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2018-12-04

Who's The Fairest of Them All: Amazon, Apple, or Microsoft?

Who's The Fairest of Them All? Amazon $AMZN, Apple $AAPL, or Microsoft $MSFT?
$AMZN Dec 3, 2018
$AAPL Dec 3, 2018
$MSFT Dec 3, 2018
Amazon.com, Inc., became the most valuable company (valued by market capitalization) on Wall Street during Monday's (Dec 3) intraday trading, only days after Microsoft Corporation had surpassed long-time leader Apple Inc. However, at the close of trading on Monday, Apple had regained the crown. Click on the graphics or links above for the most recent pricing of shares.

Editor's noteas of midday on Tuesday, Dec 4, 2018, all three companies' shares had declined along with the major stock indexes. Increased volatility, due in part to interest rates, as well as other macroeconomic issues, has impacted market conditions. 

source: statista.com
When you think of Amazon, think "ecommerce" and "cloud" (AWS):
source: statista.com
source: statista.com
Likewise "cloud" (Azure) with Microsoft also:
source: statista.com
Apple (iPhones) may have a growth problem:
source: statista.com

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2018-02-06

Digital Winners & Losers: Samsung, Apple, Mark Zuckerberg & Facebook

The Most Powerful Person in the World

L2inc.com video above published Feb 1, 2018: Scott Galloway on Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook and Samsung / Apple and more--"who wields power over 2 billion people, can influence elections and public opinion, and traffics in one of the most addictive drugs known to mankind? Plus, an unlikely winner from Apple's iPhone success." 

Sources:
(0:21) F8 Facebook Developer Conference, April 2017.
(0:38) “The Top 20 Valuable Facebook Statistics – Updated January 2018,” Zephoria, January 2018.
(0:38) “Muslims And Islam: Key Findings In The U.S. And Around The World,” Pew Research Center, August 2017.
(0:38) “Global Catholic Population Tops 1.28 Billion; Half Are In 10 Countries,” National Catholic Reporter, April 2017.
(0:56) “The Decline in Adult Activities Among U.S. Adolescents, 1976–2016,” Jean M. Twenge and Heejung Park, 2017.
(1:00) “Why Teens Aren’t Partying Anymore,” Wired, December 2017.
(1:31) “Guess How Much Money Samsung Is Expected To Make Selling iPhone X Screens To Apple Next Year,” BGR, December 2017.
(1:40) “Samsung Display To Supply 180-200m OLED Panels For iPhone X Next Year,” The Investor, December 2017.
(1:46) “Samsung Electronics Announces Third Quarter 2017 Results,” Samsung, October 2017.
(1:50) “Guess How Much Money Samsung Is Expected To Make Selling iPhone X Screens To Apple Next Year,” BGR, December 2017.
(2:09) “Google’s Breakdown Of What Americans Don’t Know How To Spell, State By State,” The Washington Post, May 2017.
(2:09) “Walmart Reveals The Most Bizarre Top-Selling Items In Every State,” Business Insider, January 2018.

Transcript (auto-generated via YouTube.com):
00:00 [Music]
00:01 Who is the most powerful person in the
00:04 world who wields power over two billion
00:07 people and has proven influence over
00:09 elections and public opinion who also
00:12 manufactures and traffics in one of the
00:14 most addictive drugs known to mankind
00:16 increasing teen depression worldwide the
00:20 Zuck the most powerful man in the world
00:22 who doesn't have his finger on a button
00:24 all the hype around changing the
00:26 Facebook newsfeed to favorite content
00:28 from friends as a gesture towards
00:30 restoring democracy is just a big head
00:32 fake the Zuck would never do anything
00:34 that doesn't turn a profit Facebook has
00:37 assembled the largest community in the
00:39 history of mankind
00:40 and the individual overseeing this
00:42 community screwed over his friends in
00:44 college then over his best friend right
00:47 after college and spoiler alert isn't
00:49 concerned with the condition of our
00:51 souls or National Defense. A loser: teens
00:54 recent research reveals that teens
00:56 aren't hanging out in person or going to
00:59 parties in fact the number of teens who
01:01 get together every day has been cut in
01:03 half in the last 15 years the culprit
01:06 once again Facebook and other social
01:08 platforms you can't buy cigarettes or
01:11 vote until you're 18 or drink until
01:13 you're 21 why should we let our kids
01:15 have access to these platforms at age 13
01:18 please respond to me in the comments page
01:20 gating social media no Facebook or
01:23 Instagram accounts until you're 18 good
01:26 or bad idea an unlikely winner from
01:29 Apple's iPhone success Samsung the
01:32 Korean tech giant is the only supplier
01:34 for the iPhone 10 OLED screen samsung
01:37 expects to sell to Apple about 200
01:40 million iPhone screens and a teen
01:42 generating more than 20 billion in
01:44 revenue that's almost half Samsung's q3
01:47 revenue and the equivalent of selling 20
01:50 million of their Galaxy Note 8 phones. To
01:53 mark the National Spelling Bee Google
01:55 broke down America's most misspelled
01:57 words by state separately Walmart
02:00 released a list of its top-selling items
02:02 in every state which may or may not
02:04 explain some of the spelling challenges
02:06 sweeping across the country in
02:08 California where I'm from beautiful is
02:11 the most misspelled word
02:12 and protein powder is the best-selling
02:14 Walmart item people in Wisconsin
02:16 apparently can't spell Wisconsin but the
02:20 Green Bay Packers bathmat is the
02:22 best-selling item on the Bentonville
02:25 giant's site and in New Hampshire the
02:27 most misspelled word of 2016 was
02:29 diarrhea and the best-selling item at
02:32 Walmart is cinnamon flavored toothpaste.
02:35 Things were much easier when I was a kid
02:38 we only had 25 letters in the alphabet
02:40 nobody knew why we'll see you next week
02:53 [Music]

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2017-09-16

Tech Review | Hurricane Irma: Using Tech For Disasters & Recovery

Tech Review (TR 2017-09-16)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:
Features • 1) Hurricane Irma: Using Tech For Disasters & Recovery, 2) New Apple iPhones Too Expensive?, 3) Bitcoin a "fraud", 4) Investing: Tax Reform and Things the Market Does Not Care About5) ICYMI Tech News.

1) Hurricane Irma: using tech for disasters & recovery:
Google Crisis Maps: http://google.org/crisismap/2017-irma and http://google.org/crisismap/
Florida Power & Light (FPL) Update: https://www.fplmaps.com/
See also: Harvey and Irma scams"Real websites for first responders, insurance companies, construction, medical and other vital organizations in the Florida and Texas areas — are being targeted by these malicious spoofed domain registrations."--circleid.com

2)  New Apple iPhones Too Expensive? Lucky 8? $1,000 price tag dampens iPhone enthusiasm in China | Reuters.com--iPhone’s share of China’s smartphone shipments fell to 9 percent in January-June, down from 14 percent in 2015 (source: CounterpointResearch.com data). See also Apple $AAPL Special Event: iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus & More | DomainMondo.com.

3)  Bitcoin a "fraud"--JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' | TheHill.com: “It’s a fraud” ... “worse than tulip bulbs" ... “You can’t have a business where people can invent a currency out of thin air and think that people who are buying it are really smart" ... [it] "won’t end well." See also  China to Shut Bitcoin Exchanges | WSJ.com Sep 11, 2017: "Authorities to ban commercial trading of all virtual currencies."

4) Investing: 
Tax Reform: "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin saying he will eliminate the carried interest tax loophole."--YouTube.com and US Senate Finance Committee hearing 10:00 am EDT, Tuesday, Sep 19, 2017,  on Business Tax Reform, a big issue for tech, internet and telecom companies.

Things the Market Does Not Care About:
  • "... Your feelings. Emotions usually get in the way of investment success but the markets have no sympathy if you get too excited, nervous, scared or greedy about your holdings. Taking things too personal is a great way to make poor decisions when money is at stake ...
  • How successful you are. Success in other areas of life doesn’t always translate into success in the markets. Personalizing your successes can set you up for failure if you become too overconfident in your own abilities ... 
  • Your political views. Markets are apolitical. They don’t care who you voted for, which cable news network you watch or what your ideological leanings are. 
  • How much money you made on your last trade. Investors have a memory but the markets do not. One winning trade has no bearing on your future trades ..."--awealthofcommonsense.com

5) ICYMI Tech News:

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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2017-04-28

Scott Galloway: Teens as a Forward-Looking Indicator (video)

Scott Galloway: Teens as a Forward-Looking Indicator

Published Apr 27, 2017 by L2inc.com: The best forward-looking indicator for brands? What teens are into this year? Chick-fil-A, Nike, and Snapchat.

Loser: Apple, which convinced 90 million Americans to buy iPhones but can't make them use those phones to pay for products.

Winner: road safety as ride-hailing apps prevent deaths from drunk driving.

Sources:
(0:07) “Teens Throw It Back To The ‘90s With Their Stan Smiths; Spending Shifting To Starbucks, Video Games And Amazon,” Piper Jaffray, April 2017. http://bit.ly/2p9LHxv
(0:24) “Teens Throw It Back To The ‘90s With Their Stan Smiths; Spending Shifting To Starbucks, Video Games And Amazon,” Piper Jaffray, April 2017.http://bit.ly/2p9LHxv
(0:45) “Number of iPhone Users in the United States from 2012 to 2016 (in Millions),” Statista, 2015. http://bit.ly/2pDB8U6
(0:48) “U.S. iPhone Ownership Reaches All-Time High on Strength of iPhone 7,” comScore, April 2017. http://bit.ly/2pDHcM7
(0:52) “An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth” PYMNTS.com, April 2017. http://bit.ly/2oZ2mkp
(1:02) “Apple Pay Promised to Make Plastic Obsolete. Then Came Wary Shoppers, Confused Clerks,” The Wall Street Journal, April 2017. http://on.wsj.com/2oB9tT7
(1:14) L2 Analysis of Apple App Store data.
(1:19) “An Inconvenient Apple Pay Truth” PYMNTS.com, April 2017. http://bit.ly/2oZ2mkp
(1:28) “New York City Drunk Driving After Uber,” Jessica Lynn Peck, 2017. http://bit.ly/2oDpK9I
(1:35) “Impaired Driving: Get the Facts,” CDC, 2015. http://bit.ly/2j3EUBH
(1:43) “NONE FOR THE ROAD,” The Economist, January 2017. http://bit.ly/2qcq2oT
(1:52) “Uber Basks in Phenomenal SA Growth,” memeburn, February 2016. http://bit.ly/2p7ZlR4
Music: Say My Name (feat. Zyra) - Hayden James Remix http://bit.ly/1lgAHbQ

YouTube.com auto-generated transcript:
0:02  The best forward-looking indicator for brands?
0:03  What teens are into.
0:05  Teens spend more money on food than anything else,
0:08  including apparel.
0:10  Their favorite restaurant? Chick-fil-A.
0:12  Chick-fil-A? Really?
0:13  Taco Cabana or Cinnabon - that's a real fast food chain.
0:17  Athleisure is still in.
0:19  41% of teens cite an athletic brand
0:21  as their favorite clothing label,
0:23  up from 26% last year.
0:25  And their favorite social platform?
0:27  Snapchat.
0:28  I've been told in our comments, no joke,
0:30  that I look like Ryan Reynolds
0:31  when you sort of flick in and out
0:33  of a filter on Snapchat
0:35  and if you're on meth.
0:40  A loser: Apple.
0:41  The most valuable company in the world
0:43  convinced 90 million Americans to buy iPhones
0:45  but it's struggling to get them to use those iPhones to pay for products.
0:49  Just a third of Americans with Apple Pay-enabled devices have tried the service
0:53  and few ever use it again.
0:54  The number of people who used Apple Pay
0:56  more than once in a month
0:58  peaked in March of 2015.
1:00  Apple blames the poor adoption on retailers.
1:03  Let me get this.
1:04  Your PR executives went to the same graduate school as the executives at Pepsi and United.
1:09  It's your fault, retailers.
1:11  Anyways, only five of the 100 brands in our Specialty Retail study
1:15  accept Apple Pay.
1:16  But the real reason the service hasn't taken off?
1:18  Consumers prefer credit cards.
1:21  A winner?
1:22  Road safety,
1:23  as ride-hailing apps prevent deaths from drunk driving.
1:25  After Uber launched in New York in 2011,
1:28  alcohol-related traffic accidents fell by 25 to 35%.
1:32  Every day 28 people in the US die in alcohol-related crashes,
1:37  which account for a third of traffic-related deaths.
1:40  Uber's arrival could be even more meaningful in South Africa
1:44  where almost two-thirds of road deaths are alcohol-related,
1:48  the highest proportion in the world.
1:49  The company grew faster during its first year in Johannesburg and Cape Town
1:53  than London or San Francisco.
1:56  We leave you this week
1:57  with this stunning visualization of New York City commuter trips
2:00  created by Will Geary
2:02  set to my favorite DJ.

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2016-04-27

Apple $AAPL Q1 2016 Results, Used iPhones Resistance in India (video)

Apple Meets Resistance in India Over Used iPhones: 

Apple's latest bid to crack India's smartphone market is meeting fierce resistance. The company wants permission to import and sell second-hand iPhones because its previous campaigns have been hit by tight regulations and the relative expense of its devices due to low incomes. Bloomberg's Edwin Chan reports on "First Up." Published April 4, 2016

NoteApple's Push to Flood India With Used iPhones Ignites Backlash - Bloomberg"Apple now has less than 2 percent of an Indian market in which four-fifths of phones cost less than $150. Branded smartphones are available for as little as $35 in India. Western multinationals from car-makers to soda vendors use “India only” prices and cut-rate “India edition” products to woo customers. Apple can’t employ those strategies without tarnishing its marquee phone’s premium aura." UPDATE May 3, 2016: Bloomberg reporting India has rejected Apple Inc.’s request to import and sell refurbished iPhones to the world’s second largest mobile population.

Apple FYQ2 2016 (Calendar Q1 2016) earnings release | $AAPL FY 16 Second Quarter Results:
Tuesday, April 26, 2016--Listen to the audio webcast replay Transcript: Apple (AAPL) Tim Cook on Q2 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha

FQ2 EPS of $1.90 miss by $0.10. Revenue $50.6B (-12.8% Y/Y) miss by $1.37B. Apple expects FQ3 revenue of $41B-$43B, below $47.32B consensus.
  • Apple Sees 1st Quarterly Revenue Drop in More Than Decade
  • Smartphone shipments slide 16% as fewer customers upgrade
  • China no longer a growth engine; regional revenue falls 26%
Apple - Press Info - Apple Reports Second Quarter Results (see graphic below):


Apple Forecasts Second Sales Drop as iPhone Woes Deepen - Bloomberg"Apple Inc.’s smartphone woes are deepening. The company posted its first quarterly revenue drop in more than a decade and forecast another decline in the current period, dragged down by waning demand for the iPhone as fewer users race to snap up the latest version of the device. Shares fell as much as 8.3 percent in extended trading. Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri said demand has fallen off since the debut of the larger-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which led customers to upgrade more quickly. “Last year we had a very strong iPhone upgrade cycle.”"

Principal domain: apple.com
Stock symbol: NASDAQ: AAPL
Investor relations: http://investor.apple.com/financials.cfm

This Is The Biggest Threat To Apple's iPhone - Forbes"... analyst, Walter Piecyk, cut his revenue and EPS estimates on the company last week due to concerns that the iPhone replacement cycle is lengthening. UBS analyst, Steve Milunovich, brought up the same concern in a March 14 report ... I believe that an elongation of the iPhone replacement cycle is the biggest threat to the iPhone’s financial returns." See alsoApple Stores See Shrinking Share of iPhone Sales - WSJ"More U.S. consumers are buying iPhones from third-party retailers instead of directly from Apple Inc., according to a new report, a shift that could cut into the tech giant’s wide profit margins. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners said 11% of U.S. iPhone buyers purchased phones directly from Apple in 2015, down from 16% two years earlier. Over the same period, the share of U.S. iPhones bought at stores and websites operated by wireless carriers rose to 76% from 65%. The remaining phones were purchased from other retailers, such as Best Buy Co. That shift is generally bad news for Apple ..."






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2015-10-31

Global Domain News Digest for Week Ending October 30, 2015

Global Domain News Digest: a selection of domain name news from around the world for the week ending October 30, 2015:

Facebook [facebook.com] reveals why it's forcing workers to swap iPhones for Android | ZDNet:  "... The move, according to Wired, is an entirely pragmatic decision that stems from the company's ambitions to grow its user base of 1.5 billion people. While smartphone penetration in the US and Europe has reached saturation point, handset adoption is accelerating in places like India, where users prefer low-cost Android devices..."

London, England, UK:
Roll Up Your Sleeves at a Finance Magnates London Summit Workshop | Finance Magnates: "In today’s technology driven world, one’s domain name is an increasingly significant factor in the success of their business. Sedo is a domain marketplace, one of the largest in the world. Solomon Amoako, an executive of this company [Sedo] that has over $6 million of transaction volume a month, will run the workshop called ‘Choosing A High-Impact Domain – Key to Success’. He will discuss just how important domains are, and how to find one that is appropriate for your business."

New Zealand:
Matt Huisman: How to have your own domain name with emails and a blog for $13 a year! "... Our DNS will be provided by CloudFlare. Our emails will be routed using MailGun to a free Gmail account; Our blog will be provided by Blogger..."

India:
GoDaddy launches web program for small businesses - Firstpost: "...“The launch of the program allows the company to build an ecosystem of web developers and designers to serve the needs of the SMB market in India,” said Rajiv Sodhi, vice president and managing director at GoDaddy India and Australia."

USA:
Chief Counsel Advice Discusses Acquired Domain Names - Forbes: "A recently released Chief Counsel Advice memorandum (“CCA”) discusses the tax consequences of acquired internet domain names from the secondary market. The CCA references “non-generic domain names” and “generic domain names.” ..."

IT Business Edge -The Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods: What You Need to Know: (slides) "... To avoid getting slimed, businesses and consumers need guidance to understand how safe, or how shady, these new TLDs may be considered for web security purposes..."

XYZ wins Verisign false-advertising lawsuit - L.A. Biz: "... XYZ claims legal bills in the seven-figure range and disclosed that Negari is short-selling Verisign stock in a bid to pay down some of those expenses."

Verisign Rating Increased to Buy at Zacks (VRSN): "Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) was upgraded by Zacks from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. The brokerage presently has a $91.00 target price on the stock. Zacks‘s price objective indicates a potential upside of 12.48% from the company’s current price..."

Caveat Emptor! 

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