James Osborn

Writing Web From a Business Angle

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Future Homogenisation of Social Networking — Updated 25th Feb

Social networking is a business dominated by trends. There was Bebo, MySpace and now there is Facebook. As Facebook becomes more and more mainstream (as I write it is ranks as the 8th most visited site in the world  and its growth is outstripping MySpace ) people are already beginning to wonder what the next [...]

Why Apple will rot whilst Microsoft prosper

The recent ‘Steve Jobs health scare’  caused chaos to Apple stock. The seemingly endless list of triumphs for the company, which is performing better than ever before, was deemed irrelevant in comparison to speculation that it’s benevolent leader could be suffering from a second bout of cancer. Many were questioning what relevance Steve’s health had [...]