Social: Annual "I Ate Your Halloween Candy" Torture of Your Own Kids

This is now an annual event - post-Halloween ritual from Jimmy Kimmel Live where parents forever change the innocent lives of their children by telling them (pretending?) that they ate all their hard-earned Halloween candy.

This never gets old.  Enjoy.

Source: ABC.

Privacy: Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), Group Pushing CurrentC, Said They're Misunderstood

Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), retailers that are pushing CurrentC, said they're being given a bum rap and want to explain some misconeptions (USA Today).

Just a couple of words on that:  privacy and security.

It appears all the information are still being shared among retailers and third parties with access to all the customer information.  So, zero privacy. 

Lastly, not even out and they've got security problems. 

Yeah...still, no go, guys. 

Social: Twitter's New Army of Log-Off Users And This Is The Homepage

This is Twitter's homepage when you go there.

It wants you to log on or register a new account.  That's it.  Simple.

Very simple except Twitter CEO Dick Costolo referenced millions of log-off users, users who engage Twitter without actively signing on or have an account, who are becoming more and more important to its growth, sort of the same manner in which users go to news or sports sites without signing in.

But you just saw the screen shot of Twitter's homepage.  Not very engaging.  I think Twitter will be change that more into a portal.  Twitters, pictures, headlines, etc.  Think Yahoo and MSN.

This Yahoo's page.

Now, imagine it replaced with tweets, trending subjects on Twitter, handles to follow, news, gossips, sports and weather information.

Social: Dick Costolo, Twitter's CEO, Has A New Team, And A Long Road Ahead - But Solution Could Be Simple

Twitter is making money for the most part.  But it's growth is slowing.  For regular folks like you and me, your average Twitter users, that's not bad.  Growth is good.  And even if you're not but still profitable, that's not bad either.  But for investors and Wall Street, well, they're don't live normal Main Street lives like us.  So, when Twitter reported that they expect growth to slow, their stock took a hit.

The problem for Twitter is engagement.  Getting users to use it and to keep coming back.  That's Twitter's problem.  Personally, I use Twitter on a daily basis.  I use it to keep track of news and tweets from a small number of people I follow.  I tweet out a few times a day.  I retweet as well.  And I engage other users about once or twice a day.

Mobile: If Not Samsung In The High-End, Then Who?

Samsung is taking it on the nose.  On the chin.  Where the sun don't shine.  While it remains profitable, very much so, it's high-end segment of the market has taken a hit - blame it on the economy.  Blame it on a certain fruit-branded consumer electronics company.  Whatever you may think, the Galaxy brand no longer holds the appeal it once did when Samsung debuted the Galaxy S and the Note a few years later.

This is Google's chance.  At least from the pure and under its total control of Android.  I'm talking about the Nexus line.  This year's Nexus update with the Nexus 6 with a premium price tells me that Google is ready to wrestle for the high-end segment of the mobile market for itself.  And Mountain View knows that it can do well against Cupertino (Apple).

More at On Android.

Why is Water Falling On Us over Los Angeles Sky?

Yes. Rain. In LA. What a great morning. And cold.




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Mobile: We Have T-Mobile To Thank For AT&T and Verizon's Capitulation

Imagine what the mobile landscape will have been like had AT&T had bought T-Mobile, wiped out a potential pain-in-the-ass that it has become for AT&T and Verizon. Sure, Verizon had been able to keep prices high due to its better coverage and AT&T simply charging whatever it wanted because it had many flagship devices in its mobile arsenal. No longer.

Under the stewardship of John Legere, T-Mobile is a growing threat to the once indomitable duopoly. Not only has it continued to grow faster than its competitors, it's stealing subscribers from bigger competitors. Hence, this explains the sudden generosity expressed by the duopoly.

VZW has increased data allotment by 50 to 66% depending on the pay tier. This followed a similar increase form AT&T.

Make no mistake, some companies would gladly continue to bleed us dry. And if given a chance, T-Mobile may someday do just that. For now, the adage, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" works just fine with us mobile warriors.

Source: The Droid Guy, 9to5Mac.

 

 

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