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Gene and Doug take a look at Facebook, Spotify and PayPal results. If you miss in this environment, you’ll likely be punished more than usual. That trend is not going to change for the balance of this reporting season. 

Gene and Doug share their thoughts on: Last week’s earning reports from MSFT, AAPL and TSLA. The takeaway is that the bar remains high for Big Tech. A preview of upcoming earning calls from GOOGL (Feb. 1), FB (Feb. 2),…

Gene and Doug discuss news for January 6th: Reports of Facebook nixing development of an MR OS in favor of a VR OS are to be expected. To call the metaverse early is an understatement, and big tech will be…

Gene and Doug do a deep dive into Loup’s 2022 tech predictions. Takeaways: Apple and Facebook will battle for the spot as top performing FAANG stock, with both companies benefiting from anticipation around the metaverse. The reason for our optimism…

Over the last five years, we’ve made a habit of offering a few predictions for the year ahead. Here’s what we’re anticipating in 2022: 1. Apple and Facebook will duel for the spot as the top-performing FAANG stock in 2022,…

Gene and Doug discuss Jack Dorsey’s recent Web 3.0 comments and conclude that they win the 2021 “Most Entertaining in Crypto” award.

Gene and Doug discuss recent Web 3.0 comments from Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey and conclude that it’s foundational to the Metaverse.

Last year, we predicted a few items for this year’s gift guide: AirTags | $29 | Apple’s network-driven approach to tracking your stuff. AirPods Studio [AirPods Max] | $549 | The ultimate AirPods listening experience. Tickets to Broadway | $29+…

Facebook is now Meta. Gene and Andrew discuss why it’s a bigger deal than a simple name change, indicating a clear strategic shift for the company.

Below are the read-throughs for the upcoming Apple and Amazon September earnings based on results from Google, Microsoft, and Twitter, along with their key takeaways. Apple read As for the macro, Google did not caution as much about the soft…

Earlier this week, Facebook announced that Andrew Bosworth, the current head of Facebook Reality Labs (hardware and VR division), will become the company’s CTO, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg. Bosworth will replace Mike Schroepfer, who is moving to a senior…

Apple’s September 14 “California streaming” event will be the biggest day of the year for hardware announcements. On top of that, we expect Apple will host an additional hardware event in October, with the new models announced at both events…