Is Square Entering the Taxi Market?
This week Square introduced preorder and pick-up services. On the surface this service should help expand the business opportunities for small businesses. It might also help level the playing field for small businesses that compete against multi-channel retailers who currently offer similar services. The offering is borne out of the increasingly blurring lines between digital and […]
Unbundling the Mobile Experience
There is a confluence of conflicting forces underpinning mobile today and the outcome will define the mobile experience of tomorrow. Here are two of this morning’s announcements: Snapchat announced they were adding video chat and instant messaging Foursquare’s move to split their app services into two separate apps On the surface, these may seem like […]
A Review of Apple’s Q2 Results
Yesterday I posted a few thoughts and my predictions for Apple’s fiscal Q2 results. Here’s my follow-up with some additional thoughts on the market implications and where we go from here. iPhone I had predicted Apple would sell around 37M iPhones in the quarter. Consensus was calling for 38.2M. Apple blew away not only the […]
What I Expect from Apple’s Fiscal 2Q Earnings
Apple reports Fiscal second-quarter financial results after the close of the markets today and so brings the week-long exercise where pundits spend the first half of the week talking about what Apple will say followed by the second half of the week where the selfsame pundits talk about what Apple said. Here’s some food for […]
A Night at the Ballpark
I have experienced some amazing baseball games in my life. I’ve seen heroic hits (Werth’s 13 pitch at-bat and subsequent Walk off HR in Game 4 of the 2012 NLDS) and historic meltdowns (Drew Storen and the Nationals in Game 5 of the NLDS). I’ve seen World Series Wins (Red Sox at Fenway in Game […]
Time over Money
At the start of the year, I set a goal to post more frequently to this blog. I’ve done a poor job. I’ve been very active on other platforms like Twitter and Instagram, have done nothing with Tumblr and have posted only infrequently on this blog since the start of the year. I have yet to master the art of […]
Reflections on a Visit to Arlington Cemetery
I’ve always felt Arlington Cemetery – located just across the river from our Nation’s capital – was a sacred place. I am always moved by the perennial stories that come with each major storm, detailing the unwavering commitment of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unkown Solider. These mostly 20-somethings show commitment beyond personal understanding or experience. As the […]
Data Havens
A Tax haven is a essentially a jurisdiction (often a country) that has taxes, tax rates, or other legal structuring that provides a lower total tax burden than other jurisdictions. The ability to lower or remove a give tax burden provides an incentive for companies or individuals to establish a presence in these jurisdiction in […]
Only in a Digital World: Messages in the Sky
We are pushing into a fully digital world. This was first driven by digital device adoption over the last decade and that digital device adoption is subsequently being followed by the broad digitization of our physical surroundings. The digitization of everyday objects is driving the digitization of all information. This information isn’t just the historically analog […]
Differentiating Between Technologically Possible and Commercially Viable
Unless you were somehow seemingly off the grid earlier this month, you know the 2014 International CES was held in Las Vegas where some 20,000 new products were launched. The 2014 edition marks the 47th annual CES and at a little over two million net square feet, the 2014 show was also the largest CES […]
