Apple recently announced their intention to start a mobile advertising network called iAds. One of the potential changes in policy would restrict existing ad networks from passing on information needed to serve targeted advertising, which is the main reason why companies are interested in mobile advertising. Targeted ads are supposed to be more relevant to the viewer.

I take a closer look at why I think Apple is making this move, along with other decisions Apple has been making recently.

The phones are definitely geared for younger social people. If the price is right, I see the phone having possibilities. One of the phones has a definitely different look and feel to it. Time will tell how they sell. Personally, I’m looking forward to checking out a Windows 7 phone but for the kids…priced properly, I’d give it a shot if the kids were interested in one.

Apple recently made the decision to restrict the applications that can be used on their devices. Most people are seeing the obvious diss to Adobe, who created software to convert other formats to iPhone/iPad/iTouch compatible formats. I think there is a larger problem Apple is trying to resolve.

If their current iPhone/iPad/iTouch applications became cross platform, that opens the doors wider for competition to take away their market share. The truth: the iPhone is Apple’s money maker and they have to do what they can to protect it.

Google announced Chrome OS and of course, that brought the “Microsoft should be scared” articles. Let’s look at why that’s not true.

This is an entry I’ve been wanting to make for a while, but I keep forgetting. Thanks to Jay’s Twitter message, I remembered the topic. He twittered the following: Everyone who thinks it’s so funny to say “BUY A MAC!” when I ask for PC advice, my faves are a tribute to you! http://twitter.com/jsmooth995/favorites If [...]

lie –noun 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. I started with a definition to make sure we are on the same page. Note the definition: deliberate intent to deceive. If the statement is deliberate the person is making a conscious choice to lie, to try to [...]

Must be nice, sitting on a throne throwing stones at everyone. I’m talking about Uncov. It’s been noted they have a start-up they are not tagging as Web 2.0 called Persai (gotta start distancing yourself from the Web 2.0 term, remember?). What is Persai? Who knows? At first I thought it was a killer RSS [...]

Writers and bloggers will always be fascinated by statistics and I always recommend to use them as a guide, don’t get caught up in them because accuracy will always be an issue. There is a problem: what do you do if you want to monetize your site and advertising companies you use rely on third [...]

Peter Moore says he’s sorry: “I want to apologize for the dereliction of duty to our company’s number-one platform, the PC, in terms of gaming,” he told a crowd still recovering from the previous evening’s award ceremony. “We’ve been a little distracted for the past few years,” he said, referring to the company’s drive to [...]