Friday, March 22, 2013
HBO CEO wants to bundle HBO GO with your internet subscriptionThis is progress, although MG Siegler is right to doubt whether cable companies, many of whom are also internet service providers, would even consider such a deal. At least HBO recognizes that the math won’t hold up against a la carte …Tuesday, November 20, 2012
MG Siegler finally gets a Surface, despite Microsoft’s best efforts In hindsight, I now see why Microsoft did not want me to review the Surface. That was probably the right call from a PR perspective. It’s simply not a good product. Mr. Siegler found the Surface very wanting, but this bit …Thursday, October 18, 2012
Verizon Activated 3.1 Million iPhones In Q3 2012, But Only 651K Were iPhone 5sMG Siegler, commenting on the TechCrunch post by Chris Velazco, linked above: In other words, the iPhone 5 was on sale for just nine days before the quarter ended. And it was supply-constrained the whole time. Mr. …Friday, October 5, 2012
HP CEO Meg Whitman calls it like it is: badMeg Whitman, as quoted by Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica: We aren’t as effective internally as we should be because of poor systems. We are not as competitive as we need to be in how we go to market because of our IT systems. We haven’t been using a …Wednesday, September 12, 2012
“The Math”Once again, MG Siegler nails it on HBO’s missed opportunity for direct-subscription innovation. Most companies are so desperate to maintain anything close to an upward slant in revenue year-over-year that they never even know opportunities like this one exist. The worst part of …Tuesday, September 4, 2012
BrevityMG Siegler posted yesterday about his desire to write with more concision. His point is a good one: writing concisely suggests, when you think about it, a far better grasp of a topic than does the need to write 1,000 words about it. It’s a lesson I learned from a couple of professors in law …Thursday, July 26, 2012
Apple TV: The Soon-To-Be #1 Gaming Console?MG Siegler points out that, despite Apple CEO Tim Cook’s quiet mention of Apple TV, the little box Steve Jobs once called Apple’s hobby has sold more units than the best-selling Xbox 360 gaming console. Not bad for a hobby.Thursday, July 19, 2012
I have turned off comments here at Constant & Endless. I have had only one comment since I started writing here, from Mr. Scott Carpenter. He left a good link, and I certainly don’t want to alienate him or anyone else who wants to tell me something in response to what I’ve written. But I trust …