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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 10, 2015

Contrasting iOS and Android adoption patterns

I’ve done two previous posts (here and here) on Google’s Android developer dashboard stats, and I was surprised to find it’s been just over a year since my last one. I may still do a deeper dive revisiting some of the points from those previous…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 23, 2015

Comparing Microsoft and Amazon’s cloud businesses

Amazon finally provided the first direct visibility over the finances associated with its AWS business today, and it provides an opportunity to compare them with one of the other two big enterprise cloud businesses which compete with it…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 29, 2015

Microsoft’s Build announcements: breaking the vicious circle

Microsoft’s first-day keynote at its Build developer conference today focused first on Azure and Office platform advancements, but finally moved on to Windows, where the real meat of the day was in my mind. When it comes to…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 29, 2015

Thoughts on Twitter’s Q1 2015 earnings

Twitter’s earnings last night were something of a mess. Revenue fell short of the company’s forecasts, user growth was nothing special, two previous metrics were retired and two new ones introduced which don’t look great right now, and to top it off, the…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 15, 2015

Thoughts on Neflix’s Q1 2015 earnings

I’m kicking off the Q1 2015 earnings season (past earnings posts here) with a post on Netflix, just as I did last quarter. I’ll also be doing an updated deck for subscribers to the Jackdaw Research Quarterly Decks service. Having done a pretty broad run-down last…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 6, 2015

What to look for in the Apple Watch reviews

With the Apple Watch becoming available for pre-order on Friday, it’s likely that we’ll see reviews of the device from a handful of people who’ve been given early access to the Watch at some point this week. I am not among them, but I wanted to share…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 21, 2015

Thoughts on Verizon’s Q1 2015 earnings

Verizon reported results this morning. In listening to the call and reviewing some of my numbers, I was struck my the fact that Verizon is in the midst of several important transitions. I’ll highlight three here today:

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 21, 2015

Yahoo’s tiny, slow-growing mobile business

We’ll have to wait for the transcript to be sure, but Marissa Mayer must have described Yahoo as a mobile-first business a dozen times or so on the earnings call this afternoon. However, as Yahoo has also been quantifying its mobile business lately, we…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 27, 2015

ESPN shows Verizon it wasn’t bluffing

When Verizon announced it would be launching Custom TV, its semi-a-la-carte FiOS offering, and news first broke that some of its content partners didn’t like it, I tweeted this:

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Apr 27, 2015

Thoughts on Apple’s Q1 2015 earnings

Apple’s earnings came out today, and as ever the total revenue, profit, and iPhone shipment numbers, as well as Apple’s enormous and growing pile of cash were major focus areas for people covering the company. However, I always like to look under the hood a little…

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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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