Daily Update: Apps on Xiaomi, LINE Making US Push, Facebook’s Messaging Strategy

Good morning, Today is Asia-themed, but with a US twist. On to the updates: Apps on Xiaomi According to Flurry, Xiaomi users love apps: Over the past 6 years, the average Apple iPhone consumer has spent more time in apps than consumers of every Android device we track – by a wide margin. This year,Subscribe […]

Daily Update: More iWatch Hires; Khosla, Page and Brin; danah boyd on Facebook

Good morning, I hope you all had a good weekend/holiday. On to today’s updates: More iWatch Hires From CNBC: Apple has hired the sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the launch of its new iWatch, as the technology group intend on using the prestigious “Swiss made” label to marketSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Facebook’s Research; The Revenue and Profit Link; Apple, Korea and Taiwan

Good morning, This update is arriving early because I am headed for the airport with my family for several weeks with my parents in Wisconsin. The fact I can do this is because of all your support, so thank you. Second, I feel pretty optimistic about keeping these updates on their early-morning schedule, but thereSubscribe […]

Daily Update: The FAA and Drones, Google to Preannounce New Android, Oculus Seeking Partners

Good morning, I wrote a piece yesterday about the latest attempt by European publishers to extract concessions out of Google for including their content in its listings. I’ve always found the idea kind of silly on the face of it, but actually thinking about why it is silly results in some interesting takeaways about whereSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Yo, Facebook Wedge, Intel to Offer Customizable Chip

Good morning, I am working on a piece about Amazon’s new smartphone. Like most, I’m not that impressed by the phone or the price, but there’s something I’m even more concerned about (this is my best attempt at an Upworthy-type lead). Look for the piece later today. On to the (non-Amazon) updates: Yo Everyone isSubscribe […]

Privacy is Dead

The nature of the Internet and the business-models of social networks means that privacy as commonly understood is dead; tech companies need to learn to self-regulate or governments will do it for them.

Daily Update: Payments – Affirm, Amazon, and Facebook Messenger?

Good morning, Quite a bit happened today across a wide range of industries, but today’s update is all about payments. Max Levchin to be CEO of Affirm A few weeks ago I wrote The Problem with Payments which argued innovation in payments is hard because there isn’t much margin available if you’re building on topSubscribe […]