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  • The Real Problem With Facebook and the News

    Facebook is receiving a lot of criticism for allegedly interfering with conservative topics when it comes to “Trending News”. In fact, though, the polarization reinforced by an engagement-driven feed is a much bigger concern.

  • Everything as a Service

    We have likely reached Peak iPhone, and if not, it’s only a matter of time; physical goods can only scale so far. The future, thanks to the Internet, is everything-as-a-service

  • Antitrust and Aggregation

    The European Commission’s antitrust case against Google is likely to be the first of many against aggregators, because the end game of Aggregation Theory is monopoly.

  • Apple’s Organizational Crossroads

    A core part of what makes Apple Apple is its organization structure; Tim Cook has said it will never change. However, if Apple is serious about being a services company, change it must.

  • Facebook, Phones, and Phonebooks

    There are two types of social networks, and Facebook wants to be both. The problem is that the company already chose public sharing over private communication.

  • It’s a Tesla

    Tesla is not a disruptor, but then again, neither is Apple, the closest comp: both succeed by building a brand around being the best.

  • Snapchat’s Ladder

    Snapchat is on the verge of conquering the toughest messaging market in the world: the United States. The way they did it is by laddering-up.

  • Andy Grove and the iPhone SE

    Andy Grove passed away the same day that Apple announced the iPhone SE. One of Grove’s best decisions reminds me of this launch.

  • The Amazon Tax

    Amazon is building a lot of businesses that look like AWS: taxes on major industries that work to everyone’s benefit. The reason, though, is that AWS is a lot like Amazon itself.

  • Bitcoin and Diversity

    First, an exploration of the block size debate that is roiling the Bitcoin world, and then how lessons from that debate apply to diversity in tech.