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The Critical Path #87: De Gustibus
In the first part of a post-WWDC “doubleheader”, we look back at AirShow and begin our dive into the keynote, with regard to Apples hardcore product Mac Pro, Mavericks, iTunes Radio, and examining discovery versus…
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What's an Apple user worth?
This week Apple announced that iTunes has 575 million accounts. This is the 8th update (that I know of) over the last four years. The history of this data is shown in the following graph. The number of accounts has…
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Measuring the latest iOS accessory market
One of the most startling announcements during the WWDC 2013 was iOS in the car. The mockup that was shown seems to indicate the use of the car’s in-dash display as an “external monitor” for an iOS device while control…
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Measuring US Mobile Platform Shares: Kantar vs. comScore
The latest comScore US smartphone install base data is in and there are few surprises. iPhone has reached a new record high penetration (39.2%) and user base (54.3 million). Android has reached a new high in user base…
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Forecasting Windows market share
Last week Frank X. Shaw, VP of corporate communications at Microsoft stated: … most of the people around me were using their iPads exactly as they would a laptop – physical keyboard attached, typing away, connected to a…
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100 billion App downloads
By the end of May there will be 100 billion mobile apps installed on iOS and Android devices. Not bad for a five year old medium. With respect to attach rate, the total downloads/install base are currently 83 apps per…
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In the weeds
Although discussions related to how Apple will “use its cash” center on acquisitions of companies, Apple’s has been busy acquiring, just not companies. It has been buying capital equipment. Capital meaning (in the…
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Tim Cook's answer to my first question
Tim Cook was asked the first question (on the iPhone portfolio). His answer is paraphrased here: We haven’t so far. That doesn’t shut off the future. Why? It takes a lot of really hard work to do a phone right when you…
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The Critical Path #86: Staying Foolish
Questions for Tim Cook; a brief look at the grammar of the organization; Xbox One vs. the Spruce Goose and how to avoid knowing too much. via 5by5 | The Critical Path #86: Staying Foolish.
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My questions for Tim Cook
Next week at AllThingsD’s D11 conference in LA, Apple CEO Tim Cook will be interviewed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Here are some questions I’m hoping they will ask: