's email alternative. The other day my friend's daughter's response to his request for an email was very interesting. "Dad, I don't even have an email account. Email is so 2009." She communicates with friends entirely via texting, Twitter DM and Facebook messages. When my friend complained, "But I'm not on Facebook or Twitter" she responded, "Exactly." :-)</p> You know I like Google and sh…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-24:1702911:Comment:724762011-01-24T19:50:57.091ZBrianhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/Brian268
<p>You know I like Google and share many of your sentiments on these issues. Heck I'm a huge consumer of Google Apps and love the whole concept.</p>
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<p>That said, I can't help but play a little bit of devil's advocate and think on history's lessons. Wasn't Microsoft our saviour from evil proprietary entities like Sun & IBM?</p>
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<p>Cloud Infrastructures like Google are the ultimate vendor lock-in. And frankly I think it will continue to work out well - at least certainly in…</p>
<p>You know I like Google and share many of your sentiments on these issues. Heck I'm a huge consumer of Google Apps and love the whole concept.</p>
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<p>That said, I can't help but play a little bit of devil's advocate and think on history's lessons. Wasn't Microsoft our saviour from evil proprietary entities like Sun & IBM?</p>
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<p>Cloud Infrastructures like Google are the ultimate vendor lock-in. And frankly I think it will continue to work out well - at least certainly in the short to mid-term. A lot of this could be mitigated through open cloud standards. I wonder if Google has any plans for such initiatives?</p>
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<p>Otherwise... do no evil? hmm..</p> Great post Dan. I definitely…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-21:1702911:Comment:723502011-01-21T09:13:56.151ZJKhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/JosephKourieh
<p class="p1">Great post Dan. I definitely agree with your take on Google, it'll be interesting to see what direction Page will take the company in 2011. I'm also looking forward to Qwiki's launch and what their platform can to do with the whole 'information experience' thing. </p>
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<p class="p1">Mark Zuckerberg's presentation about Facebook's new messaging system was interesting. E-mail is going to be a thing of the past, maybe not in 2011, but probably sooner than we…</p>
<p class="p1">Great post Dan. I definitely agree with your take on Google, it'll be interesting to see what direction Page will take the company in 2011. I'm also looking forward to Qwiki's launch and what their platform can to do with the whole 'information experience' thing. </p>
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<p class="p1">Mark Zuckerberg's presentation about Facebook's new messaging system was interesting. E-mail is going to be a thing of the past, maybe not in 2011, but probably sooner than we think.</p> @John - I really think Quora…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-20:1702911:Comment:723442011-01-20T19:19:43.218ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
<blockquote>@John - I really think Quora is well done and useful, I am not sure if TechCrunch needs to write 5 articles on it every week but it does provide a lot of value</blockquote>
I agree on both accounts. I like TechCrunch but they definitely have their fetishes. Quora is very useful. We finally have what Korea had with Naver Q&A 8 years ago :-)<br/>
<blockquote>@John - I really think Quora is well done and useful, I am not sure if TechCrunch needs to write 5 articles on it every week but it does provide a lot of value</blockquote>
I agree on both accounts. I like TechCrunch but they definitely have their fetishes. Quora is very useful. We finally have what Korea had with Naver Q&A 8 years ago :-)<br/> It looks this is the year of…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-18:1702911:Comment:719072011-01-18T06:43:23.557ZJohnhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/John
<p>It looks this is the year of massive VC investment</p>
<p>e.g., $30 million tonight for Cheezburger: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/17/i-can-has-funding-cheezburger-raises-30m-for-lolcats-fail-blog-and-other-memes/">http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/17/i-can-has-funding-cheezburger-raises-30m-for-lolcats-fail-blog-and-other-memes/</a></p>
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<p>btw, I really think Quora is well done and useful, I am not sure if TechCrunch needs to write 5 articles on it every week but it does…</p>
<p>It looks this is the year of massive VC investment</p>
<p>e.g., $30 million tonight for Cheezburger: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/17/i-can-has-funding-cheezburger-raises-30m-for-lolcats-fail-blog-and-other-memes/">http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/17/i-can-has-funding-cheezburger-raises-30m-for-lolcats-fail-blog-and-other-memes/</a></p>
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<p>btw, I really think Quora is well done and useful, I am not sure if TechCrunch needs to write 5 articles on it every week but it does provide a lot of value</p> I wonder if Qora will really…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-08:1702911:Comment:718512011-01-08T20:42:51.431ZCameron Souzahttp://www.techhui.com/profile/CameronSouza
I wonder if Qora will really take off this year.<br/>
I wonder if Qora will really take off this year.<br/> Watch out for duckduckgo.comtag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-08:1702911:Comment:720422011-01-08T16:51:43.565ZPatrick Ahlerhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/PatrickAhler
Watch out for <a target="_blank" href="http://duckduckgo.com">duckduckgo.com</a>
Watch out for <a target="_blank" href="http://duckduckgo.com">duckduckgo.com</a> Thank you John.
Will 2011 be…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-08:1702911:Comment:720352011-01-08T10:19:19.444ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
Thank you John.<br></br>
<blockquote>Will 2011 be the year that a critical mass of people become dissatisfied with Google's search results?</blockquote>
I'm betting no because I think Google search is still the best around and they are well protected by a comprehensive search-related patent portfolio. Sure, as the articles you referenced point out, spam is an ongoing problem, but Google is always devising new techniques to battle black hat SEO tactics. I believe those problems will be mitigated by…
Thank you John.<br/>
<blockquote>Will 2011 be the year that a critical mass of people become dissatisfied with Google's search results?</blockquote>
I'm betting no because I think Google search is still the best around and they are well protected by a comprehensive search-related patent portfolio. Sure, as the articles you referenced point out, spam is an ongoing problem, but Google is always devising new techniques to battle black hat SEO tactics. I believe those problems will be mitigated by better technology over time. Any other search company that isn't relying on manual content gardening or a directory system will run into the same issues. That being said, I'm not sure why they aren't using the same Bayesian network approach that is so effective for spam identification in their email product to filter their search results. Perhaps this year they will.<br/>
<blockquote>Will the bubble burst? It seems pretty clear that the enthusiasm and valuations are getting out of control (not just the above but $18 million for online pants companies, etc.)</blockquote>
I agree. There are plenty of signs of 90s-style valuation craziness. Looking at previous cycles I don't think there will be a major correction this year, but as Mika frequently reminds me, I've been wrong before :-) Dan, great post. A few relate…tag:www.techhui.com,2011-01-08:1702911:Comment:719432011-01-08T07:38:30.460ZJohnhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/John
<p>Dan, great post. A few related points:</p>
<p>- Will 2011 be the year that a critical mass of people become dissatisfied with Google's search results? There's an alarming number of people complaining about how spam is dominating search results (e.g., <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/01/trouble-in-the-house-of-google.html" target="_blank">Coding Horror</a>,…</p>
<p>Dan, great post. A few related points:</p>
<p>- Will 2011 be the year that a critical mass of people become dissatisfied with Google's search results? There's an alarming number of people complaining about how spam is dominating search results (e.g., <a target="_blank" href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/01/trouble-in-the-house-of-google.html">Coding Horror</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/01/why-we-desperately-need-a-new-and-better-google-2/">TechCrunch</a>). Google may be expanding into new areas but is it's grip on its core loosening?</p>
<p>- Will the bubble burst? It seems pretty clear that the enthusiasm and valuations are <a target="_blank" href="http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/11/storm-clouds.html">getting out of control</a> (not just the above but <a target="_blank" href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/bonobos-raises-18-5-million-metrosexuals-unite/">$18 million for online pants companies</a>, etc.). We've seen what happens when the bubble burst 10 years ago and we saw locally just last year with the fallout from killing 221. It may not happen in 2011 but is a major correction that far away?</p>