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SVB Silicon Valley Bank: 2018 State of the Wine Industry by Rob McMillan

Food & Wine

Trendspotting: “2018 will be a good year for the wine industry” – Top 10 takeaways from annual SVB wine report

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.15.2018

“2018 will be a good year for the wine industry…” Rob McMillan, founder of Silicon Valley Bank’s wine division, should know. He’s been heading up…

Culture

Watch: Short film ‘3 Days in Sonoma’ an unexpected take on the wine country experience

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.14.2018

5 years of footage. 9 cameras. And 1 overzealous cameraman who forgets to push record.

3 Days in Sonoma wine video with Jean-Charles Boisset

Culture

Stark Insider Presents: A special wine country ESCape (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.13.2018

Because she wanted to get out of town.

3 Days in Sonoma - A short film by Clinton Stark

Cameras & Filmmaking

A love letter to Sonoma wine country 2.14.2018 (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.12.2018

New short film chronicles Sonoma wine country as experienced by Loni Stark.

News

Report: Apple Watch shipments jump 54% y/y, 18 million sold in 2017

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.06.2018

When it comes to wearables it seems Apple is just about the only game in town. At least, if we’re talking about market share. Analyst…

News

Amazon soars, Alphabet & Apple falter – Are earnings an indication of Alexa’s momentum?

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.01.2018

“Alexa, take a victory lap.” Amazon stock (NASDAQ: AMZN) soared today in after-hours trading thanks to Q4 results that blew away expectations. Short of it:…

News

Trendspotting: Are slow iPhone X sales and Samsung’s struggling mobile business a canary in a coal mine for smartphone sales?

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.31.2018

Because my 3-year-old Motorola Nexus 6 does the job just fine and doesn't require a second mortgage to buy.

News

Um, no: “Pebble is dead and hardware buttons are going with it”

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.29.2018

“Pebble is dead and hardware buttons are going with it” So says The Verge. Normally I agree with what most of their writers have to…

News

Here’s a helpful timeline of System on a Chip (SoC) designs by Apple

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.29.2018

Prior to 2010, Apple tapped Samsung for its System on a Chip (SoC) supply. These are the brains that power devices such as the iPhone,…

EVEConnect for Tesla now supports Insteon devices

News

Tesla owners can now control Insteon devices from the touchscreen

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.26.2018

Tesla owners continue to get all the goodies. In this case, Insteon. This week the company announced its smart home devices can now be controlled…