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  1. Inventive Teens

    · · Research

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt cited Piper Jaffray’s latest Teen Survey on Device Ownership where ~7,500 teens in the US are asked about their device ownership. This type of data is similar to the method comScore uses to measure…

  2. Postmodern computing

    · · Research

    There are 7.1 billion people on Earth. Coincidentally there are also 7 billion mobile connections. Those connections are held by 3.45 billion unique mobile subscribers. ((GSMA)) Unsurprisingly, the largest national…

  4. Airshow Vancouver, Wed March 26, 2014

    · · Conference

    We will be conducting our 9th Airshow event in Vancouver next Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The purpose of Airshow is to: The method we devised borrows heavily from the techniques of cinematography and screenwriting to…

  5. Invaluable

    · · Research

    The smartphone market continues to grow. 2013 saw total shipment of around one billion units (up from 683 million in 2012). In contrast, non-smartphone shipments continue to decline, with shipments around 800 million…

  6. The Thin Red Line | Asymcar

    · · Research

    We explore the strategic and tactical considerations behind BMW’s i sub-brand. Why did BMW attach a new BMW sub-brand to a new powertrain rather than using another brand, like Mini? The answer helps explain how…

  7. On Google’s Future. Part 1

    · · Research

    From 2005 through 2012 Google site revenues ((Google revenues are reported as “Google.com”, “Network”, “Motorola” and “Other”. For this analysis I am including only the Google.com revenues)) have risen at a rate…

  8. The Critical Path #113: Takt Time

    · · Podcast

    We talk about CarPlay, MWC2014, Microsoft and Nokia, “Tim Cook’s outburst”, per-user value, and re-evaluating how we analyze companies in tech. via 5by5 | The Critical Path #113: Takt Time.

  9. Tim Cook’s outburst [Updated]

    · · Research

    When trying to assess the success of an ecosystem, the primary measure is the size of the user base or the “audience” for the product. Companies like FaceBook and WhatsApp and Twitter are measured first and foremost on…

  10. Review: Jony Ive by Leander Kahney

    · · Research

    I don’t usually find books about Apple to be quotable. There are certainly some interesting anecdotes and observations but few appeal to the analytical mind. The popular books on Apple have tended to cover what close…