Good morning, It’s rainy here, and apparently in California as well. It’s a miracle! Sounds like a great reason to curl up and read some tech analysis. On to the update: Chasing India’s Enthusiasts I always find it interesting which articles on Stratechery take off (hello BuzzFeed!), and which kind of slip under the radarSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Nintendo to Build Smartphone Games
Good morning, There I was, working merrily on my promised Twitter/Meerkat piece, when truly shocking news came down the pipe. I got rather distracted by an event that perhaps isn’t that important big picture, but sure means a lot to the little boy in me. On to the update: Nintendo to Build Smartphone Games OneSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Car Rumors and Jony Ive’s Apple, Obama’s Cybersecurity Summit, China Taxi Apps Merge
Good morning, As I noted last week, I will be off this Thursday and Friday for Chinese New Year. In addition, tomorrow’s article will be several hours late. Thank you for your patience. On to the update: Car Rumors and Jony Ive’s Apple As far as I can tell the Apple Car rumor started withSubscribe […]
Dear Zoë Keating: Tell YouTube to Take a Hike
Zoë Keating is an example of a new kind of content creator who can best maximize their revenue by going direct to consumers.
Christmas Gifts and the Meaning of Design
Manage your Stratechery subscription. This is a re-post from December, 2013 Gifts are a funny thing. A year ago, for Christmas 2012, my wife “gave” me an iPad mini. I use quotes because I actually bought it; supply was constrained, and when we got a notification that there were models in stock, I quickly dashed […]
Daily Update: Christmas Gifts for Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi
Good morning, In case you missed it, James Allworth and I had a debate about his post on drones on the latest episode of Exponent. If you’re looking for last-minute gift idea, don’t forget about Stratechery Gifts. Once you make your payment I will send you a registration link for the gift membership; you canSubscribe […]
Why Uber Fights
Ride-sharing is a winner-take-all market that depends on controlling demand more than it does supply.
Differentiation and Value Capture in the Internet Age
The implication of the Smiling Curve is not only that aggregators have increased economic power, but that differentiated suppliers do as well; Omni Software is an example.
Daily Update: The Uber Problem, Samsung’s Next Act, Nokia is Back!
Good morning, With regards to yesterday’s note on the web not being dead, John Gruber wrote a great post called Native Apps are Part of the Web; I also forgot that I wrote a guest post earlier this year defending the web for writers. Still, though, it doesn’t really matter what any of us think:Subscribe […]
Daily Update: How Apple Pay Might Fail, Dropbox and Office, Amazon Prime Adds Cloud Storage
Good morning, Many of you have requested that I send Stratechery articles via email, just as I do the Daily Updates. I’m happy to announce that I will be doing just that from now on via the normal Stratechery email notification list. If you would like to receive Stratechery posts via email, please subscribe hereSubscribe […]