Peak iPhone? Not so fast…
Analysts on Wall Street have declared: 2015 is the year the iPhone peaked! Top analysts from Morgan Stanley (led by ultra-bull Katy Huberty), Stifel, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Baird, Pacific Crest and other investment firms have released reports over the…
The road ahead for Yahoo! (Who will buy the core business?)
News just came in minutes ago that Yahoo! has declined to move forward with the Alibaba spinoff, and will instead examine a spinoff of its core Internet business, CNBC reported citing anonymous sources. Such a move could mean several things……
The Financial Times’ article on Bitcoin is disgracefully misleading
The Financial Times is usually a terrific source for financial news. It’s straightforward, unbiased and most of the time, accurate. Unfortunately, the paper fails to live up to that standard on occasions, such as when it published an article by Dan…
Be honest with yourself: is your startup actually legit?
Is Silicon Valley currently in a bubble? Is the party over? Some very smart people are arguing yes. Others are saying no. But what’s clear is this: we’re at the peak of this ~10 year cycle, and every boom comes with a bust….
AdBlock’s mysterious buyer revealed: AdBlock Plus
EXCLUSIVE — AdBlock, one of the two popular ad-blocking extensions for Chrome and Safari, announced that it has been acquired yesterday. Users who have installed the extension previously got a pop-up yesterday announcing the acquisition — without any hint of the…
Continuing to offer the 16GB iPhone for sale is a brilliant move on Apple’s part
The screenshot above came from TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Matthew Panzarino’s personal blog, Robot Tuxedo (unfortunately, the blog seems dead). In just a single sentence, Panzarino succinctly explained why Apple charges customers the price they do — in part to fatten their bottom line, in part to offset…
Looks Like Apple Is Putting All Of Its Eggs In One Basket…
If Apple ever to launches an iPhone that fails to live up to customers’ expectation, the company may be done for. While Apple, to its credit, has been trying to diversify its product offerings (with the car and Watch projects), it is…
Exclusive: Apple Set Its Sights On The DSLR Market With Next-Gen iPhones
BuzzFeed News has revealed that Apple will hold a special event the week of September 7th (with Wednesday the 9th being the likeliest date) to unveil its next-generation iPhones, presumably called the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. According to sources briefed on…
Apple Seems Awfully Confused About The Apple Watch’s Purpose…
Apple has spent millions, or even billions, of dollars developing and eventually producing the Apple Watch. But just don’t ask the company what the purpose of the Apple Watch is… because it doesn’t seem to know. Internally, the reason to…
Exclusive: Anti-Facebook Social Networking Site Ello Is In Deep Trouble
Ello, the ad-free social networking site, may not exist for much longer in its current form, The Michael Report has exclusively learned after talking to several people (including investors) familiar with Ello’s current situation and future plans. Launched with great fanfare in…