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Eric Massengill

The Future May Revolve Around “Freemium” Products

July 23, 2009
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In one of Jeff’s previous articles he expressed antipathy about the company LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM), because the vast majority of its users opted only for the free service. At face value, it seems like he’s right: 10% monetization doesn’t look like a large number, not when physical products have numbers like 100%. The thing is, [...]

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Microsoft’s XBox 360 Indie Games Has Huge Potential

July 20, 2009
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Most of you probably haven’t heard of it, but there was a huge moment at the last E3, a moment that everyone seems to have forgotten. It could potentially alter the game industry. The problem is, it’s being run by Microsoft. Those of you who payed attention to the last E3 know that I’m talking [...]

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The Future Of News

July 16, 2009
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In my last article, I talked about what the newspaper industry is doing to stay afloat. Their biggest worry now is monetizing their content, which is understandably hard on a medium designed specifically to facilitate the easy transfer of information. Currently, their strategy revolves around pay-walls, but pay-walls heavily favor primary sources over smaller news [...]

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Will Newspapers Be Able To Survive The Economic Downturn?

July 9, 2009
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One of the common topics these days, especially across political blogs, is whether or not the newspaper industry will survive its current troubles (and whether or not it deserves to). I think everyone has heard a thousand times since last year how much the news industry is struggling, how no-one reads anymore, and how the [...]

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What’s The Chance Your iPhone App Will Succeed In The App Store?

July 8, 2009
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There’s been a lot of hype about the boom going on in iPhone App development. Small-time developers have been rushing to the new platform as a way to circumvent the standard pay structure and make it for themselves. And who can blame them with stories like this in everyone’s minds. You know it’s gotten extreme [...]

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