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By Tony Sagami On May 13, 201911:34 AM Eastern
"Don't be stupid; buy Microsoft." That is the advice my brother gave me in 1986.
Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986, and went on to enrich everybody smart enough to buy its stock.
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By Jon D. Markman On May 1, 201904:45 PM Eastern
Alphabet (GOOGL) shareholders had a really bad day Tuesday.
Stock traders and analysts blame a shortfall in Alphabet’s first-quarter advertising revenues. But all this selling is...
By Jon D. Markman On April 3, 201902:00 PM Eastern
The corporate world in in the midst of a digital transformation frenzy. And it’s creating a gold rush of opportunity for trusted experts.
Gartner (IT) sells the equivalent of picks, shovels and...
By Tony Sagami On April 1, 201904:00 PM Eastern
"The use cases that comprise the blockchain opportunity are developing as swiftly as the technologies enabling it."
— IDC, Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide
What’s the...
By Jon D. Markman On March 27, 201904:00 PM Eastern
For decades, data scientists have promised better sales and bigger profits by tailoring customer experiences.
McDonald’s (MCD) announced Tuesday it was acquiring Dynamic Yield, a company that...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 201905:45 PM Eastern
Automation is being sold to us as a panacea.
Removing irrational human impulses is supposed to make planes, trains, automobiles and other machines safer.
Last week, a cutting-edge Boeing 737...
By Jon D. Markman On March 4, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Carmakers keep rushing into shotgun weddings, with each bringing a substantial dowry of technology to the marriage.
BMW and Mercedes announced Feb. 27 a new, long-term agreement to pool their...
By Jon D. Markman On February 20, 201902:30 PM Eastern
Business leaders are finally fessing up to the fact that artificially intelligent enterprise software is going kill thousands of service jobs.
Michael Corbat, CEO at Citigroup (C) , told the...
By Jon D. Markman On February 11, 201902:00 PM Eastern
To protect privacy, activists and politicians are clamoring to regulate big tech.
They don’t know it yet, but they are falling into a trap. That’s because big tech is embracing oversight.
In...
By Jon D. Markman On February 6, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Bill Gates is really smart. Microsoft (MSFT), the company he cofounded, developed software that still powers most of the world’s personal computers. He’s also really good at predicting the...