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Ben Thompson

  • How Facebook Squashed Twitter

    Twitter uncovered the most powerful format in mobile back in 2006: the feed. But, in 2009, Facebook went algorithmic while Twitter remained to hard to use. Now, it’s almost certainly too late.

  • Twitter’s Shakeup, So You Wanted a Turnaround, Google’s Android Finances

    There was another executive shakeup at Twitter, which probably shouldn’t have been a surprise. Plus, Oracle has revealed new numbers about Android that highlight just how little Google probably makes on mobile search.

  • Exponent Podcast: Disrupting Trump

    On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we discuss The FANG Playbook. Listen to it here.

  • SideCar’s “Innovation”, Facebook Stadium and Twitter’s Conundrum, Tidbits

    SideCar feels that Uber was unfair, but the truth is the company didn’t understand that product matters more than technical expertise. Plus, why Twitter doesn’t have an natural acquirers, and several other tidbits from this week.

  • The FANG Playbook

    The FANG companies — Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google — are far more similar than you might think. Their rise in value is no accident, and it is connected to Aggregation Theory.

  • WhatsApp Drops Subscription Fee, Messaging’s Monetization Potential, GM Acquires Sidecar Remnants

    WhatsApp unsurprisingly dropped their subscription fee and, paradoxically, increased the services value. There are much better ways to monetize messaging. Plus, why it doesn’t matter what car makers do.

  • Exponent Podcast: Driving Into the Future

    On Exponent, the weekly podcast I host with James Allworth, we discuss Cars and the Future. Listen to it here.

  • Apple Scales Back iAds, The Apple News Mess

    Apples struggles with iAd and confusion around Apple News spring from the same place: these are businesses that Apple is not set up to excel in, and the sooner they retrench, the better.

  • Car Follow-up, The Apple Car, Uber’s Financials

    Google’s vision for driverless cars fails to take into account the world as it is. and Apple’s car efforts likely have a market for the foreseeable future. Plus a look at Uber’s financials.

  • Cars and the Future

    A massive revolution in cars seems right around the corner. However, I think it will take longer then most technologists think, but when it comes it will come quickly.