Google’s No. 1 Asset Is Its Ability To Empathize With Its Users Through...
As your Internet use has evolved, Google has evolved with you. And for you. Its ability to make the right decisions about what to work on and at what time is a testament to the leadership at the...
View ArticleBlackBerry. What Now?
Are a new operating system, a pair of handsets on which to run it and a name change enough to restore Research In Motion, now “BlackBerry,” to its former glory. That’s an open question after the...
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PAYBACK TIME: Carriers And Suppliers Get Ready To Stick It To Apple On iPhone...
Apple Inc's shareholders have been hit by one of the bloodiest weeks in the history of the stock, but wider fallout from such weakness might be more important to the long-term value of their...
View ArticleThe #hash economy
Back in the late 90′s I started noticing URLs at the end of many TV advertisements. They started as general company URLs (and were relatively infrequent) and eventually because almost ubiquitous...
View ArticleConversation in a cab in San Francisco
Cab Driver: So what are your plans this weekend?Me: Dunno. Go hiking?Cab Driver: No, I mean for the game.Me: What game?Cab Driver: Superbowl?!Me: Oh wow. Who’s playing?Cab Driver: Where do you live?Me:...
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Dell Could Go Private By Monday (DELL)
NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Dell Inc is nearing an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by its founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners,...
View ArticleAward Shows
So they did The Crunchies yesterday. It got me thinking about award shows. I am not a fan of any process that selects a best of anything that doesn't involve the parties getting out on a court or field...
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Here Comes The Best iPad Ever
Apple has just revealed the processor that will enable the company to produce the world’s first ultra-high resolution tablet in the range of seven to eight inches, otherwise known as a Retina display...
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The King Of All Samsung Just Fended Off A $4 Billion Claim Against His Fortune
SEOUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Chairman Lee Kun-hee fended off a lawsuit by estranged family members demanding he hand over billions of dollars of shares in Samsung companies as a...
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Facebook's Lousy Ad Business Is Just A Warm-Up Act
Also read our counter-argument: Why Facebook will never make a significant profitFacebook isn’t making much profit from its users right now. Its ads aren’t anything special, and few people click on...
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Is Sony About To Finally Unveil The PS4?
TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Sony Corp will this month host its first major Playstation meeting in two years, sparking a flare-up in online speculation the Japanese consumer electronics giant is preparing...
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This Groupon Deal For The Google Nexus 7 Is Among The Worst We've Ever Seen
Groupon is catching some flak this week after posting a deal on Google's Nexus 7 tablet that used some questionable math and didn't offer much of a discount.On Tuesday, a poster to Reddit's Android...
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Eric Schmidt Calls China The World's 'Most Sophisticated Hacker'
China's state-sanctioned cybercrime is a global "menace" according to Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, as he predicts a revolution in the country in the coming decades in his latest book.Eric...
View ArticleVideo Of The Week: 3D Printing and The Future Of Shopping
Here's a great interview that ReasonTV recently did with Peter Weijmarshausen, who is the founder and CEO of our portfolio company Shapeways. It's only 6 1/2 minutes long so it's short and sweet.Read...
View ArticleHow Should You Best Launch Your Product at SXSW?
It’s February now. That means a slew of companies will be preparing to launch their new products or announcing their companies at the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.I get asked often how to...
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The Company Formerly Known As RIM (RIMM, BBRY)
At last, a new operating system. And a new name too.STEP forward, CrackBerry Kevin. Many months ago Kevin Michaluk vowed not to cut his hair until BlackBerry 10, the smartphone’s long-delayed new...
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Sheryl Sandberg: Future Moms Are Wrecking Their Own Careers
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg argues in a controversial new book that women's lack of commitment, even before they have a family, is why so few make it to the top. Is she right?In a sea of blue and black,...
View ArticleHBO vs Netflix
Business model matters.The quote of the week for me was this one from Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer:The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.Netflix will have to produce...
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Google Glass Will Send Sounds Straight Through Your Skull (GOOG)
Google Glass, the web giant's augmented reality spectacles, create sound by sending vibrations directly through the wearer's skull, it's been revealed.Documents filed with American regulators show the...
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The VC Industry Is Very, Very Screwed Up
Finding a new partner for a venture firm bears more than a slight resemblance to finding a spouse.While indeed not as essential to life as a spouse, it may well be a person you spend more time with and...
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