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News

Trendspotting: Smart speaker sales top 66 million units, Amazon Echo leads with 70% market share

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.05.2019

This past holiday season the smart speaker was the hot seller. No surprise then that the market continues to grow at a rapid pace. According…

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Look no further than Google’s Pixel, Pixel XL for screaming Android deals

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.04.2019

Though I primarily now use an iPhone (7 Plus, that still runs fine in 2019), I enjoy scouting for occasional deals on old Android phones.…

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Culture

Fyre a sad, but not surprising indictment of influencer culture

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.30.2019

If there was any doubt that influencer culture had an ugly side you need only watch one of two decent docs now streaming on Netflix…

Cameras & Filmmaking

Trendspotting: Digital camera market decline continues, could be down 50% in two years

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.28.2019

Digital camera makers continue to face heavy headwinds, primarily from the do-all cameras we’re carrying with us 24/7: smartphones. The advent of the smartphone and…

Culture

3 Days, 3 Museums in NYC: Stark Insider on location at MoMA, The Met, The Whitney

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.23.2019

Yes, Stark Insider is All Things West Coast. Being based out of San Francisco means our travels and stories here typically takes us around the…

Food & Wine

State of the Wine Industry Report: Premium wine sales continue to decline as Millennials gravitate to alternatives

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.16.2019

Baby Boomers are retiring, and faced with fixed incomes, are reducing expenses. Will and can Millennials make up the difference in wine spending?

News

Google backs new WordPress publishing platform Newspack

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.14.2019

Google, Knight, ConsenSys and others have joined together to back a new publishing platform called Newspack. Newspack is primarily targeting smaller and medium-sized publishers. Created…