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: Touch ID and Identity, Twitter Acquires Niche, Baidu Results Disappoint

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 […]

Daily Update: Twitter’s Results, Algorithm, and Value

Good morning, Today is all about Twitter; I’m going to both review their results and touch on their recent flood of announcements. I think that one explains the other. On to the update: Twitter’s Results Twitter’s results were pretty much exactly what you might have expected, particularly given the Twitter-driven Steven Levy piece about Twitter’sSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Google’s Earnings, Amazon Earnings (and WorkMail)

Good morning, It’s been quite a week – tons of earnings results, not all of which I’ve gotten to (I see you, Qualcomm and Alibaba), plus lots of other interesting developments like Twitter’s product expansion, Jack Dorsey’s unprovoked defense of Twitter ahead of next week’s earnings, Microsoft’s investment into Cyanogen (not to mention inflammatory anti-GoogleSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Facebook Earnings, Naver/LINE Disappoint

Good morning, Three quick things: I wrote a bonus article – Bad Assumptions – about why so many get Apple so wrong so often. I did not email this one – it was a bonus! – so please read it on Stratechery if you have not. I think you’ll like it With regards to severalSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Apple Earnings

Good morning, Today’s update is dominated by, what else, Apple’s earnings. There was other news, particularly Twitter’s introduction of native video and group messaging; I’ll try to touch on both later this week. On to the update: How Did Apple Manufacture So Many iPhones? Just hours before the earnings, I tweeted: I don’t do estimates,Subscribe […]

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: Google to Become MVNO?, Samsung vs Qualcomm, Box Prices IPO

Good morning, I just posted a new episode of Exponent that follows up on last week’s copyright discussion, discusses The End of Trickle-Down Technology, and reviews Microsoft’s event. Do note that we recorded before I wrote yesterday’s update, so my thoughts weren’t as fully formed. On to the update: Google to Become MVNO? Amir EfratiSubscribe […]