April 2015
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Daily Update: Moore’s Law at 50, BuzzFeed and Advertiser Pressure
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Exponent Podcast: Monopolizing Your Ears
On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we thank John Siracusa then dive into the EU’s antitrust investigation of Google and discuss whether or not antitrust is more or less important in technology. Listen to it here.
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Daily Update: Remembering Microsoft’s Antitrust Trial, Microsoft and Yahoo Renegotiate Search Deal, Microsoft Partners with Cyanogen
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Daily Update: Twitter Follow-up, EU Begins Antitrust Action Against Google, Is Antitrust the Answer?
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Daily Update: Nokia’s Next Move, Strategy and Mapping, Who Might Acquire HERE?
Today’s Daily Update analyzes Nokia’s rumored acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent: it’s a deal that makes a lot of sense. More interesting, at least for the tech world, is the potential sale of HERE Maps. This Update examines why mapping is so important strategically, why Apple is almost certainly not interested (and more broadly, how the company chooses…
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Daily Update: Understanding TV Unbundling, The Dying Appeal of Undifferentiated Content, The Special Case of HBO
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Podcast: Exponent 041 – Bubbles
On the newest episode of Exponent, the podcast I co-host with James Allworth: In this week’s episode Ben and James discuss whether or not there is a bubble, as well as a bit on the Apple Watch. Please note this was recorded before the Apple Watch reviews were released. Links Ben Thompson: It’s Not 1999 […]
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Daily Update: BuzzFeed Busted, LinkedIn Buys Lynda.com
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Daily Update: Valuation Versus Risk Bubbles, Apple Watch Reviews Drop