Archive for the ‘Google’ Category

When Will Groupon Tip?

Monday, December 20th, 2010

Groupon is really catching on like wildfire, despite doomsayers' claims of low barriers to entry, and unsustainable business model (like New Yorker's column by James Surowiecki). The Groupon team has hit such a sweet spot of viral customer acquisition and high-margin revenue that it felt comfortable rejecting Google's $6 billion ...

Google Won’t Replicate Nexus One Experiment

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Google has just announced that it is pulling the plug on their Nexus One web store and web-only distribution model. The lack of distribution arrangement with a tier-one network - in terms of subsidies, network compatibility and cross-channel distribution - kind of cornered the Nexus One into a rather small ...

Google Finance Tiptoes into Social Investing

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Google Finance has just released new features for its financial portal.  Overall, the redesign significantly improves the homepage and delivers a lot more information in a much smoother way. I found the “Popularity” feature in the top movers section very interesting.   This feature uses Google Trends to rank stocks/companies based ...

“Social Investing”, Herd Mentality, and the Stock Market

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Social investing has picked up my interest lately. I plan to review and track services in this area, as they become available and improve. Few areas of web 2.0 elicit as much controversy as “social investing”, loosely defined as services that add a social network twist to online financial and ...

Webguild Presentation – The Future of Site Design

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

I went to a presentation by the Silicon Valley Webguild on the Future of Site Design. The panel included Alex Limi, User Interface Designer – Google, Bill Scott, Ajax Evangelist & Design Manager – Yahoo!, and Luke Kowalski, Corporate UI Architect – Oracle. Bill Scott’s presentation was very polished on ...