Last quarter, Apple guided the Street that Q1 would be softer than investors expected. Our analysis of consumer demand around the world indicates the rumors of Apple’s demise may be vastly exaggerated. We track consumer demand around the world and saw Q1 CY 2014 have a significant boost for Apple at retailers around the world. […]
If you missed the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, be glad. By most counts, it was terrible ending to a delightful show. If you were one of the millions of fans that shifted your calendar to actually watch it in real-time, not on your DVR or one the web the next day, […]
For those who may be curious, in Greek mythology, Argus Panoptes is the name of a giant with 100 eyes. He was the all-seeing guardian that was always awake, alert, and attentive to all that surrounds him. Here at Argus Insights, we’ve developed tools that allow us to identify and accumulate data in a way […]
When searching for a smartphone with the best battery life, there are countless blogs, articles, and reviews out there that provide the top smartphones on the market. If there were 20 lists online giving the best smartphones for battery life, there would be 20 different lists of smartphones. Battery life test tend to be stress […]
Yup, I’m Irish, at least partly. No really! Feland comes from O’Phaolin, which means “Son of Wolf.” My family migrated from Scotland in 1726, so the family lore (and rather detailed genealogy records) state. When I became of age (ahem) I found I liked to indulge in a pint of that elixir of the ages, […]
There have been a whole slew of earnings reports as consumer electronics companies report on their efforts to win hearts, minds, and wallets from consumers in 2013. Lenovo announced better than expected earnings and bold predictions for the future as they court investors with a blend of caution and temptation after two major acquisitions. Our […]
Shoveling and picking organic fertilizer was not my idea of a lifelong profession as a child, yet growing up on a farm meant I spent a lot of time rearranging the location of animal poop. I worked hard in school to ensure that my future did not involve more organize the excrement of others. Went […]
Lithium reportedly buys Klout for a whopping $100 million. Wow. Why? Klout has been working hard to measure the unmeasurable since their founding, our collective social influence. Klout recently rolled out new engagement and discovery tools that rhyme with Lithium’s earlier acquisition of Scout Labs so there is an interesting question of redundancy. Scout Labs […]
Sprint Reports Fourth Quarter and surprises Wall Street with lower losses than expected. Argus Insights was not surprised. We track consumer behavior across multiple channels, including social media. Not only did we see that Sprint had the biggest lift of all the carriers during Q4 but saw Sprint almost return to holiday 2012 levels of consumer […]
Not since the Angry Birds has a game captured the imagination of the world population like Flappy Bird. Now the developer is taking it down. I’m sure he has his reasons but it seems odd in the face of such viral popularity or rage as the case may be. We were doing analysis of our […]
According to a recent post by BGR, BlackBerry beats iPhone, Android browsers. Unfortunately having the faster browser has not be enough to arrest the slide of BlackBerry market share. To be sure, BB10 users love their devices (though the Z10 has fallen dramatically from the launch highs, with the Q10 attracting more recent attention and delight that […]
Motorola is now Lenovo’s latest addition to their growing collection of faltering US hardware businesses (props to Cam Dales for this observation). Google keeps most of the IP from the $12Bil acquisition they did in 2012. Lenovo adopts a handset brand with a rich history, poor present and uncertain future. After wild success in the […]
