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[12 Aug 2010]
My iPhone 4 decision was as much about business models as it was phone features

I just bought my new iPhone 4, but I really wanted to “go Droid”, probably with the Droid X from Verizon. Of course, at the pace that new handsets are being released there is always a better device right around the corner.  But at some point you have to stop waiting and take the plunge.
I certainly wasn’t lacking in reasons for ditching the Apple/AT&T “partnership” (I use that term loosely).  AT&T has been ripped from Day 1 for not being able to handle the bandwidth requirements of iPhone users.  They …

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[3 Aug 2010]
Why the Facebook IPO is a bad idea

Facebook’s sometime-in-the-future IPO is one of the most anticipated stock offerings of all time, and with good reason: in a short time the company has become the de facto standard social network with over 500 million users and a private-company market capitalization of somewhere over $20 billion.  You can even bet on their IPO date on Bodog if you’d like.
But I think that Facebook going public is a bad idea, and here’s why:  a public Facebook will be under pressure to continually increase earnings, putting it in an escalating conflict …