Jan Dawson

171 Articles

Five Thoughts on Privacy and Security

Apple’s been in the news this week because hackers apparently forced their…

Who Apple, Google and Microsoft Should Acquire Next

On Tuesday night, TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm asked on Twitter: If you were Microsoft/Google/Apple…

Apple and mobile payments

In last week’s column, I talked about the current state of smartwatches.…

What Does Cloud-First, Mobile-First Mean for Microsoft?

I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time now but…

The cost of international growth

With Amazon in the news this past week, the idea of growth…

Hitting for the cycle: why Apple should move its product launches

Apple’s earnings for their last financial quarter came out on Tuesday. I…

When Your Users Aren’t Your Customers

A lot of the analysis I do revolves around business models and…

Where the innovation is: brains, inputs and outputs

Most of the devices we use have three essential components: processors, inputs…

Is Samsung’s Exceptionalism Coming to an End?

I’ve always found it fascinating the two dominant companies in the smartphone…