Yesterday Twitter released very disappointing quarterly results, with misses on both user and revenue growth. From the Wall Street Journal: Twitter Inc. delivered its weakest quarterly revenue growth as a publicly traded company, casting a shadow on its fledgling advertising business, which until now has been a consistent bright spot. Investors, who sent the company’s […]
Daily Update: Apple Watch’s Bad Messaging; On Meerkat, Periscope, and Bad Journalism
Good morning, There will be a new Exponent later today; James and I discussed BuzzFeed and the Brother Orange story as well as the Amazon Dash Button and Home Service. On to the longer-than-usual Daily Update. I got a little rant-y. Apple Watch’s Bad Messaging Speaking of podcasts, I was on John Gruber’s The TalkSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Tidal and Telling the Same Story, The Brilliant Amazon Dash Button, Amazon Dash Replenishment Service
Good morning, I am very sorry for the multiple emails yesterday. I still don’t really know what happened with the subject lines, but I probably should have left well-enough alone instead of spamming your inbox. I appreciate you let me in there every day and I apologize for abusing that privilege. On to the update:Subscribe […]
The Facebook Reckoning
Publishers are wringing their hands about whether or not to utilize Facebook’s Instant Articles, but the truth is most have no choice
Daily Update: Google, Intel, and TAG Heuer Announce Partnership; FTC Staff Recommended Suing Google for Antitrust Violations
Good morning, Look for the next episode of Exponent later today. It’s about advice and life and all sorts of other squishy stuff I’m probably sorely unqualified to discuss. Perhaps that will make it interesting. On to the update: Google, Intel, and TAG Heuer Announce Partnership From Bloomberg: Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer is creating aSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Notes From the Apple "Spring Forward" Event
Good morning, It was really great to meet so many of you both in Seattle and San Francisco. I’ll follow up soon with some mechanism for maintaing the groups going forward. Building up a real community is definitely something I’d love to see happen. In today’s update I’m going to just give a point-by-point overviewSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Apple Watch Preview, On the Apple Edition Price, The Pebble Time
Good morning, In case you missed the email, the Seattle meet-up will be at the Elysian Bar located at 1516 2nd Avenue in Seattle. I have a reservation for 5, but will try and arrive by 4:30 so that we have more time (I do need to run at 6:30). I’m still working on theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: The Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Pay, HTC: Industrial Design for Hire
Good morning, I apologize that this Daily Update is late; I’m actually posting from San Francisco, having just arrived on an overnight flight from Taipei. I’ll be up and down the West Coast for the next week, and plan on attending the Apple Watch event next Monday, so Daily Updates may be a bit irregular.Subscribe […]
Daily Update: Google Wallet, Softcard, and the Perils of Modularization
Good morning, I made a mistake in yesterday’s Snapchat post. Specifically, the excerpted email at the beginning was not written by Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel; rather, it was written by Twitter CFO Anthony Noto to Evan Spiegel. I greatly regret the error. On to today’s update about Google Wallet and, inevitably, Apple Pay: Google WalletSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Lenovo’s Superfish Debacle, AT&T Prices Privacy
Good morning, I trust you all had a great Chinese New Year. True, I know the vast majority of you don’t celebrate the holiday, or even know it exists (or at least when), but I can assure you your “holiday” was better than one Chinese company’s. On to the update: Lenovo’s Superfish Debacle From ArsSubscribe […]