January 2015
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The End of Trickle-Down Technology
Reaching developing markets depends on understanding that consumers with a small budget are very different from consumers who aren’t interested in spending much
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Daily Update: What is Happening with Bitcoin?, Republicans and Net Neutrality, Uber Market > Taxi Market
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Daily Update: An Interview with Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra (Part 2) on Accusations of Copying, Xiaomi’s Product Roots, and Where the Money Comes From
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Podcast: Exponent Episode 031 – Flabbergasted
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: James thinks the idea of copyright is outdated and should be abolished. Ben is, well, see the title. Listen to the episode here Podcast Information: Feed | iTunes | SoundCloud | Twitter | Feedback
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Daily Update: An Interview with Xiaomi’s Hugo Barra (Part 1) on Xiaomi’s Strategy, Target Customer, and Unexpected Success in India
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Daily Update: Notes From the Xiaomi Event, Refining Xiaomi’s Ambition, Additional Notes
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Mobile First
Last Friday was the eight-year anniversary of the announcement of the iPhone, the event that began the mobile epoch. It was, though, an Apple rumor that to my mind illustrated just how much the world has changed. Mark Gurman is reporting at 9to5Mac that the next MacBook Air will have a radical redesign. The biggest […]
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Podcast: Exponent Episode 030 – Xiaomi
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: We discuss Xiaomi’s ambition to own the home, why we’re frustrated with patents, why the West is unfair to the developing world, and what makes China unique. Links Jordan Lewis: Exponent Bingo – Twitter Ben Thompson: Xiaomi’s Ambition – Stratechery Ben Thompson: […]