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Re: Boxee Alpha vs. Beta

Andrew Kippen — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:36:50 -0000

Rafi - sorry to hear about your issues, but we just released an updated version on Monday (get it from http://boxee.tv/download). We've put a big focus on squashing as many bugs as we can with this release - hopefully it will address your issues.

Re: Carlos Rodela - Blog - Stuff ... and some things about digital music

Andrew Kippen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:39:29 -0000

I think for most people the idea of stuff is slowly retracting from the digital realm (it won't happen overnight, or in the next year, but it's happening). Streaming apps like Spotify are getting huge traction in the EU. I love Lala and being able to choose whether I buy something for web only consumption @ 10 cents or on mp3 for 89 cents.

The idea of ownership applies only when streaming breaks down. On your phone let's say when you're on the subway. Is the pain of not having access to your music worth paying an extra 80 cents / song? For a lot of people yes (myself included), but when broadband is ubiquitous I think the idea of owning movies, TV shows, music, books, and more goes down dramatically.

There are lots of other ways to make money on digital music that does transfer into the physical relam - concerts, limited edition CD kits, T-Shirts, etc. Don't think we'll see physical purchases of music start increasing again though...

Re: Should Apple release a touch screen Mac? - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Andrew Kippen — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:20:48 -0000

Put this in the 'technologies looking for a problem' category of the PC space...

Re: From carressable to smudgeable as a trend - mediabistro.com: MobileDevicesToday

Andrew Kippen — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:04:36 -0000

totally agree... I have to wipe the my glossy Nokia phone 4 or 5 times / day which has gotten really old. I can't imagine what it's like for iPhone users.