Interesting article, noting the pitfalls that wait for companies that push the limits of their turf: In a risky move into consumer electronics, [Nokia] is launching a wireless Web surfer based on Linux […] Nokia, the world’s largest cell-phone maker, has a new wireless device. It isn’t a mobile phone. And it doesn’t use a […]
Music business sure has changed, no surprise here, note this article on MSNBC: Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll? Not anymore. Guitar, drums and a business plan are now ingredients for success and this Experts say changes in the industry are requiring artists to be even more mindful of ways to market themselves, and their […]
Interesting article on the benefits of integrating customer-driven innovations in ones business model … note this: User-created content has two extraordinary benefits. No. 1 is that when somebody makes a piece of content, they are so much more emotionally attached to it. It doesn’t even matter if it’s good or bad. If they made it, […]
A small article focussing on the interface design of the new Xbox … and noting its link to the business model: With the Xbox 360, Microsoft has shifted its focus to the community aspects of gaming. The new console will center around Xbox Live, enabling users to create profiles, locate fellow gamers and communicate in […]
Interesting article on business model innovations that lean on the content and work contributed by customers … note also that communities of customers can do important innovation work as well, besides evangelizing about products and services they like … It used to be that companies were created to serve customers. They would hire employees, build […]
OK, Yahoo entered the music business and stirred the market … yet, the bigger (and more interesting) story might be Yahoo! Music Engine, the service client … Yahoo opens up the API and aims to integrate those user generated innovations that will enhance the overall worth of the Yahoo music ecosystem … this is definitely […]
Seems like a smart move to me, still I have to wonder whether these ideas have potential … supposing that companies of the Microsoft ecosystem had their go already? Anyway, giving some ideas away to smaller and nimble entrepreneurs that can do things a huge organization like MSFT can’t do has its merits … and […]
