Apple iPhones Five
As usual, the Apple management team did a great job in presenting their new products at yesterday’s keynote. As happened after the launch of the iPhone 4S two years ago, CNBC and others gave the company a lukewarm reaction saying there were no breakthroughs, but rather minor tweaks to what existed. Consistent with my view […]
Tell Them, Tell Them, Told Them
The Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is an annual event that Apple conducts for the thousands of developers who create applications for Apple’s products. When the conference is announced as open for enrollment, the available seats are sold out in about an hour because developers are thirsty to learn about the new application programming interfaces […]
Genesys XIX
The 19th Annual Genesys Partners Venture Dinner — Gen XIX– Tuesday night at the Union League Club in New York attracted nearly 100 venture capitalists, investors, journalists, entrepreneurs, and industry executives. As always, Jim Kollegger — CEO of Genesys Partners and one of the pioneers of the information industry — was an elegant master of […]
Bad Apple?
Just a few months ago, some analysts were projecting that Apple would soon reach $1,000 per share. Now they are saying Apple is in for big problems ahead including increased competition, lower profit margins, being forced into less expensive product introductions, and the challenges of maintaining high growth. Apples earnings report brought a traumatic price […]
The End of Cash – Not Quite
Jack Dorsey, the 35-year-old entrepreneur widely known as the creator of Twitter and founder of Square, appeared on a Sunday morning news program to announce the introduction of Square Wallet. The concept behind Square is brilliant and simple. A lemon aid stand, landscaper, or wandering volunteer at the hospital ball selling tickets for a drawing, […]
