Aktuelles 15. Februar 2012

Lesenswerte Analysen, Hintergrundberichte und interessante News:

• Download bots were the “well-known secret” of the app ecosystem "It’s absurd to think about how long Apple must have known about and tolerated this practice.
  Several panelists had said they had tested out marketing services that may have used bots. They were suspicious because these services provided downloads without any corresponding bump in active usage."
• Apple’s Size Clouds Market – WSJ.com Apple ist mittlerweile so erfolgreich, dass es aus Wirtschaftsbetrachtungen ausgeklammert werden muss, um ein Bild vom Rest zu bekommen:
  "David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, forecasts that the technology sector will increase its earnings by 21% in the fourth quarter compared to a year earlier. But that would shrink to roughly 5% once Apple is factored out.
  "What's happening with Apple is real, because Apple's earnings are real and any wealth accruing to Apple gets into the hands of U.S. shareholders," said Barry Knapp, chief equity strategist at Barclays Capital. "But to actually be able to look at trends and look at what's happening to [other companies], not just the one that's so exceptional, it is important to strip Apple out.""
• Reid Hoffman’s New Business Entrepreneur Book "The Start-Up of You" – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD "Hoffman and Casnocha tell readers to have a “Plan A” while developing a “Plan B” in the background — basically, a day job and a passion project. They say to also have a “Plan Z,” which is described as a safety net such as life savings or moving back in with parents, to make fear of failure less acute."
• Ubuntu Linux: Erste Schritte mit dem Gratis-System Spiegel Online erklärt Ubuntu.
• Techdirt: EU Official Who Resigned Over ACTA Details Why ACTA Is Dangerous; While His Replacement Seems Unlikely To Care
• Techdirt: Sony Music Raised Prices On Whitney Houston’s Music… Less Than 30 Minutes After She Died
• heise online | Europäische Kommission zeigt sich von ACTA-Protesten unbeeindruckt "Es sei misslich, dass sich die Diskussion von den Freihandelsaspekten weg zu den Grundrechten verschoben habe. Grundsätzlich müsse immer darauf verwiesen werden, dass ACTA Arbeitsplätze in ganz Europa sichere, weil mit ACTA die Errungenschaften des geistigen Eigentums gegen die Chinas dieser Welt verteidigt würden."

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