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Free Basics in India or How Not to do Country-Wide Public Relations

By on Feb 8, 2016

Today lots of American websites are focusing on the best Super Bowl commercial. However, I want to focus on a different topic taking place halfway around the world. This morning the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, or TRAI, ruled against Facebook and their Free Basics service along with other zero rated services. The main reason […]

Tulip Mania and the App Boom

By on Jan 5, 2016

In the 17th century Holland was very suddenly a rich and powerful country. Positioned as a world trade leader, wealth flowed through her many ships. At the same time, tulips from explorations in modern day Turkey were brought back and readily grew in the cold and boggy climate the Dutch called home. Tulips were very […]

The Mobile Web vs Native Apps

By on Jan 4, 2016

We are in the midst of a revolution, and like most midsts of most revolutions, it’s really messy and unsettled. It’s crazy times. Should you support the Mobile Web party, the party of freedom and interoperability and keeping-things-simple? Or the Native App party, the party of walled gardens and specific platforms and easy monetization? The […]