Mr. Gregory Birge

GLG News by Mr. Gregory Birge, Founder and Managing Director

Apple increases its pressure on industry

June 11, 2008

Analysis of:iPhone 3g | www.computerworld.com

Apple tried for many years to enter the industry world. Will they succeed with the new iPhone and SDK2.0 ?

What is the next step for Apple

January 28, 2008

Analysis of:Are Investors Unfairly Sour on Apple? | www.businessweek.com

The Apple stock price went from $10 to $200 in less than 7 years. This is a remarkable performance but most investors are worried and would like to have insights on Apple's next move.

Do Not Betray Your Audiences

December 11, 2007

Analysis of:Facebook in apology over ad technology | www.ft.com

With his recent apologies, Mr. Zuckerberg had proven two things: 1) Facebook is incredibly successful and beyond expectations 2) Its advertising business model is unstable yet.

Apologies for real or answer a market need ?

September 21, 2007

Analysis of:Steve Jobs Offers Rare Apology, Credit for iPhone | online.wsj.com

Apology when needed, upfront is always better than after.

Can Nokia N-Gage be Profitable This Time?

August 31, 2007

Analysis of:Nokia's N-Gage gaming service now official | www.engadget.com

Persistence is sometimes looked upon as a strength.  Persistence in a vision and carrying out effectively is necessary.  This is Apple’s model.  They have proven it with both their iPod and iPhone.  Nokia, on the other hand, is about to be persistent…yet again.  The communications giant is planning to re-launch the Nokia N-Gage series after failing twice.

Music on line without DRM

August 27, 2007

Analysis of:Wal-Mart Launches MP3 Music Download Tracks | money.cnn.com

What are the consequences related to recent Walmart / Universal announcement for the industry and the consumer ?

Wrong Timing?

August 22, 2007

Analysis of:Xbox 360 gets price cut | www.cnn.com

What could have motivated Microsoft to cut the price of their X Box?

iPhone, i-you, i-me

July 2, 2007

Analysis of:iPhone sellers open doors, greeted by cheers | www.reuters.com

The much hyped and talked about iPhone finally hits the stores.  The American stores for now.  Hundreds of eager people queued days ahead of the launch, many even paying others to queue for them.

iPhone, same success story as iPod ?

June 29, 2007

Analysis of:iPhone: Jobs's Revenge | www.businessweek.com

What will make the iPhone a success or a failure ? Will it repeat the iPod success story ?

Nand Based Notebook: New Technology Trend

June 6, 2007

Analysis of:Introducing the Palm Foleo | www.palm.com

Many companies are releasing NAND flashed notebooks, we can predict an increased number of such products in future.

Foleo, great idea, right product ?

June 5, 2007

Analysis of:Introducing the Palm Foleo | www.palm.com

Foleo laptop seems to be a great concept. Is it really innovative and will it help to get Palm back to success ? Palm is currently under pressure and is loosing market shares. The recent introduction of the Palm Treo on a windows based OS was already a major shift in Palm strategy. Will Foleo bring new success to the company ?

Sony, PS3, Blue Ray….what’s happening??!

May 29, 2007

Analysis of:Sony offers free upgrade to improve PlayStation 3 image quality | www.chron.com

There has been significantly important information circulated recently on Sony’s PS3. First, Sony’s is discontinuing the 20GB version of the PS3 and introduced an 80GB for Korean market only. Then the rumor mills are churning with that Sony plans to cut prices of PS3. Is this a natural product evolution cycle or a defensive move that may relate to sales?  

Creative needs to find its own gene

May 4, 2007

Analysis of:Creative Gives Flash MP3 Another Toss with Zen Stone | www.betanews.com

Creative new product Zen Stone is the new tentative from the company to come back to profitability. Last fiscal quarter results show a drop of $40 Million revenue compared to last year ($183.8 versus $225.7).

Creative needs to find its own gene to renew with success.

 

Digital Home Battle: Where Are We?

April 16, 2007

Analysis of:Microsoft Brings Instant Chat to TV Screen, Through Games | www.nytimes.com

Microsoft just announced that it will be making Live Messenger available through the xBox 360 game console. This move is a reflection of the long ongoing battle which started more than 10 years ago to control the Digital Home market.

Mobility drive sales, not the technology

April 9, 2007

Analysis of:The latest in laptops | www.forbes.com

The rising sales of notebook (out performing desktop figures for the first time) and growing at a rate of 25% this year, is expected to be sustained over time (Source: Consumer Electronics Association).

The important consideration here is not merely technology but what consumer need is being answered.

DRM free for Video, not now

April 4, 2007

Analysis of:Jobs Unlikely to Push for Lift of Video DRM | news.yahoo.com

Steve Jobs commented yesterday that he would not hold a parallel at all between the video industry and the music industry. It is not surprising that there is no rush to open DRM for video.

Revolution of Digital Music, is the phase II on ?

April 3, 2007

Analysis of:EMI to allow Apple to sell songs online | www.businessweek.com

Are we entering the phase II of the Digital Music revolution ?

After releasing the iPod, launching the iTunes Music Store and capturing almost 80% of the digital market, Apple is now answering some specialists scepticism on digital music by releasing free DRM music on iTMS (iTunes Music Store).

Is it just an evolution or the era of a new revolution ?

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