Chrome overtaking Firefox

So, Chrome will overtake Firefox by the end of 2011 and IE by the end of 2012? [it looks likely]

Groupon set to screw the Stock Market

Why did Groupon not sell out to Google? Simple: because it’s a lot easier to fuck dumb individual investors, courtesy of Wall Street, than to fuck one of the smartest companies in the world.

Google is not stupid and I would venture a guess that acquisition terms and the ability of Groupon investors and execs to cash out were predicated on performance targets that Groupon knew it couldn’t meet. The only choice it has now is to go public and raise capital to fund the business. Unfortunately for Groupon, it isn’t too big to fail.

Well said. Thank you, Sir.

Italy? Not on the map.

Not when it comes to new parking policies aimed at decreasing private car traffic in cities, that is. Italy is, instead, ahead of the pack when it comes to the most polluted cities in Europe, winning places number 2, 3 and 4 – and having no less than 17 out of the 30 most polluted cities in Europe! Milan, Italy is probably the only city in Europe where parking your car on the sidewalk is legal (!).

Groupon is The Next DotBomb

The Head of Product Marketing for a market worth little like Italy should
have experience managing at least 50 people? Oh, my goodness!

To innovate

To innovate, you have to try many things, fail but keep trying, and be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time

- Jeff Bezos

Apple, the iPhone company

Four years ago, Steve Jobs’ company, now called “Apple, Inc”, dropped the “Computer” part from their original name of “Apple Computer, Inc”. Now that they’re making 50% of their income and even more of their profits from one single product – and by having only 4.9% worldwide market share in that product category! – they should officially be called the iPhone Company.

The Future of Media Companies

What if there were no future for media companies? What if the Internet meant that, on the one hand, companies can go direct to their customers and don’t need them half as much as they used to, and, on the other, that the only “media” to speak of will be either algorithm-driven websites, like Google, or community-driven websites, like Facebook? Or a mix of the two. In any case, companies based on hard data and user-contributed information about what people search for and what they like, what they share, what makes them connect and to whom and why. What if it were totally over for top-down publishing venues, no matter how prestigious, and no matter how much low-cost user-generated content crap they add? Like it is! What if they knew it? My guess is that, rather than give up on their idea of being entitled to being the opinion makers and then trying to create the next Polyvore, they’d probably be launching their own branded products, just like Vogue is doing with Vogue Eyewear.

Smart President, dumb people

Look at how he handled the publicity following the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and there’s little doubt Barack Obama is one of the smartest persons ever to become President. Look at how his fellow Americans are celebrating, and you can see why even Sarah Palin stands a chance in the US.

Sorry, ubuntu

If you’re serious about software, you should make your own hardware.

- Steve Jobs

Happiness at work (for dummies)

1. Try to find the higher purpose in what you are doing. Reframe even the most boring tasks.

2. Help someone. Ask yourself everyday at work: “how can I help someone today?”.

3. Find a way to get outside every day. Sunshine and nature and fresh air are vital to happiness.

4. Listen more than you speak.

5. Stop judging others.

6. Focus on what you can control.

7. Keep your promises and do what you say you are going to do.

–> Full post here.