Friday, October 26, 2012

This Blog Site Has Relocated

Due to performance issues, I've moved my Personal Blog for Breakout Performance with all my articles.

You can now find me at Breakout Performance (ericjacksonblog.com).

See you over there.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Case For Why Google Is Doomed With Sudden Shift to Mobile

Here's why Google is doomed as the world rapidly shifts to mobile from desktops. Get read to say "Ask Siri" instead of "Google It"

Read full post on Forbes

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Facebook's Trading Desktop Ad Dollars for Mobile Dimes


Facebook‘s (FB) Q3 results showed a lot of growth in their mobile ad revenue – and a decline in their desktop ad revenue.
Mobile ad revenue was $152 million in the quarter.  This means that their desktop ad revenue was $933 million.  That’s the first time there’s been a contraction in their desktop ad revenue since they started publicly reporting the data — other than the seasonal shrinkage in Q1.

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Why Facebook Needs To Be Deathly Scared Of Pinterest


Remember Pinterest?
Have you used it lately? Lots of people are.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Despite Rosy Q3 Results, These Are The 11 Most Serious Questions Still Facing Facebook

Facebook offered some rosy data points in its earnings yesterday, but there are still 11 serious questions facing the company going forward.

Read the full post in Forbes

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

3 Ways Facebook Can Earn Wall Street’s Respect

Talk with @JeffMacke on $FB earnings on tap for tonight:

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Apple’s iPad Event Brings Mini-Mal Excitement

My chat with @JeffMacke on iPad Mini and $AAPL



[Long AAPL]

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Jackson Sees Growth for Yahoo, Storm for Microsoft

(Bloomberg) -- Eric Jackson, founder of Ironfire Capital LLC, talks about Yahoo Inc.'s third-quarter earnings and outlook, and the future of Microsoft Corp. The biggest U.S. Web portal reported profit and sales that beat estimates. Jackson speaks with Trish Regan and Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."



[Long YHOO]

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Monday, October 22, 2012

The Bear Case For $MSFT

From @BloombergTV today:

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Why Google Could 'Disappear' in 5 Years

My discussion today on @SquawkStreet about the challenges mobile presents to $GOOG:



[Long YHOO & AAPL]

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Why Does Marissa Mayer Consider Siri the "Perfect Search Engine"?

Marissa Mayer has some big choices ahead of her in search coming up between now and March when the Microsoft deal expires. What will she do and why does she think Siri is the Perfect Search Engine?

Read the full post in Forbes

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

The 25 Biggest Regrets in Life. What Are Yours?


We are all busy.
Life happens.
There’s always something to distract us from getting around to certain things we know we should do.
Soccer practice.  Work. Home renos. Getting that next big promotion.
And with the explosion of always-on smartphones and tablets delivering a fire hose of urgent emails, not to mention Twitter and Facebook (FB), in recent years, things have only gotten busier.
In the backs of our minds, we know we’re neglecting some stuff we should do. But we never get around to it.
Then, something happens.  A good friend or loved one – maybe close to us in age – drops dead unexpectedly.  We begin to think about what our biggest regrets would be if we were suddenly sitting on our death bed.
Here is a list of the 25 biggest ones we’ll probably have.

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Google's Search for a Second Act

My chat with @JeffMacke on $GOOG earnings tonight - pre-flash crash:

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