Time for a New Type of Tech CEO? Nov 25, 2018 business.of.tech “But Khosrowshahi has managed to turn around internal morale, investor sentiment and even public opinion through some carefully crafted internal Israeli minister urges Airbnb boycott Nov 21, 2018 business.of.tech & no.comment “An Israeli cabinet minister called on Wednesday for a boycott of Airbnb and promoted one of its rivals, escalating the government’s response to Building Technology for Good Nov 21, 2018 business.of.tech & no.comment “Here’s something to think about: Apple has almost the inverse ethos as Facebook. Both Facebook and iPhone have massively transformed the world. Apple knows 5G is about infrastructure Nov 21, 2018 business.of.tech & no.comment … NOT mobile phones “But sometimes writers looking for a story don’t fully understand what they are talking about.” Robert X. Cringely The Full AliveCor Versus Apple Watch Series 4 Nov 21, 2018 business.of.tech “And this price comparison is prima facie nutso. $99 gets you a single-purpose no-fun ECG device. $399 gets you a watch you can wear all day every Facebook’s Dirty Tricks Nov 17, 2018 business.of.tech “At bottom, this is not about George Soros or the foundations. Your methods threaten the very values underpinning our democracy.” John Queally Google Plus Oct 17, 2018 business.of.tech “You read that correctly. A fuck ton of money to ruin the product you were building with bloated garbage that no one wanted. No one really liked The Magic Leap Con Oct 17, 2018 business.of.tech “You know that weird sensation when it feels like everyone aroundyou is participating in some mild mass hallucination, and you missed the dosing? About That Facebook Video Portal Oct 17, 2018 business.of.tech “If you trust Facebook with a camera and microphone in your house, I’d love to have you at my table in a poker game.” John Gruber The Full Kids .. they think of EVERYTHING Oct 16, 2018 business.of.tech Crafty kids are finding ingenious ways to thwart Apple’s ‘Screen Time’ feature “His son, a seven-year-old, deletes the games he’s been locked out “Money is like gasoline during a road trip. Oct 16, 2018 business.of.tech You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” Tim Streaming Services Are Not Good For Artists Oct 15, 2018 those.creatives & business.of.tech I keep highlighting that streaming is not good for artists. I keep being told no no no …. it is. So, here is Jody Gerson on how the increasingly “To calibrate this consider that Facebook revenues for the last 12 months were $48 billion and it now has a market capitalization of $468 billion or 41% that of Apple whereas Services consists of about 14% of Apple’s total revenues. Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “To calibrate this consider that Facebook revenues for the last 12 months were $48 billion and it now has a market capitalization of $468 billion The Markup - A New Journalism Venture Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “The venture is primarily backed by a $20 million donation from Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and $2 million from the Knight Foundation. Sometimes you forget how far we have come Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Data were found in books by a research department skilled in the art of extracting obscure economic figures and statistics, which were copied to Run Windows apps on your Mac without Windows Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “However, there are a couple that slip through my fingers, like Microsoft’s Visio Professional. It doesn’t exist on the Mac side and I really need A New Scam or Not Paying Attention? Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech An article by Panic’s Cabel Sasser has been doing the rounds over the past few days. And at first glance I thought ‘wow’. And then after some On VCs Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” Tim Meet The Woman Who Gives Nerdy Tech Execs A Makeover Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Zuck’s minimalist look isn’t merely an act of efficiency — it’s a call to the world that he’s a man of the people, a man of the coders, true to Mary Meeker Is Leaving Kleiner Perkins Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Here’s how you know this is a huge deal:   “I don’t think it’s a huge deal,” Ted Schlein, who succeeded Doerr as the de facto head of the firm, Ideal Clients Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech Marmol Radziner and Charles de Lisle Restore and Revive a Classic Home in San Francisco “Jessica and Aaron approached the design process with a How the Platform Economy Is Reshaping Global Trade Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Countries have to think like platforms. Any country that wishes to participate in this new global trade order should think about attracting How Adobe’s $4.75 Billion Acquisition Of Marketo Was A Huge Win For Vista Equity Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Marketo was not Adobe’s only big acquisition this year. In May, Adobe acquired e-commerce company Magento for $1.6 billion.” The Full Story Facebook Unveils ‘The Portal’ Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “On Monday, Facebook unveiled the $200 Portal, the first-ever consumer hardware from the world’s largest social network. The toaster-size gadget, Engineers are fixing Silicon Valley Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “And, by Christ, there’s not enough pity in the world for the poor journalistic souls who have to report on whatever shitty thing Travis Kalanick Dediu and Thompson Both Understand Apple … Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech … in ways that most do not and absolutely no one in the mainstream seems to (at least that I have found). “The important call to make is that Apple Cop Pulls Tesla Model 3 Driver Over For ‘Computer’ Mounted On Dashboard Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “After Hall explained that the screen came stock with the car and showed the officer how the touchscreen controlled most of the car’s functions, Chinese Authorities: Didi bears ‘unshirkable responsibility’ for passenger’s death. Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “China’s police and transport ministry said on Sunday the country’s largest ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing had”unshirkable responsibility” for a Apple’s Position on OUR Privacy Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “We believe security shouldn’t come at the expense of individual privacy.” And: “Apple has never created a backdoor or master key to any of our About That Watch Alert Thing When You Fall … Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech Filed in the ‘ruh roh’ drawer … the law of unintended consequences rears its head. ”In other words, if police are alerted by an Apple Watch of a Apple Looks Down On Ads, But Takes Billions From Google Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “OK, so give Apple credit for not itself employing an aggressive system to harvest personal information for advertising purposes. What if instead Everyone Can Create Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Everyone Can Create includes four new project guides for drawing, music, video and photos now available for free in Apple Books.” Mike Adobe’s $4.75 Billion Acquisition Of Marketo Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Marketo was not Adobe’s only big acquisition this year. In May, Adobe acquired e-commerce company Magento for $1.6 billion.” The Full Story How Adobe’s $4.75 Billion Acquisition Of Marketo Was A Huge Win For Vista Equity Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “Marketo was not Adobe’s only big acquisition this year. In May, Adobe acquired e-commerce company Magento for $1.6 billion.” The Full Story Is It Ok To Mount A Computer On Your Car’s Dashboard? Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “After Hall explained that the screen came stock with the car and showed the officer how the touchscreen controlled most of the car’s functions, Comparative Valuations Oct 15, 2018 business.of.tech “To calibrate this consider that Facebook revenues for the last 12 months were $48 billion and it now has a market capitalization of $468 billion The Future of Privacy: Disinformation Aug 20, 2018 business.of.tech “The only possible future of privacy was to generate lots of disinformation rather than try to prevent information from being exposed in the first Facebook’s Flawed DNA Aug 20, 2018 business.of.tech “When it comes to fighting misinformation, Facebook doesn’t have a technical problem. It has a problem of will and resolve, which is deep-rooted in Facebook v Feds Aug 17, 2018 business.of.tech “In secret court proceedings, the U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to help wiretap Messenger. Facebook has declined, so the Justice The Future Of Funding Feb 28, 2018 business.of.tech & internet.thoughts An early Facebook exec explains why investing in startups without meeting them is the future of venture capital “It’s ludicrous the idea that you What Might Have Been - Or Is? Feb 28, 2018 indie.web & business.of.tech & internet.thoughts At least, that’s what Robin writes … personally I see it getting better again with software like Blot where this is published and Micro Blog … to The Hoodie Kings Feb 28, 2018 business.of.tech & internet.thoughts ”My journalistic spidey sense tells me that a new wave of startups is sloshing around and forming now. I hope it’s looking at cost of the toxic Privacy Is Not Absolute Feb 28, 2018 business.of.tech & people.first & internet.thoughts The US is among a consortium of nations calling for encryption back doors. “The privacy of Internet users”is not absolute,” according to a Google Has Lost It Feb 28, 2018 business.of.tech & internet.thoughts Not a lot to disagree with here …. “You can look at Google’s entire portfolio of launches over the past decade, and trace nearly all of them to What Makes A Smart Speaker Smart? Feb 28, 2018 business.of.tech & internet.thoughts ”Maybe if Apple had called the HomePod a “super speaker” or something else and more directly avoided the comparison to “smart” devices like the