On the business, strategy, and impact of technology.
Recode has sold to Vox, and while everyone involved is putting a happy face on the matter, it seems highly likely that Recode failed as a business. Understanding how content businesses work show where they went wrong, but what does that mean for someone like Bill Simmons?
Also, Jeff Williams spoke at Recode, and he just might have changed my mind about Jony Ive.
This Daily Update examines Medium’s seeming pivot towards being a network instead of a publisher, which is a contrast to WordPress.com’s latest move towards e-commerce. Finally, a brief examination of why identity matters.
Two seemingly unrelated stores — Verizon buying AOL. and Facebook offering publishers the option of Instant Articles — are actually very much connected: advertising online is undergoing a fundamental shift, and while there will be a few big winners, there will be a lot more losers.
Good morning, Late last night was Apple Watch ordering mania. A few observations: Within minutes the Apple Watch Edition quickly moved from May to June and some models to August. In China, meanwhile, they completely sold out It seemed to take about six minutes for ship dates to start slipping from 4/24-5/8 to something laterSubscribe […]
Good morning, Jay-Z and friends launched a new streaming service yesterday called Tidal. Lots of folks are dumping on it, and while I agree it will probably fail, I think it’s more important than it might seem at first glance; it’s also a very interesting way to look at the music industry – look forSubscribe […]
Good morning! In case you missed it, I mentioned yesterday that I’m going to Happy Hour Friday in Seattle and Monday in San Francisco, both from 5:00-6:30, and would love if you joined me. I’ll send out details about location to those who have expressed interest later today. On to the update: BuzzFeed, Trust, andSubscribe […]
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 […]
Good morning, I am very sorry for the recent “Marked-as-spam” epidemic with the Daily Update. I’m working with MailChimp to implement some fixes, so hopefully the situation will improve soon. On to the update: Touch ID and Identity There was one very important technology I barely mentioned in yesterday’s piece about Apple’s New Market: TouchSubscribe […]
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 […]
It’s difficult to overstate what a big deal Minecraft is. It’s the third best-selling game of all time behind Tetris and Wii Sports, and unlike the latter especially, it is a remarkably sticky experience: the vast majority of customers (over 90 percent on PC, according to Microsoft) sign in every single month. Were Microsoft to […]