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The new Zune may not be an iPod killer, but it does offer a clean interface, great industrial design, HD radio, and a subscription model for music, making it significantly less expensive for big users.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Big Clean Design Does Expensive Great Industrial Interface Ipod Killer Less Making May Model Music New Offer Radio Users

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Files on iTunes - and thus iPods - are incompatible with everything else. Applications on iPhones may only be sold and uploaded through the iPhone store - giving Apple control over everything people put on to the devices they thought they owned.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Apple Applications Control Devices Else Everything Everything Else Files Giving Incompatible Iphone Itunes May Only Over Owned People Put Sold Store Thought Through Thus

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The reason why Apple computers have worked so well over time is that, unlike Microsoft, they don't bend over backward to be compatible with every piece of hardware or software in the digital universe. To code or create for Apple, you follow Apple's rules. If you're even allowed to.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Allowed Apple Backward Bend Code Compatible Computers Create Digital Even Every Follow Hardware Microsoft Over Piece Reason Rules Software Time Universe Unlike Well Why Worked You

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One argument against open systems is that they become open to everything, good and bad. Like a Richard Meier skyscraper, the anal retentive, Bauhaus elegance of the Mac does prevent the loose ends and confusion of a less sterile environment. But it also prevents fertility. Apple's development must come from within.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Against Also Apple Argument Bad Become Come Confusion Development Does Elegance Ends Environment Everything Fertility Good Good And Bad Less Like Loose Mac Must Open Prevent Prevents Richard Skyscraper Sterile Systems Within

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What makes a great standalone piece of hardware is not the same thing as what makes a great networking device. One can work as an essentially closed system. The other is absolutely dependent on its openness.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Absolutely Closed Dependent Device Essentially Great Hardware Makes Networking Openness Other Piece Same Same Thing System Thing Work

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By turning every Yahoo search box into a Bing box, Microsoft may have bought itself the exposure it needs to be the next Google.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Bing Bought Box Every Exposure Google Itself May Microsoft Needs Next Search Turning Yahoo

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While Google has given away pretty much everything it has to offer - from search and maps to email and apps - this has always been part of its greater revenue model: the pennies per placement it gets for seeding the entire Google universe of search and services with ever more targeted advertising.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Advertising Always Apps Away Been Email Entire Ever Everything Gets Given Google Greater Maps Model More Much Offer Part Pennies Per Placement Pretty Revenue Search Services Targeted Universe While

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Online advertising may not be much more successful than an old double-barrel, but - like a good spray of buckshot - it makes up for its lack of accuracy with sheer volume. There are 10 unique ads listed with every Gmail message in your queue, each tied to the message content. And a paying sponsor.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Accuracy Ads Advertising Content Each Every Good Lack Like Listed Makes May Message More Much Old Online Paying Queue Sheer Sponsor Spray Successful Than Tied Unique Up Volume Your

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Our eyeball hours are scarce, indeed. That's why Google wants us to do as much as possible online, in range of their ads, and is willing to spend billions creating more reasons and ways for us to do so.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Ads Billions Creating Google Hours Indeed More Much Online Our Possible Range Reasons Scarce Spend Us Wants Ways Why Willing

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Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs that require more disk space and processing power. We buy bigger, faster computers, which then require more complex operating systems, and so on.

~Douglas Rushkoff

Topics: Away Bigger Bloated Buy Companies Complex Computers Create Faster Fine Hardware Just More Moved New Operating Ownership Power Processing Programs Require Sharing Software Space Suits Systems Technology Then Toward Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: February 18th, 1961

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