Alexa for Residential: Smart ApartmentsAmazon has announced Alexa for Residential, focused on landlords and property managers to add Alexa to... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Data on cost versus service for cell phones: Not good for Americans and CanadiansThe Markup has taken a look at cell phone plans around the world – and the... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Business Strategy
Augmented Reality: A use case shown in integrationTeamViewer has announced an integration with Microsoft Teams, allowing for connections via teams, but more interestingly,... By: Dave Sobel/September 3, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Amazon goes full on dystopian futureThree distinct stories about Amazon, but the theme is consistent. First, Bloomberg is reporting on Amazon... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2020/Business Strategy
Microsoft launches two products around deep fakesMicrosoft has announced two new technologies focused on combating disinformation. First up, Microsoft Video Authenticator, which... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2020/Business Strategy, Security
Apple and Google adjust their exposure notificationsAs it’s a thread we’ve been tracking, Apple and Google have announced changes to their COVID-19... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Zoom’s earnings are up massively for Q2 — three takeawaysZoom announced their second quarter earnings, and it was a huge jump – an increase of... By: Dave Sobel/September 1, 2020/Business Strategy
Court rulings are changing third party selling for AmazonAmazon has been found liable in multiple court rulings for defects in products sold by third—party... By: Dave Sobel/September 1, 2020/Business Strategy
Insights into the laptop shortage and educationWith September here, back-to-school coverage is gearing up, and I want to highlight a piece in... By: Dave Sobel/August 31, 2020/Business Strategy
iPhone users may not need a COVID app anymoreApple is preparing a software update that could allow all iPhone users to opt into their... By: Dave Sobel/August 31, 2020/Business Strategy
Insights from Gartner on changes to remain financially and operationally viableGartner with new survey data of Tech CEOs of small and midsize technology and service providers.... By: Dave Sobel/August 28, 2020/Business Strategy
SaaS Monitoring and Management is hereTwo new companies have announced products focused in the same area on the technology services space. ... By: Dave Sobel/August 27, 2020/Business Strategy
AirBNB Work from Home until August 2021, plus impact to office spaceAirBNB has extended work from home until the end of August 2021 – now the longest... By: Dave Sobel/August 27, 2020/Business Strategy
Facebook warns of changes to advertising in the fallFacebook published a blog post that warns developers about upcoming changes in iOS that will limit... By: Dave Sobel/August 27, 2020/Business Strategy
Upticks in harassment complaints related to online communicationsAfter discussing the opportunities, let’s talk about a downside. The Wall Street Journal digs into the... By: Dave Sobel/August 26, 2020/Business Strategy
Kaseya reveals insights into the current marketKaseya kicked off their Connect IT event virtually today, and presented some survey data on the... By: Dave Sobel/August 24, 2020/Business Strategy
Salesforce extends WFH, benefits: A provider opportunity?Salesforce is keeping staff home until July 31, 2021, and have implemented support for assisting with... By: Dave Sobel/August 21, 2020/Business Strategy
Stocks, CEO pay, and furloughs. What can we learn?Three business focused stories out I want to highlight. The New York Times has a piece... By: Dave Sobel/August 20, 2020/Business Strategy
Remote work – what’s the SMB opportunity?TechAisle with some research data into remote work. Quoting from the research: Pre-pandemic, 24% of SMB... By: Dave Sobel/August 20, 2020/Business Strategy
Ecommerce accelerates ten years in three monthsMeanwhile, new data reported by Benedict Evans shows the acceleration of previous trends brought on by... By: Dave Sobel/August 19, 2020/Business Strategy