Good morning, I’m planning to write about the Paypal spinoff later today, so keep an eye out for that. On to the update: The Player’s Tribune and Corporate Journalism Over the last few weeks there have been a number of widely-shared articles despairing about the spread of corporate journalism, including this long piece in theSubscribe […]
2014
Daily Update: Ello Follow-up, Windows 10, Apple Watch in Paris
Good morning, The biggest news yesterday was that Ebay plans to spin off Paypal. I definitely think this is the right move, but I also suspect it’s too late. I plan to write more about it in a day or two. On to the update: Ello Follow-up I was actually surprised I didn’t get moreSubscribe […]
Ello and Consumer-Friendly Business Models
Vox introduced Ello this way: A brand-new social networking startup — Ello — has gone viral. At one point on Thursday, the site was acquiring 31,000 new users an hour — many of whom flocked to there because of a disagreement with Facebook over its policy requiring real names, which some say is unfair to […]
Daily Update: China Approves the iPhone, Photoshop on Chromebooks, Technology = Tobacco
Good morning, False alarm about the Ello post; hopefully it will go up today instead. On to the update: China Approves the iPhone From Reuters: The iPhone 6 will be sold in China from Oct 17, after rigorous regulator scrutiny led to Apple Inc reassuring the Chinese government that the smartphones did not have securitySubscribe […]
Podcast: The Talk Show – The Edition Edition
I joined John Gruber on The Talk Show to talk about Apple Watch, Bend-gate, Apple and China, and more Apple Watch. Check it out here.
Daily Update: Facebook Launches Atlas, News as a Service
Good morning, My first item today is about Facebook’s new (relaunched) Atlas product. You may think it’s creepy, so check back on Stratechery later on to see what I think about Ello. I will warn you, though, I’m not a fan. On to the update: Facebook Launches Atlas From the New York Times: Facebook builtSubscribe […]
Podcast: Exponent Episode 019 – Me, Myself, and Minecraft
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: In this week’s episode Ben and James reflect about last week’s episode and the personal feedback that resulted, then move on to discuss why Minecraft is a big deal as well as a bit about Apple’s new focus on privacy. Links Ben […]
Daily Update: Shame on Bloomberg (and Apple); Apple Refutes Bend-gate; China Mobile Cutting Subsidies
Good morning, So much for my insistence on writing less about Apple! The company is just churning out news right now. I did want to acknowledge the Shellshock Bash bug. This is the best piece I’ve read about what seems to be a very big deal and, to be honest, the most newsworthy thing thatSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Why Next Year for Apple Watch, I Love the Blackberry Passport, Bill Simmons and Writer as Brand
Good morning, It seems that yesterday’s update got marked as spam, so please take a look and mark it as not-spam – this will help ensure this happens less often in the future. On to the update: Why Now Next Year for Apple Watch While I noted last week that I had changed my mindSubscribe […]
Why Now for Apple Watch
The impression I get is that many people don’t really understand why I changed my mind about the Apple Watch. In Apple Watch: Asking Why and Saying No I criticized the lack of an explicit “why” in the Watch presentation and questioned parts of the demo, particular those which replicated phone functionality. After all, if […]