Value For Money? Charles Arthur raises big questions about paying for apps and content on iPhone. The comments are thoughtful and illuminating. http://bit.ly/tYXN3
1 month ago
So have Apple, through their app store and iphone, managed to devise a platform on which a whole new set of business models can be built? Using the internet and phone networks on mobile things, having a viable way for people to buy useful - or seriously fun software - in numbers which can grow a developer network, and create a new branch to the long tail… not to mention the fact that payment models are built in, and producers are free to devise new ones.. up to a point.
There’s a very interesting shift going on here…
Right, must work - will think more about it another time
2 months ago

The Guardian’s G2 has been re-designed, with centred text quietly infiltrating the front index and the very elegant Arts front… all part of demonstrating a liberal voice? I like it, and here are my other favourite bits: Small type in “shortcuts” subject straps is a nice touch, as are the subtle, stackable webtrails and information slugs at the end of articles. It is sad to see illustration on the retreat - a sign of the tightened times perhaps. Congratulations to Richard and all concerned on keeping G2 fresh!
2 months ago