BlackBerry has finally been taken off the market, almost… Question is, does the consumer market care? What does it bode for BlackBerry to be taken private. Our analysis of social buzz surrounding recent events show that although the Fairfax offer is incredible important, the recent launch of BBM on iOS and Android products is still […]
Our friends in Finland are moving to Redmond. What will be key is what baggage Nokia is bringing over in the shipping containers. Beyond the obvious war chest of intellectual property, patents, insanely good supply chain management, Nokia is also bringing the highest performing Windows handsets with them. Will it be enough to push Microsoft’s […]
Some investor has had the audacity to file Class action lawsuit filed against Microsoft over Surface RT claims, saying that reports that the RT was selling well were patently false. Our demand analytics show that the Surface RT chugged along at the same rate as launch. If anything, recent discounts have raised demand for what might […]
The Guardian continues their recent line of hard hitting bits of investigative journalism on How low-paid workers at ‘click farms’ create appearance of online popularity. Imagine if you’re Coke and you’ve spent literally hundreds of millions of dollars to garner over 70 million facebook fans, only to find out not only is there little to no […]
With the advancing tide of social engagement sweeping through Madison Avenue, Main Street and Wall Street, there is a rise of a particularly destructive disease, Brand Blindness. Brand Blindness occurs when brand blindly leverage these low cost, broad reach platforms to drive the wrong message to the wrong audience for the wrong offering. I recently […]
Strategy Analytics recently released findings that Android sales have been much higher than iPad sales. We’ve seen the iPad stumbling since the launch of the Gen 4 iPad and the iPad mini in the fall. The closing experience gap between Android and iOS tablets has led to eroding demand and aggressive price cutting by US […]
