Good morning, As I noted last week, I will be going to Beijing the Wednesday to Friday. As of now I plan on keeping the same posting schedule, but my apologies in advance if there are any delays. In addition, my schedule isn’t yet completely set, so I’m not sure if I will be ableSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Christmas Gifts for Startups
Good morning, Happy New Year! As I noted last week, The Daily Update is on a reduced schedule for these two weeks, with updates on Mondays and Tuesdays only. There will be no update from December 31-January 2. The regular daily schedule will resume on Monday, January 5. Today continues Christmas gifts for tech companies:Subscribe […]
Daily Update: Christmas Gifts for Google, Facebook, and Twitter
Good morning, Last call for Stratechery Gifts! I’ll be taking this page down after Christmas. Please note that once you make your payment I will immediately send you a registration link for the gift membership; you can forward this link to your recipient directly. Please don’t share this link with anyone other than the recipient,Subscribe […]
The State of Consumer Technology at the End of 2014
While the modern computing era in many respects began with the IBM System/360 mainframe and further expanded with the minicomputer, normal consumers didn’t start encountering computers until the personal computer. And, while mainframes are technically still around (while minicomputers are decidedly not), what is unique about the PC is that it is very much still […]
Daily Update: It’s Great to be Small, Niche Business Models, YouTube Seeking to Retain Stars
Good morning, I received multiple reports that Friday’s Daily Update was marked as containing phishing links. I can absolutely confirm this is not the case, so if you missed it, please take a look in your spam folder. For the third Monday in a row I’m writing about media – Media Mondays if you will.Subscribe […]
Daily Update: Box Updates S-1 (and Look Great), Instagram Passes 300 Million, Microsoft Acquires HockeyApp
Good morning, According to Panic, Apple changed its mind about Transmit’s ability to add external files to iCloud Drive. This is certainly a positive development, and while I might be biased, I think it actually fits with what I wrote on Wednesday: a major stink was raised, alerting Apple’s engineering team to the issue, andSubscribe […]
Daily Update: How to Violate Privacy Like a Professional, Microsoft Acquires Acompli, Amazon’s Kiva Cleverness
Good morning, Thanks so much for the overwhelming response to yesterday’s request for feedback. I really appreciated the kind words. I’m going to give the 4 and 1 system a shot for a few weeks and then go from there. Look for an earlier-than-usual big article early next week. On to the update: How toSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Uber and the Tyson Zone, Facebook Launches Groups App, Taobao Goes International
Good morning, I apologize that I didn’t get the article notification email issue sorted yesterday; I know I’ve made a real muck of things at this point and most of you are just totally confused! If you are, just ignore me until I have a solution. Thanks for your patience. On to the update: UberSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Facebook’s Trio of Announcements, Apple Adds UnionPay, The Web Isn’t Dying
Good morning, I fell pretty drastically behind on both email and in processing rebates/credits over the last few days, so my apologies for any delays. I’ll be taking care of that this week. On to the update: Facebook Facebook Facebook There was a trio of noteworthy Facebook announcements over the weekend: Facebook is improving itsSubscribe […]
Daily Update: The Smiling Curve Applied to Amazon-Hachette, How Important are the FCC’s Proposed TV Changes?, Facebook’s Earnings
Good morning, A quick announcement: as some of you may know, Glassboard, which we’ve been using for the Stratechery message board for Access members, is closing down. A couple of relevant notes: For new Access members, this is why you have not received an invite I am implementing a new solution There will be broadSubscribe […]