Good morning, As I noted last week, I will be going to Beijing the Wednesday to Friday. As of now I plan on keeping the same posting schedule, but my apologies in advance if there are any delays. In addition, my schedule isn’t yet completely set, so I’m not sure if I will be ableSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Christmas Gifts for Startups
Good morning, Happy New Year! As I noted last week, The Daily Update is on a reduced schedule for these two weeks, with updates on Mondays and Tuesdays only. There will be no update from December 31-January 2. The regular daily schedule will resume on Monday, January 5. Today continues Christmas gifts for tech companies:Subscribe […]
The State of Consumer Technology at the End of 2014
While the modern computing era in many respects began with the IBM System/360 mainframe and further expanded with the minicomputer, normal consumers didn’t start encountering computers until the personal computer. And, while mainframes are technically still around (while minicomputers are decidedly not), what is unique about the PC is that it is very much still […]
Daily Update: Yik Yak and the Social-Communication Map, Recode Removes Comments, The Problem with Apple’s (RED) Campaign
Good morning, This week is Thanksgiving in the U.S., so expect much of the tech world to slowly grind to a halt over the next couple of days. I plan on having an article on Stratechery hopefully later today, but no Daily Update on Thursday or Friday. On to the update: Yik Yak and theSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Uber and the Tyson Zone, Facebook Launches Groups App, Taobao Goes International
Good morning, I apologize that I didn’t get the article notification email issue sorted yesterday; I know I’ve made a real muck of things at this point and most of you are just totally confused! If you are, just ignore me until I have a solution. Thanks for your patience. On to the update: UberSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Getting Xiaomi All Wrong, How is Slack Worth $1.2 billion?
Good morning, Let’s get to it – on to the update: Getting Xiaomi All Wrong Xiaomi’s financials (it is a private company) were leaked to the Wall Street Journal: A confidential document viewed by The Wall Street Journal shows that Xiaomi’s net profit nearly doubled last year, making it a lucrative business in an industrySubscribe […]
Daily Update: More on GT Advanced’s Shady Bankruptcy, Apple Watch in China Vogue, LINE Reveals MAUs
Good morning, Apple has announced another event for this Thursday for presumably the iPad, Mac, and OS X. However, I don’t think I’ll be writing a preview piece (except in this newsletter); that, more than anything, describes the iPad’s faded star. I do have a whole host of thoughts, though, I just plan on savingSubscribe […]
Daily Update: PayPal and Square, Facebook Payments?, Samsung: What Now?
Good morning, As I note below, I finally posted my PayPal article. Check it out! On to the update: PayPal and Square Yesterday I wrote on Stratechery about how PayPal is destined to grow increasingly irrelevant as innovation in the payments space moves to merchant account-based purchases: PayPal’s success in solving the peer-to-peer problem hasSubscribe […]
Daily Update: Talko, Bye-bye Beats Music?, About that iPhone Line Film
Good morning, I wrote about Uber yesterday, but in reality I was actually writing about why I think the tech industry should become much more proactive about the development of a social safety net. Not only would a better safety net spur entrepreneurship, but it would also provide a cushion for those who lose theirSubscribe […]
Daily Update: The United States’ PC Hangover, Message App Milestones, iPhone 6 Screen Size Conjecture
Good morning, Welcome to the last week of August! Fortunately, we’re all interested in tech, where there is always something interesting being announced – or rumored. On to the update: The United States’ PC Hangover There were lots of interesting tidbits in the latest comScore U.S. Mobile App Report, particularly the list of the topSubscribe […]