James McQuivey

Of the many things Apple can justly take credit for making common–smartphones, touch screens, black turtlenecks–I’d like to add one to the list that you don’t hear about much. Thanks to Apple, there are thousands of chief executives and other c-level executives around the world who finally “get it”. Two weeks ago I met with [...]

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Tags: business, digital disruption, iPad, publishing

Last week Boxee announced a new $99 TV companion box for the US market that plays internet video apps, pulls down over-the-air broadcast signals and can record broadcast video on an infinite cloud-based DVR that you can later watch on your phone or tablet anywhere in the world. If you have been around long enough, [...]

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Tags: Apple, devices, iPad, iPad mini, platforms

First, let’s admit why even at a paltry $42 billion valuation Facebook is still one of the most important companies on the planet. The company will eventually cross the one billion user account threshold, making it the largest voluntary association in the history of the world. Only China and India are larger social organizations and, [...]

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Tags: data, Facebook, publishing, social media

In the wake of the Surface announcement, a lot of attention has focused on Microsoft’s ability – or inability, depending on how you see it – to pull off a radically new product aiming for the most successful consumer electronics device in history, the iPad. But beyond the question about the product itself is a [...]

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Tags: iPad, kindle, Microsoft, surface, tablet

Let’s give credit where credit is due: At last count Apple had sold nearly 70 million tablets around the world. By comparison, the iPad is exactly 70 times more successful than the iPod, one of the most important pivot devices in electronics and computing history. So I come today not to bury tablets, but to [...]

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Tags: Apple, digital, Forrester, iPad, platforms, tablets