Good morning, I wrote about the Apple Watch introduction on Stratechery in a piece called Apple Watch: Asking Why and Saying No. In short, while I like everything hardware-related about the watch, I was very concerned with both the keynote messaging and the software. Moreover, I think those two concerns are interrelated: the need theSubscribe […]
Apple Watch: Asking Why and Saying No
Dan Frommer wrote in Quartz about The Hidden Structure of the Apple Keynote. His analysis covered 27 events since 2007, and included things like average length, laughs per executive, and the timing of iPhone reveals. It’s a good read, but in light of the Watch introduction, I am more interested in comparing yesterday’s keynote to […]
Daily Update: Banks Are the New Carriers, Marc Newson Joins Apple, Wearable Price Prediction
Good morning, Happy Moon Festival! This is one of my favorite holidays here in Taiwan. It’s a bit like Thanksgiving in the States, but instead of turkey everyone sits outside and barbecues and drinks. It’s pretty fantastic. It’s also why this Daily Update is so late! While today is more about payments and wearables, it’sSubscribe […]
Wearables, Payments, Chickens and Eggs
I feel a bit sheepish that this is the third of what will in all likelihood be four articles about Apple in a two-week span. I figured the scale of what Apple is planning to announce necessitated at least two preview posts; one about the iPhone and this one about wearables and payments. And then […]
Daily Update: Don’t Call It an iWatch; Apple, Samsung, and the Internet of Things; Alibaba’s Results
Good morning, Today was one of those days on the Internet where the whole endeavor really seems like a terrible idea. The nice thing about writing this update, though, is it’s a reminder of how the Internet makes it possible to connect directly with all of you. I’m thankful for that. On to the update:Subscribe […]
Daily Update: More iWatch Hires; Khosla, Page and Brin; danah boyd on Facebook
Good morning, I hope you all had a good weekend/holiday. On to today’s updates: More iWatch Hires From CNBC: Apple has hired the sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the launch of its new iWatch, as the technology group intend on using the prestigious “Swiss made” label to marketSubscribe […]
Additional Thoughts on iWatch and Android Wear
A few points of follow-up on last week’s piece Android Where?: So What About iWatch? I only mentioned the iWatch tangentially in last week’s piece, which is just as well, for it gives me an opportunity to link favorably to this piece on Techpinions by industry veteran Tim Bajarin about the (alleged) iWatch: I actually […]
WWDC Expectations
Update: bumping to the top of the page Beyond the usual updates of iOS and OS X, there are two significant rumors about what Apple might unveil next week at WWDC. The first is Healthbook, as detailed by Mark Gurman here and here. The second is Apple’s plan for a smart home, first reported by […]