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Why Netflix Has No Social Features

Posted on 9. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Business Insider: First, it’s too much effort to create your own new social network just for sharing Netflix content. That is never going to happen, so Netflix has to piggyback on an existing social network, like Facebook. But that presents … [Continue reading]

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“Twitter and RSS still dominate for mobile news power users, survey says”

Posted on 6. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Quartz: Our poll surfaced about 600 apps. But again, the long tail is in evidence: 95% of apps mentioned by the users don’t break the 2% share. … [Continue reading]

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“Blockstream Raises $55 Million to Build Out Bitcoin’s Blockchain”

Posted on 4. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

CoinDesk: "What we would hate to see happen is the most robust and secure blockchain protocol getting left by the wayside if people moved on to different protocols and tech stacks that bitcoin isn’t designed for," Hill continued, adding: "We … [Continue reading]

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“Shifting Video Viewing Behavior Is Forcing Publishers To Revamp Their Cross-Device Programming Strategy”

Posted on 4. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Dan Rayburn on StreamingMediaBlog.com: Data from Adobe has shown that tablet and smartphone viewing accounted for nearly 40 minutes of daily viewing in 2015. This growth has not come at the expense of desktop or connected devices as mobile will … [Continue reading]

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Perma.cc: Permanent Records of Web Sources

Posted on 2. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Perma.cc: Perma.cc helps scholars, journals, courts, and others create permanent records of the web sources they cite. Perma.cc is simple, free to use, and is built and supported by libraries. What a great project I have never heard … [Continue reading]

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Uber and China

Posted on 1. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Josh Horwitz writing for Stratechery (paywall): According to McKinsey, China’s middle class is expected to balloon from 256 million in 2013 to 357 million by 2022,according to McKinsey. That’s larger than the entire population of the US. … [Continue reading]

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“Facebook hints at how it could become a big player in the ride-sharing business”

Posted on 1. February 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Quartz: In a patent application published today—first surfaced by the legal technology firm ClientSide—Facebook outlines a system for setting up carpools for people attending the same event. For now, it’s worth remembering: Many companies in … [Continue reading]

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“Tech’s ‘Frightful 5’ Will Dominate Digital Life for Foreseeable Future”

Posted on 28. January 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

The New York Times: Let’s say that Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, eclipses Amazon’s retail business in India — well, O.K., so then it satisfies itself with the rest of the world. Government intervention often limits one giant in … [Continue reading]

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“For the first time, more than half of China’s population is online”

Posted on 27. January 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Tech in Asia: China now has 688 million internet users, a record figure. The new data for 2015 from the state’s China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) shows that’s not the only major milestone. For the first time ever, China has … [Continue reading]

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Nuzzel Aims At Email

Posted on 26. January 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Monday Note: But Nuzzel is up for global domination. Seriously. According to its CEO Jonathan Abrams, the mobile application on which he built Nuzzel’s reputation is almost anecdotal. (Despite my known persistence in asking the same questions in … [Continue reading]

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