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Podcast: Social Media Impact, Pre-CES TV, PC, Automotive and 5G News

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Carolina Milanesi and Bob O’Donnell discussing the impact that social media platforms had on this week’s events in Washington, D.C., reviewing the new TV announcements from Sony and Samsung and the PC announcements from Dell, analyzing the automotive news from Harman and Mercedes-Benz, and evaluating the 5G-related news from Qualcomm … Continue reading Podcast: Social Media Impact, Pre-CES TV, PC, Automotive and 5G News

Podcast: Apple Arm-Based Macs, MediaTek Summit

This week’s Techpinions podcast features Ben Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell analyzing the debut of Apple’s Arm-based M1 processor and the new Mac Mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that include them and discussing the news from Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek’s Summit event and the new low-cost 5G modems and Arm-based, Chromebook-focused SOCs that they unveiled.

Streaming Media Numbers, Intel Earnings, Semi Stocks

Streaming Media Numbers The WSJ published an article that got a bit of attention that included some estimates of subscribers of streaming services in the US. This was the first time we caught a glimpse of an estimate of Apple TV+ user number. The chart in the article ranked the services user base like this: … Continue reading Streaming Media Numbers, Intel Earnings, Semi Stocks

Competitive Potential in Social Media

With the record-breaking, yet also only a financial slap on the wrist, of $5b Facebook-FTC settlement along with the still strong earnings report from Facebook, they look ever stronger as an entrenched incumbent. Facebook also disclosed the FTC is opening another probe into their company around their position as an anti-competitive market player. Facebook has … Continue reading Competitive Potential in Social Media

Sick of Social Media Breaches? Ready to Pay for Privacy Help? Here’s What to Look for in Social Monitoring Products

Prior to the ironically privacy-focused F8, Facebook admitted that it “unintentionally uploaded” 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consent. And earlier this spring, yet another Facebook data breach occurred: More than half a billion Facebook records were left exposed on Amazon’s cloud computer servers, open and available for public perusing – and for theft. … Continue reading Sick of Social Media Breaches? Ready to Pay for Privacy Help? Here’s What to Look for in Social Monitoring Products

The Regulation of Social Media Debate

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you may have discovered that I have restricted my Facebook posts to pictures of Golden Retrievers, my favorite dog breed, and once in a while I even post some family and friend related G-rated content. My Twitter usage is used mostly for posting my columns and industry … Continue reading The Regulation of Social Media Debate

What’s Ahead for Publishing and Media

It’s no secret the Internet has brought disruption to the news media and publishing industry. Unfortunately, I think a lot more disruption is still to come. If you pay much attention to what is happening you are aware of some of the challenges many publishers are facing. I am not going to hit them all, … Continue reading What’s Ahead for Publishing and Media

Media and Entertainment Super Bundle Follow Up

Last week I talked about the coming of the super bundles. The overall arc of that piece was more about what super bundles are and why consumers will be drawn to them over traditional cable packages. Throughout the article, I mentioned some companies were positioned better than others, namely Amazon and Apple. In the recent … Continue reading Media and Entertainment Super Bundle Follow Up

My Five Simple Rules to Survive Social Media

So much happened over the past couple of weeks that led many to reassess their engagement on social media. The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica debacle might have been the straw that broke the camel’s back, but social media has been under scrutiny for quite some time. From Twitter’s problem with hate speech to Snapchat’s dubious … Continue reading My Five Simple Rules to Survive Social Media

Social Media and AI Warfare

As we are continuing to be reminded, social media is a powerful force. It has given individuals a powerful voice and empowered communities to stand up to governments, oppression, and a range of social issues. While we have been made keenly aware of the benefits of social media, we are continually reminded of late to … Continue reading Social Media and AI Warfare

Can Social Media Combat Fake News?

Last week Google, Twitter and Facebook’s lawyers and executives faced Senate and House Hearings about the Russian Interference in our last election. Legislators put these companies through the ringer as they showed actual ads bought but Russian operatives that represented false news stories that intended to influence and sway the last presidential election. These legislators … Continue reading Can Social Media Combat Fake News?

Google and the Disintermediation of Search

This week, the growing amounts Google pays phone makers and other companies to carry its search engine have been in the news as financial analysts have expressed concern over margin pressure. The growth in those traffic acquisition costs is certainly worth watching, but I’d argue that by far the larger strategic threat to Google comes … Continue reading Google and the Disintermediation of Search

Podcast: Amazon Echos, Twitter 280, Russian Social Media Interference, Microsoft Ignite

This week’s Tech.pinions podcast features Tim Bajarin and Bob O’Donnell discussing Amazon’s new Echo announcements, debating the value of 280-character tweets, analyzing what the impact of potential Russian interference on social media platforms could mean, and describing the announcements from Microsoft’s Ignite and Envision conferences. If you happen to use a podcast aggregator or want … Continue reading Podcast: Amazon Echos, Twitter 280, Russian Social Media Interference, Microsoft Ignite

What Should Apple’s Priority be for its $1 Billion Media Budget?

Word came out last week that Apple had earmarked $1 billion towards creating or acquiring new media content shortly. Like other big companies such as Netflix, Amazon, and HBO, the race is on to either create original content or acquire content that would help them boost their offerings to their customers and in turn, increase … Continue reading What Should Apple’s Priority be for its $1 Billion Media Budget?

The Two Increasingly Dominant Business Models in Consumer Media

One of the most fascinating things about the consumer technology industry is the range of business models in evidence among the various companies. Though software may indeed be said to be eating the world, what’s fascinating to me is that almost no business models are based on selling software. Instead, we’re seeing the rise of … Continue reading The Two Increasingly Dominant Business Models in Consumer Media

The Rich Media Generation

Studying generations under 30 provides a unique challenge. One of the demographic patterns we observe around technology in particular is how habits change with specific life stages. From a purely anthropological standpoint, this seems obvious. Your habits during your youth/formative years are different than those in the middle of your life and both of those … Continue reading The Rich Media Generation

Changing Media Consumption Habits

Last week, I jokingly said this tweet could be the basis of a whole blog post: I’ve just paid £2 for newspaper that has a double page spread consisting largely of tweets by BuzzFeed employees. pic.twitter.com/vrVxD3Pav3 — Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) July 8, 2016 This week, I decided I might as well write that blog post … Continue reading Changing Media Consumption Habits

Unpacked: Average Social Media Accounts per Person

Social media remains a large part of what regular consumers do on a daily basis with their smart device. Like it or not, they play a major role in the connected economy. That is why I like to share intriguing statistics whenever I encounter them related to social media apps and services. Interestingly, of those … Continue reading Unpacked: Average Social Media Accounts per Person

Unpacked: Global Social Media Usage

Looking at many different social media networks/services from a global perspective, there are a few interesting trends, none larger than Facebook. Literally. On a global scale, Facebook not only has the most active users but also the most engaged ones. When consumers are asked how frequently they use specific social media sites/services, Facebook returns the … Continue reading Unpacked: Global Social Media Usage

My Thesis on the Future of Media

With the shutting down of GigaOm, much discussion has taken place on the internet regarding mainstream media struggles. It seems old media, who have tried to go new media, keeps shutting down left and right or having to sell. Unfortunately, I believe this consolidation will continue. The root cause seems to be a classic story … Continue reading My Thesis on the Future of Media

Teens and Their Social Media

When I joined Creative Strategies in 2000, one of my first tasked areas of research was the millennial generation and their demands on tech. The world was different then. There were no smart phones and, while two way pagers and basic cell phones existed, the PC was the primary computer of this demographic. I was … Continue reading Teens and Their Social Media

Business and Social Media: The Good and the Ugly

I had an interesting little experience this morning with how customer services organizations use social media well and badly. I was headed to New York for the BlackBerry 10 launch and took the first train on the Washington Metro Red Line to connect with the 6 am Acela at Union Station. The trip proceeded uneventfully … Continue reading Business and Social Media: The Good and the Ugly