Linked List: February 11, 2011

Friday, 11 February 2011

Changing Places: Microsoft Trades HP for Nokia ★: Horace Dediu nails it again.
Microsoft Buys Nokia for $0B ★: Matt Drance:

This is a coup, folks.
Pixelmator ★: My thanks to Pixelmator for again sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Pixelmator is a beautiful, easy-to-use image editor for the Mac that’s based on built-in Mac OS X graphics technologies. They’ve gone all-in with the Mac App Store, and for a limited time, it’s available at the special “transitional” price of just $29 — which includes a free update to version 2.0 when it ships.
Visualizing Jumping Off a Burning Platform ★: Horace Dediu:

Fourth problem is that there is no clarity on any long term win for Nokia. Maps licensing seems like the only possible new source of revenue and a minor one at that. What competitive advantage did Nokia just gain? Is there any advantage Nokia has over any other licensee of Windows Phone?
Sebastiaan de With’s HP WebOS Event Roundup ★: Nice overview.
The Talk Show, Episode 29 ★: Maybe my favorite show opening yet. This week’s show is brought to you by two fine sponsors: MailChimp and Sourcebits.
Open Letter From Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ★: Here it is:

Nokia will adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy, innovating on top of the platform in areas such as imaging, where Nokia is a market leader.
Facebook Moves to Disallow Apps From Running Google Ads ★: Facebook can fuck with Google, but Google can’t fuck with Facebook.