2016
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Exponent Podcast: Low Hanging Fruit
On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we continue last week’s discussion about Apple’s struggles with the cloud, then discuss why the iPhone SE is such a brilliant move — and how those two things are related. Listen to it here.
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Blendle Launches in the U.S., An Interview with Alexander Klöpping, Apple Pay Coming to Websites
A bit of follow-up on why the SE might not succeed in India, and then an exploration of Blendle, the new micropayments platform for news that launched yesterday, along with an interview with co-founder Alexander Klöpping. Plus, Apple Pay for websites.
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Understanding Today’s iPhone Market, Characterizing the iPhone SE, The iPhone SE Market
While I touched on why the iPhone SE was important yesterday, this is the full deep dive on one of Apple most strategically important launches in a long time.
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Andy Grove and the iPhone SE
Andy Grove passed away the same day that Apple announced the iPhone SE. One of Grove’s best decisions reminds me of this launch.
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The Significance of AlphaGo, Google to Sell Boston Dynamics, Google’s Self-Driving Car Will Take Awhile
The reason why AlphaGo is such a big deal is, I suspect, related to why it is that Google is selling Boston Dynamics.
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Exponent Podcast: Pickaxe Retailers
On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we discuss The Amazon Tax. Listen to it here.
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Dropbox Leaves AWS, Should UPS and Fedex Be Afraid?
In an inconvenient bit of timing Dropbox announced they were leaving AWS just as I was singing its praises; in fact the storage company’s decision reinforces the benefits AWS provides. Then, why Amazon’s move into logistics makes sense, and how it might play out.
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The Amazon Tax
Amazon is building a lot of businesses that look like AWS: taxes on major industries that work to everyone’s benefit. The reason, though, is that AWS is a lot like Amazon itself.