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This interview took place on the eve of the launch of the Galaxy S4. Anouch Seydtaghia is Deputy Head of the Economic & Finance Section chez Le Temps Geneva, Switzerland. — Q: How can you explain that Samsung organizes…
Two days after I posted a reminder that Google had not updated their Android activations for five months, Google updated their Android activations. The new total is 750 million. My expectation (based on a rate of…
Google occasionally reports data regarding Android. Very occasionally. The last time we had some data was in September 2012 when we learned that activations were running at 1.3 million per day and that a total of 500…
This is a reminder that I’ll be speaking at the Harvard Business School Technology and Operations Management Digital Seminar Series on ”The evolution of value chains in a computing markets measured in the billions of…
In June of 2011 Apple announced that 130 million ebooks were sold through iTunes. In October of 2012 it announced that 400 million sold. That means 270 million ebooks were sold in 16 months. Or about 17 million units per…
LG Electronics has acquired HP’s WebOS for an undisclosed amount. When last it changed hands WebOS was part of Palm which was purchased for $1.2 billion in 2010. Palm has thus been effectively divided into several…
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) reported that global digital revenues were $5.6 billion in 2012. This represented about 9% growth from 2011 and accounted for 34% of total industry…
Building the right thing. Why do some companies seem to be able to build products that fit their customers’ needs exactly while some do not? How to build a company that builds the right thing? Watch the video on Vimeo
Watch the video on Vimeo This was fun. You can see the original description and download links here.
In 2012 Apple opened 41 stores. The total is the second highest yearly opening rate since the stores first began operating. The highest total was in 2008 when 47 stores opened. Although it is a healthy total, the…