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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 26, 2014

On the replicability of the iPhone

A couple of my tweets from a few days ago were retweeted first by Ben Thompson and then by John Gruber, and as a result I got a slew of replies on Twitter from people, many of whom misunderstood the fundamental point I was making, and the context in which I was making…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 5, 2014

What “winning” means for Apple

I posted a tweet yesterday that seemed to hit a nerve with people, and so I thought I’d expand on my thinking a bit here. What I actually posted was two related tweets, though it was the second that seemed to resonate — the first was merely context:

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 30, 2014

The limited opportunity for app install ads

Today, Twitter formally introduced its new mobile app install ads product, joining Facebook and Google in what is becoming a crowded space, with Yahoo apparently waiting in the wings too. I had a quick look at this space in the context of Facebook’s Q1…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 25, 2014

What we learned at I/O about Google’s app revenue

With both Apple and Google’s developer events behind us now, we have some useful new numbers to play with, specifically on the amount both companies have disbursed to developers. In today’s Google I/O keynote, Google announced that it had paid…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 11, 2014

Why an Amazon smartphone makes sense

It seems highly likely that Amazon will finally announce its long-rumored smartphone next week at a special event. From what I’ve seen on Twitter and elsewhere, there’s a lot of skepticism about Amazon’s entry into this market, so I thought I’d review some of the…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 24, 2014

Three questions for Google at I/O

On Wednesday this week, Google kicks of its developer event, Google I/O, completing the trifecta of major developer events with Microsoft’s Build and Apple’s WWDC. These events set the stage for at least the next year for these companies, and in some cases far more. And…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 16, 2014

Apple is doubling down on mature markets

As we gear up for Google I/O next week, and imagine what we might see from Google there, I wanted to have one last look at Apple’s WWDC, from a slight different perspective. One of the thoughts about WWDC that’s taken a while to percolate for me is that WWDC…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 2, 2014

Apple resurgent — thoughts on WWDC

Today’s WWDC keynote was a sign of a renewed swagger on the part of Apple, whose executives seemed to relish the deluge of new product announcements they unleashed on developers and on their customers. In the process Apple established or strengthened its competitive…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 16, 2014

New podcasts

I’ve done two podcasts in the past week:

The Beehive Startups / Startup Daily podcast, which I occasionally guest on. This episode was recorded shortly after Apple’s WWDC, so we talked a lot about what Apple announced there, including HealthKit, HomeKit and Swift. We also talked…

May 2014

July 2014

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Beyond Devices

A blog about consumer technology from Jan Dawson and Jackdaw Research. Original home at www.beyonddevic.es. Jan Dawson is an analyst and consultant who helps consumer technology companies understand market trends and devise strategies for success.

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