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Beautiful Zombies [The 12 New Rules For The Future of Media, Part 2]
Sure all those social media apps on your phone have quirky logos and cutesy names. (Is Fandoogle taken?) But every one of these companies is a stone cold KILLER. While filling our days with grumpy cat videos, they fill their bellies with fleshy chunks of hopeful, desperate media partners, who learned the hard way that …
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Samsung’s Trojan Mule Strategy…And 7 Ways To Fix It
Samsung just launched its Note 9 smartphone. Like its predecessors and siblings, it’s a mule. Over the years, I’ve consulted to Samsung, analyzed its mobile strategy, and owned/rooted its Galaxy S2, S5 and S9+ phones. In 2011, I noticed a light sprinkling of Samsung apps on my Galaxy S2. By the time I reviewed the …
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Incremental Illness Claims Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer
‘Incrementalism’ only sounds like the next horrible religion to captivate Tom Cruise. It’s actually a chronic condition that’s claimed countless corporate careers. Its devastation can be measured in thousands of yards – of yacht downgrades. Before donating to your local Adopt-a-Yacht chapter, let’s study incrementalism’s latest victim, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Ms. Mayer opened the door to infection …
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The Next Disruption of Music
[Steve Faktor’s original version appeared on LinkedIn Influencer & Forbes] If you thought digital music piracy was disruptive, just wait until humans are outdone by robots in creating original music. In 1958, John von Neumann imagined “the singularity ” to be the moment artificial intelligence becomes self-improving and self-aware – almost instantly transforming people into pets. But long before your Roomba knocks up some …
Will Apple Pay Reign Supreme?
There has never been a more exciting time in payments. Let me re-phrase that. There has never been an exciting time in payments. But if you read tech blogs lately, you’d think we were moments away from revolution. Unless the oppressed proletariat can pay with iPhones, they’ll start pummeling Nobu waiters with pearl-encrusted Prada bags. …
Part II – Deep Dive: Apple Pay and The Strange Bedfellows Analysis [Patreon-Only]
Deconstruction of Apple Pay and the many unexpected deals its success will unleash. My old colleagues at American Express and MasterCard might not be thrilled.
Microsoft’s Nuclear Option for Mobile
The new market share for Windows Phone are brutal. According to Kantar Worldpanel, Microsoft’s share dropped from 4.7% to 3.6% in the US by May 2014 vs last year. It’s also declining in Germany, flat-lining in Brazil, and completely vanishing in China. To a heated, two-horse race, Microsoft brought a donkey. That doesn’t mean there’s no hope. After all, how …
The Mobile Strategy War Gets Dirty
The future & fate of major mobile players – Apple, Google, Samsung, etc