{"id":33784,"date":"2013-02-17T03:55:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T03:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=33784"},"modified":"2013-02-17T03:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T03:56:36","slug":"in-technology-leadership-the-big-dogs-play-for-keeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/in-technology-leadership-the-big-dogs-play-for-keeps\/","title":{"rendered":"In Technology Leadership, the Big Dogs Play for Keeps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n                                                                          google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Game On<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_33789\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33789\" class=\" wp-image-33789\" title=\"Untitled-1\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-12.jpg?resize=282%2C223\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cPoker\u201d by Dan McManis<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Apple \u2026 Amazon \u2026 Facebook \u2026 Google \u2026 Samsung<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each one is ahead in the game of content, devices, customers\u2013depending on the report you read, the phase of the moon or your personal preference\/prejudice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They have coopetition \u2013 cooperative competition \u2013 down to an art:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cooperating one day on things like patents, license sharing, product\/service design<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Competing for dominance in smartphones, tablets, PCs, TVs, services<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Challenging governments that want to \u201cmanage\u201d the game<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lobbing lawsuits\/lawyers at each other when things get dull<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Stakes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s all about eyeballs, search\/clicks, advertisers, sales; and they all start with devices \u2013 smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33790\" title=\"Untitled-2\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-22.jpg?resize=531%2C598\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-22.jpg?resize=531%2C598 531w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-22-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>One Isn\u2019t Enough \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><em>Ask consumers around the globe which electronic products they want, need, plan to buy and they\u2019ll give you a big shopping list. But according to Accenture\u2019s research, people are quickly losing interest in single-purpose devices. <strong>Source \u2013 Accenture<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a survey by Accenture, single-function devices \u2013 DVD players, cameras, game consoles and POPs (plain old phones) just don\u2019t interest consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Folks love to talk about the post-PC era, but computer sales may just be taking a much-needed breather from their historic hockey stick growth.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to last year, PCs were up 20 percent over the previous year. Not great, but\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tablets are eating the PC market\u2019s lunch. They were up 7 percent over the previous year, but they still have a ways to go to eliminate\/replace them.<\/p>\n<p>Smartphones continue to grow in leaps and bounds with an increase of 14 percent over the previous year because people find them handy to stay in touch with just about everyone \u2013 and even make a call now and then.<\/p>\n<p>Smart TVs increased 13 percent over the previous year, even though most are still only connected to the cable rather than the Internet. It\u2019s the idea that counts.<\/p>\n<p>So, there really aren\u2019t any mortally wounded or dead devices for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>In our household, we use \u2018em all.<\/p>\n<p>We watch shows on our big screen set, our daughter chats with friends on her iPhone, our son views all the extras\/outtakes on his iPad and the wife gets all the scoop on the actors\/plot on her ultrabook while I monitor email on whichever one I choose to access at the time.<\/p>\n<p>US ownership in all of these categories looks healthy:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PCs \u2013 91 percent in 2009, 94 percent in 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Smartphones \u2013 26 percent owned in 2009; 58 percent owned in 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tablets \u2013 8 percent owned in 2009; 25 percent owned in 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HDTVs \u2013 6 percent in 2009, 14 percent in 2012<\/p>\n<p>According to IDC, that growth will continue over the next few years \u2026 even through 2020. Households will have an average of 15 devices in use this year and 20 by 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, the connected user has an average of five devices.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33791\" style=\"width: 589px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33791\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33791\" title=\"Untitled-3\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-33.jpg?resize=579%2C344\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-33.jpg?resize=579%2C344 579w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-33-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source \u2013 IDC<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Tipping Point \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><em>IDC estimates that this year, the installed base for tablets and smartphones will surpass the total PC installed base. But computers won\u2019t disappear because there is a place for all of the computing\/communications devices in folks\u2019 backpacks.\u00a0 <strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All of the devices serve different but complementary consumer needs for people who are online \u2026 constantly.<\/p>\n<p>Tablets are still young, PCs aren\u2019t dead and there\u2019s always my TV.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you might say Google has the edge in the game because their OS is in so many tablets\/smartphones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the number one tablet is the iPad and that\u2019s projected to stay the leader until at least 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Apple sold a record 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads last year, despite supply issues; and Cook \u2013 a mastermind in operations management \u2013 said that will be straightened out this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33792\" style=\"width: 264px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33792\" class=\" wp-image-33792\" title=\"Untitled-4\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-42.jpg?resize=254%2C170\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Cook, Apple CEO, Source \u2013 Fortune<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Apple has also accelerated its introduction of new iPhones, including some lower-cost models that will appeal to the budgets of customers in emerging countries who appreciate the panache of the Apple name.<\/p>\n<p>Cook travels to China \u2013 not just for supplier checks, but keep in mind it\u2019s the largest single market \u2026 in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the Apple PC sales slip for iPads, Cook simply said that if someone buys one Apple product they will like the experience and buy more. He could be right.<\/p>\n<p>Then too, Siri is getting better, Apple TV is still an area of \u201cheightened interest\u201d and they have some really huge, profitable apps, content libraries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bezos isn\u2019t real happy that Google wants to play in \u201chis\u201d shop-till-you-drop place of business.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not real worried about Apple because he knows Cook is happy with his storefronts that raked in more than $4.5B last year.<\/p>\n<p>He has this showrooming thing down to a science, even with companies that sell on his site.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33793\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33793\" title=\"Untitled-5\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-52.jpg?resize=215%2C211\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon, Source \u2013 mashable<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He may have been an early Google investor but he\u2019s been cautious about some of their \u201cdo no evil\u201d projects like digitizing documents, selling him ad clicks, cloud computing, retailer shopping mall.<\/p>\n<p>For their Kindle Fire, Jeff used \u201ca version\u201d of Android that just happens to make it a fantastic direct route for selling stuff.<\/p>\n<p>While neither Schmidt nor Serg has been able to sell a decent Android phone of their own, they keep plugging away; and Bezos is working on \u2026 something! But he has his eyes on the real money\u2026 Google\u2019s search, ad businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Over the holidays, Amazon was a starting point for millions of consumers who found and purchased their products\/gifts from an Amazon source\/reseller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClicks\u201d are nice but \u201cbuys\u201d are extra, extra nice; so an Amazon search is more valuable than a Google search.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon \u2013 like Apple &#8211; has a very robust library of reading, viewing, listening products for rent and sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facebook hasn\u2019t quite hit its first birthday as a public company, but it\u2019s still the biggest game in town when it comes to finding \u201cfriends\u201d \u2013 about one billion or 1\/7<sup>th<\/sup> of the planet\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33794\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-62.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33794\" title=\"Untitled-6\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-62.jpg?resize=195%2C165\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Zuckenberger, Facebook CEO - Noah Berger, Source - Bloomberg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Zuck hasn\u2019t let his movie or marriage go to his head, but his black t-shirts are clean now.<\/p>\n<p>The team has been busy helping open store fronts on Facebook, improving customer relationships, learning how to sell ads and products and launching some \u201cinteresting\u201d gift shops.<\/p>\n<p>Zuck has never much liked the Googladites down the road, especially when Serg and his team keep saying his latest unveilings have been less than stellar.<\/p>\n<p>Tell a guy his kids are ugly and you can see why he likes the folks at 1 Infinity Circle more than the Mt. View crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Facebook is cautiously rolling out some interesting mobile apps, mobile ad products and several new mobile connection solutions. No one will admit it, but they\u2019re also working on a smartphone that will probably have some wicked mobile ad apps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google still funds all of its other projects like the driverless car and laying high-speed wire to compete against carriers and cable companies with their product search\/ad formula.<\/p>\n<p>While Cook went to China on a sales call, Schmidt went to North Korea to \u2026?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33795\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-71.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33795\" title=\"Untitled-7\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-71.jpg?resize=159%2C198\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Schmidt \u2013 chairman, Google, Source \u2013 huffingtonpost<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">During Schmidt\u2019s visit to North Korea, Serg and the team revamped their product search service and began charging for being listed.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re testing a same-day retail model which could be interesting and profitable if it takes off because they can move product without all the inventory.<\/p>\n<p>Google Android is doing well with mobile devices \u2013 better than their own hardware efforts \u2013 but they still haven\u2019t figured out a way to make money with the mobile ad search and digital stuff like games, apps, music, video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Samsung<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s Eric Schmidt likes to say there are now more than 500 million Android devices in use worldwide, with an average of 1.3 million additional activations each day.<\/p>\n<p>True but \u2026 the top phones being sold are the iPhone and Galaxy S. Everything else is a distant whatever.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true of tablets \u2013 iPad, Galaxy Tab.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33796\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33796\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33796\" title=\"Untitled-8\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-81.jpg?resize=277%2C188\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Stephen Woo, Samsung CEO, Source \u2013 engadget<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that Samsung has a couple of aces up its sleeve with Tizen and Bada OS phones which are being market tested in various countries\/regions.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Stephen Woo\u2019s company has had a strong winning streak at the table with their phones, tablets, TVs, computers and home products.<\/p>\n<p>They <em>might <\/em>roll out their Tijen and Bada OS products globally and <em>maybe<\/em> integrate them into some of their other offerings \u2026 just to keep Google in line.<\/p>\n<p>However, every time the cards are shuffled and dealt, it will all boil down to how well each player plays his hand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33797\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-91.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33797\" class=\" wp-image-33797\" title=\"Untitled-9\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-91.jpg?resize=265%2C197\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-33797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;The Hustler&quot; by Arthur Sarnoff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sure, we didn\u2019t mention the fact that Microsoft has finally figured out the touch, squeeze, swipe thing and is working on natural user interface techniques like voice, gesture and eye-tracking.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, most of us will play a game that requires skill, not huge piles of chips.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">G.A. \u201cAndy\u201d Marken<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>President<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Marken Communications, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Andy@markencom.com\">Andy@markencom.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; 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