July 2014
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Podcast: The Talk Show – Free Alcoholic Beverages
I was pleased to again join John Gruber on The Talk Show where we talked about Samsung’s struggles, Xiaomi, wearables, and a whole lot more. Check it out. I think you’ll enjoy it.
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Podcast: Exponent 009 – The Societal Perspective
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: In this episode we first defend surge pricing before continuing our debate from last week: is society better off when corporations try to innovate, or would we be better off if we left the innovation to startups? Your answer to this question […]
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Daily Update: Breaking Down Satya Nadella’s Letter
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Daily Update: Uber v Lyft in NYC, Defending Surge Pricing, Taylor Swift on Music
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Smartphone Truths and Samsung’s Inevitable Decline
For me, anyway, the most surprising thing about Samsung’s disappointing earnings was just how surprised many folks seemed to be. The smartphone market is a massive one, but also rather predictable if you keep just a few key things in mind: Everyone will own a smartphone – I don’t think this is controversial, but it’s […]
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Daily Update: Samsung Profits Falling, Panasonic Toughbooks, Standards and the Internet of Things
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Daily Update: More iWatch Hires; Khosla, Page and Brin; danah boyd on Facebook
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Happy Independence Day Mr. Glass
Blessed with the sort of love him or hate him reputation reserved for the truly popular, Bill Simmons has received a lot of criticism from NBA fans for his propensity to act as the Body Language Doctor: he will make grand pronouncements about players or teams based on nothing more than a player or coach’s […]
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Daily Update: Microsoft Phone, Wearables, and Office; Facebook Acquires LiveRail; Google and the Right to Censor