I wrote my first new post in a while yesterday - you can read it here.

Here’s the short version:

In order to compete effectively against Apple and its tailwind, handset, tablet, PC and TV OEMs must significantly develop superior app discovery services to both drive consumer loyalty and give developers the “carrot” to focus on their platforms. These discovery experiences must be more than just search; they need to include personalized recommendations, apps from friends, trending apps, ample promotional inventory and mechanisms, and editorial reviews and roundups. OEMs need to find ways to make available thousands of Android apps that will work well on the new form factors. So the app discovery must also include the ability to gather apps from disparate sources and present optimized apps to users in an elegant manner.

Appolicious has been driving app discovery of iPhone Apps and Android Apps for 2.5 years now - and we are excited to see the growth in interest in our services since our deals were announced with Samsung and Best Buy.

Fastest way to jump start jobs:  Cut taxes.  Reasons are two fold:  for small companies, most of which are LLCs and S corps so taxed at personal rates, lower taxes means more cash to invest to hire people, and feel comfortable doing so.  Since most employment is from small companies, this is BY FAR the best thing that can be done now to drive jobs. And I see this with some of my own angel investments — less taxes to Uncle Sam would mean more hires, period.  Second reason is math - the after tax net present value of cash flows increases by definition with lower taxes, therefore making more investment projects hit target hurdle rates.   It works.  We should do it.  It’s NOT about the rich getting richer - it’s about giving small businesses the ability to hire more people.

My response to Mark Suster’s great blog post, Apps are Crap, here: