Show Notes for January 9, 2013

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  • How can Apple pull a less expensive iPhone? Making it smaller, as they did for the iPad Mini most likely isn't an option
  • Based on Horace discussion with Glenn: the move to mobile is about a change in usage behavior related to time and attention; computers gets used less during larger chunks of time where they have users' full attention, and more in smaller chunks of time competing for users' attention
  • Kurt Cagle's data trends of 2013

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