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Submission + - Spotify to bait and switch? (hbr.org)

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on Friday July 22, 2011 @11:37AM

hype7 writes: "The Harvard Business Review, of all places, is running a story suggesting that Spotify may have to rely on a bait & switch strategy — or might have one forced upon it by the record labels. From the article: "Spotify gets all its content from the same place everyone else does –" the same industry that has forced price increases on other online services once they have become successful. That appears to be at least partly what happened with Netflix last week. At least in the case of the existing a la carte music services, if you don't like the new price, you don't have to buy the new track. In Spotify's world, if you don't like the new price, there goes your music library. Or, if Spotify tries to stand up for its users, the labels can just pull the songs and those songs simply disappear.""

Submission + - Big Content is strangling American innovation (hbr.org)

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on Thursday March 31, 2011 @12:28PM

hype7 writes: "Harvard Business Review is running an article close to many slashdotter's hearts: the problems with "Big Content". They make the argument that all the measures that the movie and music industry are putting in place to protect their business models actually threatens to undermine the innovation engine that the US has built up in the tech space. Very interesting reading."

Submission + - The fall of Wintel and the rise of Armdroid

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on Monday January 17, 2011 @07:22PM

hype7 writes: "The Harvard Business Review are running a very interesting article on how this year's CES marked the end of the Wintel platform's dominance. Their argument is that tablets are going to disrupt the PC, and these tablets are predominantly going to be running on Google's Android powered by ARM processors — "Armdroid"."

Submission + - The future of Android and Google (hbr.org)

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on Friday November 19, 2010 @05:02PM

hype7 writes: "Given the recent publicity about Android and Google, the Harvard Business Review are offering another interesting perspective. They argue that Google runs a serious risk of losing control of Android, as competitors such as Bing and Baidu move in. It certainly presents an interesting possibility — that Android could win but Google wouldn't see any benefit out of it."

Submission + - Google losing control of Android (hbr.org)

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on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @02:25PM

hype7 writes: "The Harvard Business Review are running an interesting article, questioning whether Android will end up making Google any money in the long run — with the likes of Microsoft and Baidu fighting to take the place of Google's services on Android handsets. It certainly does beg the question — what would the future of Android look like if Google no longer supported it, or if they closed the source off?"

Submission + - Balloon 100,000ft up - with a digital camera

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on Thursday October 15, 2009 @09:21PM

hype7 writes: "An Australian student at Deakin University had a fascinating idea for a final project — to send a balloon up 100,000ft (~30,000 metres) into the stratosphere with a digital camera attached. The university was supportive, and the project took shape. Although there were some serious hitches along the way, the project was successful, and he managed to retrieve the balloon — with the pictures. What's really amazing is that the total cost was so low; the most expensive part was buying the helium gas for approximately AUD$250 (~USD$200)."

Submission + - Apple & EMI to sell DRM-free music

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on Monday April 02, 2007 @02:01AM

hype7 writes: "According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the joint press conference called today by Apple and EMI will relate to the latter's decision to remove DRM from the tracks that are sold online. "In a major reversal of the music industry's longstanding antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC is set to announce Monday that it plans to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software, according to people familiar with the matter. The London-based music company is to make its announcement in a press conference that will feature Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs. EMI is to sell songs without the software — known as digital rights management, or DRM — through Apple's iTunes Store and possibly through other online outlets, too." Good for EMI for boldly striding into the future."

Submission + - The most draconian copyright laws in the world

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on Monday November 20, 2006 @06:36AM

hype7 writes: "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting on the result of Australia's recent copyright law review. The outcome? Some of the most draconian copyright laws in the world: " Under current copyright laws, no technology users in Australia have been charged with copyright infringement. However, thousands have been sued in the US, including "grandmothers who don't have computers" and "dead people", Mr Clapperton said. 'What EFA is very much concerned about is that thousands of people are being sued on the basis of inaccurate information. We're afraid that we will see this in Australia except, instead of suing them, they will have them charged under the new criminal provisions.' " The opposition parties are not supporting the bill, and the Government has claimed it is willing to consider amendments — so if you're an Aussie, email or write to your local member to let them know what you think of this bill!"

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