Category Archives: Business

On Twitter and Short-Term Stock Fluctuations

Posted on May 6, 2014 | Leave a comment

Twitter has had a rough few weeks, but does that mean it’s destined to spiral downward?

Hell no.

18% stock price drops are great for headlines, but they certainly don’t tell the story

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When Two Apps Are Simpler Than One

Posted on May 2, 2014 | 1 comment

If there’s one entrepreneurial mantra that Steve Jobs taught us, it’s this: Simplify!

Complex products fail. The complex MySpace lost to the simple Facebook. The simplicity of Snapchat,

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The Floodgates Have Opened

Posted on February 20, 2014 | 2 comments

temp..yaidgitb The floodgates have just burst open, not just in the world of technology, but in the entire free market. In the very way we view capitalism.

I am, of course, talking about

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Posted in Business, My musings

Announcing “Captivology”, My Book on the Science of Attention (HarperCollins/2015)

Posted on February 12, 2014 | 8 comments

Dear friends, family, colleagues, and supporters,

I'm thrilled to announce my first non-fiction book, working title "Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention", due in early 2015 from HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins.

I hope you will sign up for updates on Captivology through my book's website. You can follow @Captivology on Twitter or like Captivology on Facebook. You can also follow @BenParr for regular updates. And finally, here's a link for sharing this announcement.

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Snapchat and the Logic of Turning Down $3 Billion

Posted on November 13, 2013 | 6 comments

In July 2006, a two-year-old company received the offer

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Microsoft & Nokia Can Carve a Niche in Mobile, But Wearables Is the Next Battleground

Posted on September 3, 2013 | Leave a comment

Gates Watch

Microsoft + Nokia still has room to grow in the smartphone market, but perhaps the software giant should focus on the future of mobile: wearables.

Originally, I intended to write a thought piece

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The Tech Community Must Invest More In San Francisco

Posted on August 17, 2013 | 10 comments

Several years ago, when Square was just eight people, I was invited by Jack Dorsey to his loft in SOMA to meet the team and get

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NSA’s PRISM: This Isn’t Over, So Can We Please Breathe Before We Jump to Conclusions?

Posted on June 7, 2013 | Leave a comment

dark-prism

The dropped a bombshell last night — the government is spying on you! And it’s in cahoots with the world’s most popular Internet companies to do it!

If that isn’t a recipe

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Is Apple’s Tim Cook on the Money with Changing U.S. Tax Laws? My Thoughts on CNBC [VIDEO]

Posted on May 20, 2013 | Leave a comment


Ben Parr on CNBC Apple

I dropped by CNBC this afternoon to discuss an issue that will dominate the headlines this week — a proposal by Apple CEO Tim Cook to simplify the tax laws regarding the repatriation of

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Debating Samsung vs. Apple on CNBC

Posted on March 15, 2013 | 5 comments


Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S4, but will it be enough to topple Apple?

That’s the question that CNBC posed to me and my friend Colleen

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