Charles Arthur at The Overspill: History now shows that the table stakes for developing a competitive mobile OS are about a billion dollars. (You can extract those numbers from HP’s acquisition of webOS from Palm, from BlackBerry’s BB10 efforts, … [Continue reading]
Turning the iPhone Into an Augmented Reality Device
Neil Cybart at Above Avalon: We are beginning to see the early stages of a new product era at Apple. New devices are being introduced that will ultimately be able to handle many of the tasks that we currently give iPhone. In 2015, Apple unveiled … [Continue reading]
“Snapchat unveils $130 connected sunglasses and rebrands as Snap, Inc.”
Casey Newton The Verge: Spectacles will naturally be compared to Google Glass, Alphabet's mostly fruitless foray into wearable face-based computing. But because they are sunglasses, they will be less conspicuous than Google's. They're cheaper, … [Continue reading]
Costs Plunging for Solar Electricity Faster Than Expected
Ramez Naam: The latest record is an incredibly low bid of 2.42 cents / kwh solar electricity in Abu Dhabi. That is an unsubsidized price. Let me put that in perspective. The cost of electricity from a new natural gas powerplant in the US … [Continue reading]
“Rocket Internet’s Growth Days Are Behind It”
Me at Early Moves: To get a sense on the cost cutting, here is a good data point: Rocket Internet has lost 37% of its staff over the last months. Down from 1.496 to 937. (via, German) A holding cutting down its own core organisation like … [Continue reading]
“Here’s What It’s Like to Ride In Uber’s Self-Driving Car”
Wired: The more compelling element of the system is the live view of the world. The lower two thirds of the screen depict the car’s surroundings as seen by the spinning LIDAR system on the roof. When pedestrians cross the street, you can see them. … [Continue reading]
A Power
John Gruber at Daring Fireball: The iPhone 7 scores better on both single- and multi-core than any most MacBook Airs ever made, and performs comparably to a 2013 MacBook Pro. Imagine how powerful the next iPad Pro and the one after that will … [Continue reading]
Apple’s Wearable Future
Ben Thompson at Stratechery (paywall): This seems so clearly to be the future for Apple: a Watch that does not replace the iPhone, but enhances it with body-sensing and notification capabilities; AirPods that do not replace the iPhone, but enhance … [Continue reading]
“The Company That Owns Warner Music Group Just Took Control Of Music Streamer Deezer”
Bruce Houghton at hypebot: Access Industries has taken control of global music stream Deezer. The move advances the goal of the conglomerate, which also owns Warner Music Group and has made major investments in Songkick ($25M), Shazam ($9M) and in … [Continue reading]
“Reading and the Demand for Books”
Joshua Gans at Digitopoly: If eBooks are seen as competing with physical books, then you are going to worry about the price of eBooks and want them to be priced higher so as to keep up demand for physical books. But if they are not competing, then … [Continue reading]
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