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Michael J. Miraflor

@michaelmiraflor
41 posts
2026-01-27
Why are they selling on a CPM basis and not CPC (or other performance KPI)? I don't get it. Did they not read case studies of botched first attempts at ad models? iAds, Netflix, Perplexity etc. Everyone thinks they can command crazy CPMs until they are humbled by the market.
2026-01-27 View on X
The Information

Source: OpenAI targets ~$60 per 1,000 views for ChatGPT ads, on par with live NFL broadcasts and above Meta's sub-$20 CPM, while offering little conversion data

2026-01-26
Why are they selling on a CPM basis and not CPC (or other performance KPI)? I don't get it. Did they not read case studies of botched first attempts at ad models? iAds, Netflix, Perplexity etc. Everyone thinks they can command crazy CPMs until they are humbled by the market.
2026-01-26 View on X
The Information

Source: OpenAI targets ~$60 per 1,000 views for ChatGPT ads, on par with live NFL broadcasts and above Meta's sub-$20 CPM, while offering little conversion data

In its initial rollout of ads, OpenAI is charging prices that rival those for coveted video programs like the NFL …See also Mediagazer

2025-12-22
We are so back.
2025-12-22 View on X
Billboard

Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files

The breach allegedly includes 86 million audio files.

2025-10-31
Corporate Comms (as an industry) needs a whole new playbook to deal with this type of thing. You have a press strategy, sure, but you need a TikTok/social media on the street strategy too.
2025-10-31 View on X
Business Insider

SEC filing: Snowflake says an executive shared unauthorized financial guidance with an Instagram influencer; an Oct. 26 video interview features CRO Mike Gannon

- Snowflake filed an 8-K after an exec gave financial guidance in an influencer's video.  — The data-storage company said investors …

2025-10-20
+1. Young people are not buying new luxury stuff because 1) they don't have that disposable income (yet) and 2) they recognize that newer stuff isn't as well-made or crafted vs 2nd hand items from the same brands, which are also cheaper. Even when they do eventually achieve
2025-10-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How luxury brands' stiffest competition is coming from secondhand online resellers like The RealReal and Fashionphile, driven by Gen Z and millennial consumers

Carol Ryan / Wall Street Journal : X: @contrariancurse , @michaelmiraflor , and @buccocapital X: @contrariancurse : A cool thing about high luxury goods is that TCO decreases at t...

2025-09-16
A few thoughts: - I don't see an external battery pack, and the arms of the glasses aren't too thick.  I wonder how power management/battery life is managed?  - The haptic band looks to be directly out of Meta's acquisition of CTRL-labs in 2019 ($500M exit).  - The yellow Oakleys (second from left of the final product lineup image) will absolutely print imho.  A proper action cam for cyclists.  I'm predicting snow goggles next.  - We should all be having a privacy/social etiquette conversation.
2025-09-16 View on X
UploadVR

A now-removed unlisted video on Meta's YouTube channel shows Meta Ray-Ban glasses with a HUD visible to the right eye, used for Meta AI and on-foot navigation

Meta's HUD glasses with sEMG wristband will in fact be Ray-Ban branded, a leaked clip which also depicts the HUD and wristband in action reveals.

2025-05-25
I'm just waiting for @tbpn to get picked up by a cable network. I know they don't have to, but that content doesn't exist anywhere mainstream. Just straight up business intel and insights injected into your veins for hours every day.
2025-05-25 View on X
The Information

A look at The Technology Brothers Podcast Network, a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention of Silicon Valley's investors and founders

In recent months, John Coogan and Jordi Hays, co-hosts of “TBPN,” a daily tech news talk show that has captured the attention … X: @willmanidis , @dwr , @manasjsaloi , @thefrandaw...

2025-01-12
It's only Jan 9 but Watch Duty gets my vote for App of The Year.
2025-01-12 View on X
The Verge

A look at Watch Duty, a free app that has become a crucial lifeline for LA during the wildfires by showing active fires, evacuation zones, and other vital info

‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe.

2025-01-05
This is an honest question: WHY?
2025-01-05 View on X
404 Media

After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them

and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, I...

2025-01-04
This is an honest question: WHY?
2025-01-04 View on X
404 Media

After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles

Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …

2024-10-18
Free Cash Flow monster.
2024-10-18 View on X
CNBC

Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $9.83B, vs. $9.76B est., paid memberships up 14% to 282.72M, vs. 282.15M est., and net income of $2.4B; NFLX jumps 7%+

LOS ANGELES — Netflix reported earnings after the bell.  Here are the results.  — Earnings per share: $5.40.

2024-08-07
When Linda was at NBC Universal she was a well respected leader who had the adulation of her peers and the goodwill that came with decades of trust building. Now she is suing those peers for show, because of underperformance. That's... not how this all works and she knows it.
2024-08-07 View on X
Axios

X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott”

In an all-hands at X, formerly Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted … Karissa Bell / Engadget : X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform Grace Eliza Goodwin / Bus...

2024-07-31
Legend. This is the equivalent to burning the boats after landing on shore. It has to work. There is no turning back. The investors can only watch the flames in awe from a distance. The definition of irrational belief in what you are building. YOLO etc etc etc.
2024-07-31 View on X
Wired

Startup Friend previews a $99 AI pendant with an always-on microphone that's designed to provide the wearer with companionship, set to ship in January 2025

The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant.  But it doesn't help you be more productive, it just keeps you company.

2024-07-23
What a turn of events. Huge news for everyone that spends digital ad dollars, big brands and small, who care about customer acquisition costs and data fidelity (and privacy) moving forward.
2024-07-23 View on X
Digiday

Google says it won't be “deprecating third-party cookies” in Chrome and will instead keep working on “privacy-preserving alternatives” via Privacy Sandbox APIs

After much back and forth, Google has decided to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser.

2024-06-22
These Meta false positives for “Made with AI” are so messy and detrimental to creatives whose work is genuine (or edited via Photoshop etc and not AI generated) Just another product-based example of the Tech/Creative divide. Get it right before you ship the feature.
2024-06-22 View on X
TechCrunch

Some users complain that Meta is tagging real photos with its “Made with AI label”, possibly because AI tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images

2024-06-17
The quality of content marketing is going to get so much worse in the near term bc LLMs are not yet good enough to replace entire teams like this. It's madness.
2024-06-17 View on X
BBC

Copywriters detail how AI is affecting their jobs, with some noticing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less

If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future. X: @thomasgermain , @drantoniowrites , @carnage4life , @kristadiamo...

2024-05-25
Spotify is bricking their Car Thing devices. The controller has proven to be pretty useful for me as a dedicated desktop music controller. A passionate developer and hacker community had formed in recent years to support the devices, which makes this decision feel a bit cruel. [image]
2024-05-25 View on X
The Verge

Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds

Suggests throwing it away. r/technews : Spotify will kill Car Thing units later this year, tells owners to throw them away r/gadgets : Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gad...

2024-05-24
Spotify is bricking their Car Thing devices. The controller has proven to be pretty useful for me as a dedicated desktop music controller. A passionate developer and hacker community had formed in recent years to support the devices, which makes this decision feel a bit cruel. [image]
2024-05-24 View on X
The Verge

Spotify tells customers that its Car Thing dashboard accessory will stop working on December 9, less than a year after it went on sale, without offering refunds

Spotify's brief attempt at being a hardware company wasn't all that successful: the company stopped producing …

2024-05-09
I don't think I've ever seen a single commercial offend and turn off a core customer base as much as this iPad spot. Achieves the opposite of their legendary 1984 spot. It's not even that it's boring or banal. It makes me feel... bad? Bummed out?
2024-05-09 View on X
AppleInsider

Apple's iPad Pro ad “Crush”, which shows paints, toys, guitars, sculptures, and more being crushed to reveal the thin device, draws criticism on social media

2024-04-12
Okay, so: Earn blue check organically. “X” takes blue check away unless I pay $ for Premium “X” realizes this was a bad idea and gives blue check back as well as offering Premium for free “X” takes away Premium feature to hide blue check 😵‍💫 [image]
2024-04-12 View on X
Engadget

X tells users that “the hide your checkmark feature of X Premium is going away soon”, after adding blue checks to “influential” accounts with 2,500+ followers

The change comes after X began verifying “influential” users who hadn't signed up for premium.