On Curation – Wedding Photos
I’ve written numerous times about the growing importance of curation (see Curation and Discovery, The future of Curation, and Context and Curation). Wedding Snap is a service available as an iPhone and Android that curations photos taken around a single event but from multiple devices into a single location.
Is Apple Winning the Enterprise?
Good Technology is a privately-held company which offers a mobile solution for corporate and government clients. The core offerings include email, calendar, and secure mobile access to applications and company data. While the customer base is likely small relative to the entire universe of tablets and smartphones and many end-users are likely bringing personal, mobile […]
Moms Love Tech
A recent NRF study shows about 12.7 percent of consumers plan to buy tech this Mother’s Day. Sixty-six percent plan to buy flowers.
Price – Still the Driving Factor for Purchases
NPD is reporting 85 percent of U.S. consumers say price will be an extremely important/important factor in deciding where to shop in the near future. This is consistent with CEA research that continuously finds price and feature set are the two primary factors influencing purchasing decisions. While other factors – notably environmental-related factors like use of recycled materials […]
On Apple’s 1Q12 Numbers, iPads and other Apple-related Musings
Apple surprised to the upside (though it really shouldn’t be a surprise) with their quarter results today. Here is a quick overview of what they reported for fiscal 1Q12: Revenue: $46.3bn (+64% q/q +73% y/y) v. consensus of $38.9bn and company guidance of $37.0bn. Gross margin: 44.7% for the quarter (up 440 bps q/q) v. […]
Tablet and eReader Ownership – How to Read Apple’s Numbers
Later today, Apple will report Q1 figures. We know much has changed in the tablet market over the last three months. Earlier this week, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project reported tablet and eReader ownership (unsurprisingly) surged during the 2011 holiday season. This is consistent with what I expected (and subsequently reported) following Black Friday […]
The Fat Part of the Digital Data Adoption Curve
I’ve written in the past how adoption always follows an s-shaped adoption curve. When it comes to digital data adoption we are in the fat (steep upward sloping) part of the adoption curve. Reuters reported on Monday that Google is now streaming 4 billion videos a day. Moreover, 60 hours of video content is uploaded every minute […]
Trends from the 2012 CES
Here is my presentation on some of the trends I was tracking headed into the 2012 International CES. I also highlight some of the product launches at CES. You can skip past the opening video which takes you through the week of CES in 3-4 minutes. [prezi id=’gx1myc0u1-ka’ width=’600′ height=’450′]
Why the Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet are Good for Traditional Retail
This month Amazon’s new tablet the Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet go on-sale this month. While both products are technically the house brand of competing retails, they’ll be widely available in a variety of retail channels. One would typically presume that a consumer interested in the Kindle Fire would just go to Amazon.com to […]
“Fight Night” at the 2012 International CES
ESPN is hosting live fights in a ring they are erecting in the middle of the 2012 International CES and I can’t wait. Read more here.
