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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 6, 2015

Google Fiber’s real innovation

I’ve written about Google Fiber just once before, and that was to talk about my installation experience when I briefly lived in one of the very few areas where the service is available, in Provo, Utah. However, today I wanted to unpack something different about Google Fiber…

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Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 2, 2015

Apple’s evolving PR strategy

This week on the Beyond Devices podcast (embedded below), we talked among other things about Apple’s evolving PR strategy, using the lens of the Apple Music launch as a way to illustrate how things have changed. I thought I’d do a quick write-up of that segment here too.

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 29, 2015

Thoughts on Facebook’s Q2 2015 earnings

Yesterday, I covered Twitter’s earnings, and today I’m following up with a post on Facebook’s earnings. The two companies are very different — one is a social network that’s first and foremost about connecting with people you know in real life, and the other…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 28, 2015

Thoughts on Twitter’s Q2 2015 earnings

Twitter is one of the companies I’ve written about most here on Beyond Devices. Some examples from the past year include:

Thoughts on Twitter’s Q1 2015 earnings
Thoughts on Twitter’s Q4 2014 earnings

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 14, 2015

Google isn’t Berkshire Hathaway

Update: given Google’s Alphabet announcement on August 10th, I’ve written a new post which refers back to this one. You might like to read that one too.

That’s likely an odd title, but both the title and this post were prompted by a paragraph in a…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jun 30, 2015

Apple Music first day review

Since Apple broke its usual rule of giving reviewers plenty of time to review its new products with the Apple Music launch, giving reviewers just a single day to review the service, I thought I’d break my own rule and do a review of my own based on my first day with the service.

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 30, 2015

The key to T-Mobile’s growth

T-Mobile reported its earnings this morning, and as usual lately there was a strong component of growth — across subscribers, revenues, and even average revenue per subscriber. I’m going to run through the highlights quickly, but then I’m going to drill down around what drives…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 8, 2015

Microsoft’s devices restructuring

Microsoft today announced a restructuring of its devices business which I think most of us have been expecting to land any day since CEO Satya Nadella’s memo to employees a couple of weeks ago indicating tough choices were ahead (and indeed, which the company strongly…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 21, 2015

Apple Watch sales

So, after yesterday’s preview post on Apple Watch sales, I thought I’d have a stab at interpreting today’s earnings report and call on this specific point. Yesterday’s post highlighted the challenges and pitfalls inherent in such an exercise, so I’ll walk you through all my assumptions so you can…

Jan Dawson in Beyond Devices

Jul 20, 2015

Evaluating Apple Watch sales

There’s going to be tons of noise this week about Apple’s earnings, with a particular focus on the sales of the Apple Watch. However, there are two key problems with all of this, and they are:

Apple almost certainly won’t give us the number of Watches…

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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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