The Law of Technological Abundance
A key tenet of innovation and technology is the premise that we deploy technology at a higher level (more widely and with greater frequency) as it moves from a scarcity to a surplus. I call this Law of Technological Abundance. The classic example I like to use to describe this phenomenon is the case of […]
Digital Changes Everything about Everything
Digital changes everything about everything. That might sound like a grandeous statement that is both obvious and lacks specifics. But as the doors close on CES for the 49th consecutive year I was reminded this week that many (read: most) of us still drastically underestimate the impact digitization is having and will have in the […]
The Cost of Connectivity and ‘Sensor’ization is Approaching Zero
When Apple launched the original iPhone in 2007 one of the innovative features was to embed an accelerometer in it – becoming one of the first to build the technology into a mobile phone. We had been using accelerators before this, in defense and industrial applications or to do things like deploy airbags in vehicles. […]
A Dozen Elements of Mind-blowing Wearables
This morning I moderated a panel on Mind-blowing Wearables at CES. I was joined by an esteemed group of panelists including Ariel Garten, Founder and CEO of IteraXon the producer of Muse: The Brain Sensing Headband, Carmichael Roberts, Co-Founder and Chairman of MC10, and Jeanette Duffy, Deputy Director, Cause Platforms, UNICEF Ventures. I’ve actually known […]
Starting Again
It has been over a year since I last posted anything to this blog. I imagine it isn’t uncommon for many uncommitted bloggers like myself to begin anew shortly after the start of a new year (and new resolutions). Only the coming months (and years) will tell if my determination to blog more frequently will […]
T’was The Night Before Christmas 2014
Art Cashin, UBS Financial Services’ director of floor operations at the NYSE, is a legend on the floor of the Big Board. He’s been on The Street for some 50 years and is well known for his daily newsletter: Cashin’s Comments. Each year he sends out an Annual Christmas Poem in the spirit of T’was the […]
Black Friday at My House
Several years ago my oldest son bought himself an iPad mini. Recently he received his first iPhone and as a result has been using his iPad infrequently. At the same time, my seven-year-old wants to buy an iPad and so his brother offered to sell him his iPad for $250. Over the last two or […]
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 […]