When the Door Closes on the Biggest Player in the Room Here’s what actually happened between Google and OpenAI — and why the story everyone’s telling misses the point entirely. I’ve been watching this unfold with the kind of fascination usually reserved for watching two tech giants play chicken on a highway. On the surface, … Read more
Here’s a delicious irony for you: sometimes the best way to win attention is to be told you can’t have it. I’ve been thinking about the Levi’s Stadium debacle at the World Cup. You know, the one where FIFA forced them to cover up their branding. Instead of fading into obscurity, they turned that awkward … Read more
When I first looked at Zoom Slides, my immediate reaction wasn’t “Zoom built a PowerPoint competitor.” Instead, I saw another step in a journey I’ve been writing about for nearly twenty years. Back in January, while previewing the sessions I’d be moderating at ITExpo, I wrote that the future of Unified Communications wasn’t simply UC … Read more
For years, I’ve watched startups, telecom companies, SaaS providers, and platform businesses obsess over one thing: differentiation. The pitch usually goes something like this: “We’re faster.” “We’re cheaper.” “We have more features.” “We’re AI-powered.” That’s all well and good, but being different and being relevant are not the same thing. In my years helping companies … Read more
Something shifted this summer, and it wasn’t just the score on the board. When the USMNT beat Australia 2–0 on a Friday afternoon, 14.78 million people watched on English-language television alone, making it the fourth-largest audience for a men’s World Cup match in U.S. history, behind a record set just one week earlier when 18.04 … Read more
Yesterday I wrote “The Transcript Was Never the Point,” and it’s driven some interesting commentary. Today, I want to go one step further because, as we broaden the scope, it’s obvious that everyone is watching the wrong race. The conversation in tech circles, boardrooms, and venture portfolios has been locked on a single obsession: which … Read more
Spotify is moving into YouTube’s territory as they want to be the “artists direct” upload home where fans can discover video content. On paper, it “sounds” good. But it’s really not. Here’s why: This deepens the artist audience ownership problem because Spotify is not just adding another content format. It is expanding the surface area … Read more
You’ve been saving the wrong thing. For the last three years, the voice AI story has been told as a transcription story. Record the call. Convert speech to text. Search it. Tag it. Maybe run some sentiment analysis on top. Bold words like “insights” get thrown around. Dashboards get built. Teams feel productive. None of … Read more
A Comunicano Sports Special Intelligence Report The biggest event in sports just became the biggest experiment in sports media. FIFA didn’t just sell rights to the 2026 World Cup. It engineered a distribution architecture. And if you’re still thinking about sports rights the way you thought about them in 2022, you’re already behind. FIFA’s Hybrid … Read more
I’ll say it plainly: I think we’re beginning to see the end of the App Store. Not a gradual fade. Not an evolution. A slow-motion obsolescence, and most people building in the app economy haven’t looked up long enough to notice. The App Store’s Days Are Numbered Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the App Store, in … Read more
