Daily Update: Twitter Buys Tap Commerce, Launches App Install Ads; Rakuten Launches Venture Fund

Good morning, I’m writing from Seoul’s Incheon Airport where we spent the night. Tomorrow’s update will come from Madison. On to the updates: Twitter Buys Tap Commerce Recode broke the news of Twitter’s latest acquisition: Twitter is in the process of acquiring Tap Commerce, a New York-based mobile advertising technology firm, according to sources familiarSubscribe […]

Daily Update: The Aereo Case, Searching Phones Requires a Warrant, GoPro’s Successful IPO

Good morning, Yesterday I posted my promised piece about Android Wear specifically and contextual computing broadly (I’m a bit skeptical of both). Check it out here: Economic Power in the Age of Abundance. On to today’s update: The Aereo Case The Supreme Court decided against Aereo, a startup that offered a service which transmitted over-the-airSubscribe […]

Nest Buys Dropcam, Amazon Coins for Fire Phone Developers, Yahoo’s Digital Magazines

Good morning, I am still trying to recover from that U.S. soccer game. What could have been! At least there is always plenty of tech news to draw us in. On to the update: Google Nest Buys Dropcam On Friday Nest announced they were buying Dropcam, a home monitoring service. From Recode: Dropcam, the popularSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Amazon’s PR Runup, Box Acquires Streem, Priceline Acquires OpenTable

Good morning, Two acquisitions and anticipation for a big announcement – there’s always something interesting in tech! On to the update: Amazon’s Press Release Runup Amazon is doing something interesting in the runup to tomorrow’s announcement, which most expect to be a Kindle smartphone: they are effectively pre-announcing multiple features that will likely be sellingSubscribe […]

Daily Update: Amazon’s Phone Announcement, Apple’s New Ad, Twitter Buys Namo Media

Good morning, Today is my last day in San Francisco; I will have a Daily Update for tomorrow, but it may be a bit shorter than usual. I’m looking forward to getting back on my usual schedule next week. On to the update: Amazon Teases Smartphone Event From Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. is planning to introduceSubscribe […]

Daily Update: JD.com Prices IPO, Google’s SEC Letter, Patent Reform Dies

Good morning, My Surface piece got pushed to today, so keep an eye out for that later. On to today’s update: JD.com Prices IPO While tons of attention has been paid to Alibaba’s forthcoming IPO, JD.com, China’s 2nd-largest e-commerce company, has flown under the radar. From the BBC: Chinese online retailer JD.com has raised $1.8bnSubscribe […]