Alastair Barr on why Google is planning stricter cost cutting over the next few quarters: Google revenue grew 19% in 2014, down from 21% in 2013, 22% in 2012 and 29% in 2011. But operating expenses grew 31% last year, according to S&P Capital IQ; spending on research and development soared 38%.The result: operating-profit margin …
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I’ve been using the Apple Watch for the past few weeks. Before that, I hadn’t worn anything on my wrists in over 15 years. Although I don’t quite understand the implications of wearables, I know there’s something there. The obvious use case is small micro-interactions through notifications, like a message from my wife saying she’s …
As kids, we’re told not to scratch if it itches, since it will make it worse. As entrepreneurs searching for problems to solve, we’re told the exact opposite. We could build better products by solving our own pains since we’ll know the problem better than anyone. Paul Graham calls these organic ideas. Besides, how convenient …
Historically, enterprise software buying has occurred in silos ruled by IT overlords. IT commanded what computers, smartphones, and software you had to use. In most places, this is still the case, but the fact that most employees use their devices (tablets and smartphones) at work means they’ll have a say in what they are willing …
I open Firefox, and find something relatively interesting to watch: When I try to watch the video it, I get this: FAIL!!!!
The new PayPal payment dongle is to Square….. As the Saber Pyramid tablet is to the iPad. The sad part, is that only one was meant to be a joke. [Image credit: The Verge and The Huffington Post]
Maybe There Really Will Only Be Five Computers… Thomas J. Watson in 1943: I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. John Battelle 2011: Right now, I’d wager that the handful of brands leading the charge to win in this market might be Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and….IBM. About five or so. …
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Amazon may sell 3-5 million tablets in Q4: Forrester Amazon is not going to create a Kindle/iPad hybrid. Jeff Bezos knows that LCD technology can’t match e-ink for real reading. That is why I wouldn’t expect the current Kindle form factor to go out the door like most analyst are predicting. If anything Amazon could …
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Evernote’s $50 Million in Funding Goal: Build a Hundred Year Company This is great strategic thinking: So when we make any big decision, whether in fund-raising, or product design, or partnership strategy, we ask, “would this make it more or less likely that we’ll be around in a hundred years”, and if the answer is …
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Why Android will gain HUGE tablet marketshare later this year Robert Scobles’s vision of Android tablet future is of single app devices for business and institutions. Apart from the low margins the device manufacturer earns(if they’re lucky), who else gets to win here? Do developers get to sell dozens of apps? Does Google make any …
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