Jan Dawson

171 Articles

Some Thoughts on the State of the Tech Market

I’m in a contemplative mood this week, as this is my final…

Snapchat’s Strategic Failure

This week’s Snap Inc earnings call was an indictment of the strategy…

Facebook Puts Investors’ Money Where its Mouth is on Security

This week has seen both Congressional hearings on the issue of Russian…

The Challenge of Breaking into the US Smartphone Market

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis week saw one of the newest entrants in…

Samsung Aims for Connected Thinking at Developer Conference

Samsung is holding its annual Developer Conference this week in San Francisco.…

Google and the Disintermediation of Search

This week, the growing amounts Google pays phone makers and other companies…

Google is Clearly Serious About Hardware, But Not About Selling Phones

Google’s announcement of its second generation of first-party hardware made clear something…

Amazon Matures its Echo Lineup

Amazon on Wednesday held an event to update and expand its Echo…

It’s All Change at Nest Except the Business Model

Nest this week make its biggest ever announcements and introduced its first…