Microsoft’s dominance in enterprise software was built on the difficulty of managing software installations; SaaS removes that linchpin entirely.
Daily Update: Xiaomi and the U.S.; Slack, Momentum, and Microsoft; David Carr Passes Away
Good morning, As I noted last week, I will be off next Thursday and Friday for Chinese New Year. In addition, I’m still working on the spam issue, although I understand yesterday was better. I appreciate your patience. On to the update: Xiaomi and the U.S. The Wall Street Journal captured the news with theirSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Net Neutrality!, Microsoft is Seizing Their Mobile Opportunity
Good morning, One company I haven’t written about in a while is Twitter. This despite a torrent of news stories and new releases over the past week especially. On one hand, all of the news, particularly around new products, is good to see. On the other hand, it all feels a bit…staged. Consider this StevenSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Microsoft Earnings
Good morning, I’m very sorry about the multiple emails yesterday – especially since the second email had the exact same error as the first! So embarrassing! Thanks for your patience. I found yesterday’s Microsoft results really interesting, and did a bit of a deep dive. It’s the only topic today, and it’s a bit longerSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Microsoft’s Windows 10 Event (and Project HoloLens)
Good morning, Today’s update is all about Microsoft’s myriad of announcements yesterday. I think it makes the most sense to think of the event, billed as being about Windows 10, in three parts: Part 1 was the overview of Windows 10, including the vision underlying the operating system, demos of specific functionality, as well asSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Cloud First, Jet.com Taking on Amazon, A Teenager’s View on Social Media Follow-Up
Good morning, I’m writing this update on a plane headed to Beijing for tomorrow’s Xiaomi announcement. My plan is to write about the experience of the keynote for tomorrow’s Daily Update, and then hopefully I’ll have a special treat for Friday – stay tuned. In addition, please excuse any delays in response or on theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Christmas Gifts for Microsoft, Intel, and Amazon
Good morning, I hope you all are having a good Christmas break (or a good end-of-the-year, if you’re not in the West). 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 December 31-January 2. The regularSubscribe […]
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: 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 […]
Docker and the Integrated Open Source Company
It’s been a long time since an open source project has gotten as much buzz and attention as Docker. The easiest way to explain the concept is, well, to look at the logo of the eponymous1 company that created and manages the project: The reference in the logo is to shipping containers, one of the […]