On a day when it has become clear that the games industry is actively conspiring to get a story about box art into every news cycle until the increasingly welcome end of the world on the 21st*... read »
Starbucks is generating buzz – and not just from too many Grande Macchiatos. Their $450 Steel card, which has already sold out and is now commanding jaw-dropping premiums on eBay, once again has Starbucks at the center of the conversation in payments. Is the Steel card just a novelty item? Or does it tap into something deeper that other issuers and merchants can learn from? read »
Yahoo has named former PayPal cofounder Max Levchin to its board of directors, as two other board members are stepping down. read »
Apple added almost $40 billion to its cash and investments in its last fiscal year ending September 2012. However, only about $11.4 billion of it was generated in the US. In calendar 2013 Apple’s dividend of $10.60 per share will cost the company about $10 billion and another $3.3 billion is planned for stock buybacks. I believe that Apple could come up short in the amount of cash it generates in the US to cover the dividend and buyback. Apple does have about $38 billion in US cash so it can[...] read »
The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on December 5, 2012. read »
The New Google Maps for iPhone entered the Apple App Store at #1 with a bullet. It's been three long months since the app disappeared off of iOS devices—and worth the wait. It is unclear exactly which were the deal-breaking terms that led Apple to hastily fast track its own Maps app (with embarrassing results) but the new, non-default version has everything Apple could have wanted on board. Actually more. read »
Why GameStop's stock still has game. read »
Top advisors offer up their best ideas for 2013.
Despite some improvements it has made for app developers, Apple has still not done enough to help developers, a new survey of developers says. read »