Australia Week
18 January 2010Most people following SNS know that I picked Australia several years ago as a future source of economic growth and success, and this has worked out exactly right so far. Since then, I have joined the Australia American Leadership Dialogue, and met with PM Kevin Rudd, Deputy PM Julia Gillard, and most of the current [...]
SNS Predictions for 2010 Released from New York
12 December 2009Update: The audio of Mark’s presentation is now available. [42min MP3]
FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington, December 10, 2009 - Mark Anderson, CEO of Strategic News Service, released his predictions tonight for 2010 at the fifth annual SNS Predictions Dinner at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York. The global press in attendance included Bloomberg, the Financial Times, Business Week, [...]
Microsoft’s Mysterious Year
29 July 2009From NPR & KPLU Radio:
On this month’s Future in Review with Mark Anderson [of Strategic News Service], we look at a challenging year for Microsoft. The company has been struggling with European antitrust issues and its first-ever layoffs. But there’s plenty of optimism about Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7. Mark spoke with KPLU’s Dave [...]
An Open Letter to the Board of Directors
13 April 2009An Open Letter to the Board of Directors
Last week, I gave a keynote talk at the CRIM Crystal Ball Conference in Montreal, and the speech seemed to be really well received. I had decided ahead of time that the best way to talk about today’s problems was to have a frank conversation about how the [...]
Tech Trends to Expect in 2009
12 December 2008From BusinessWeek:
Mark Anderson predicts the year’s coming developments, from expanded home entertainment to voice recognition to new, lightweight netbooks
Read the article and watch the video.
Companies on the Road South
18 November 2008I mentioned last week at the WTIA Predictions Dinner that Jerry Yang’s act of refusing Microsoft’s $33 / share offer for Yahoo! may have been the greatest disservice to shareholders in recent memory. That followed an earlier prediction in the SNS newsletter that Yahoo! stock would act like a reverse rocket if they turned down [...]
Barack’s Technology Potential
12 November 2008Barack Obama has already let it be known that he will be seeking a Chief Technology Officer for the United States of America. Wow! Really?
For me, this is right up there with the current PM of Australia running on a platform of broadband to the masses, and one to one education to the children.
Australia is living [...]
Microsoft Post-Gates on KPLU Radio
31 July 2008From NPR and KPLU Radio:
“It’s been more than a month since Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates retired from his position as Chief Software Architect. Gates shared leadership of the company with CEO Steve Ballmer. Now, Ballmer is leading the company with two other top executives.
KPLU’s Dave Meyer looks at Microsoft’s changing of the guard with technology [...]
Google’s Future
12 May 2008My friend Richard Waters from the FT interviewed me the other day; he wanted to talk about Google’s future, now that the MS deal with Yahoo had apparently fallen through. Specifically, he wanted to talk about whether Google would come up with the next big thing, to keep its momentum going.
I reminded Richard that the [...]
The Secret MS vs. Yahoo! Plan
30 April 20081. MS stars quit the company and go work for Google.
2. Yahoo stars, ditto.
3. MS disses Yahoo, calls off bid; Yahoo stock first ever to achieve negative numbers.
4. MS stock doubles.
5. Yahoo, now linked at the hip to Google and with a valueless stock, drifts aimlessly through the Saragasso Sea of No Strategy.
6. MS buys Google. Gets Yahoo [...]