2024-09-24
Listening to the latest Decoder podcast with The Browser Company's Josh Miller and enjoying it so far. I haven't completely bought in to Arc, but we should be exploring new browser ideas. A little shocked that they have 80 employees and zero revenue, though. Not confident they can last. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
An interview with The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller on Arc Search being an operating system, competing with Chrome and Safari, monetization, AI, and more
The Browser Company cofounder thinks it's time to modernize the browser and reinvent the web. Threads: @manton and @joshmcconnell Threads: Manton Reece / @manton : Listening to the...
2024-08-27
New AI-based Alexa set to launch in October, possibly as a $10 subscription: “The revamp of the voice assistant, which documents say will include a daily AI-generated news summary, would come just weeks before the U.S. presidential election.” I think this price will be a tough sell, but running AI does cost money. …
Washington Post
Docs: Amazon plans to launch its delayed overhaul of Alexa in October for as much as $10/month, with AI-generated news summaries, a chatbot for kids, and more
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2024-08-05
Good post from Jason Snell about Apple services: “Apple is building an enormous business that's based on Apple customers giving the company their credit cards and charging them regularly. And that business is incredibly profitable and is expected to continue growing at double-digit percentages.” Another thing that struck me about Tim Cook's comments on the earnings call: no mention that I noticed of App Store revenue. And yet...
Bloomberg
Thoughts on new Apple Intelligence features, which do not yet live up to the excitement, Apple's design team leadership reshuffle, and Apple's Q3 earnings
2024-08-04
Good post from Jason Snell about Apple services: “Apple is building an enormous business that's based on Apple customers giving the company their credit cards and charging them regularly. And that business is incredibly profitable and is expected to continue growing at double-digit percentages.” …
Six Colors
Apple Services Q3 revenue topped Mac, iPad, and wearables combined and may soon exceed hardware profits, but its services can't ever have priority over hardware
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