Mark Lowenstein at Techpinions: Even though there were no ‘blockbuster’ product announcements, this was the most exciting CES in some time. Between discussions and demos of drones, self-driving cars, IoT, AR/VR, and the next generation of screens, … [Continue reading]
Jobs in the US App Economy
Charles Arthur breaking down the jobs in the app economy in the US alone: For the job breakdown, it puts iOS at 1.4m (87%), Android at 1.1m (70%), BlackBerry at 107,000 (6%) and Windows Phone/Mobile at 45,000 (3%). Adds up to 166% because some … [Continue reading]
A Classic Google Mistake
Very good thoughts by Ben Thompson on Google and autonomous cars (paywall): Does [John Krafcik, the chief executive of Google’s self-driving car division] propose removing all of [todays non-autonomous cars] from the road in one fell swoop? And … [Continue reading]
Google Self-Driving Car CEO: “We need to focus on nothing short of full autonomy”
Re/code: [John Krafcik, the chief executive of Google’s self-driving car division] did not unfurl any deals with carmakers. Instead, he doubled down on Google’s unique commitment to total autonomy, a critical signal to the industry — and its … [Continue reading]
“Owning a car that is not self-driving in the long term will be like owning a horse”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview with the BBC: Mr Musk said electrification and autonomy were the two biggest innovations in the industry since the moving production line. "In the long term, nobody will buy a car unless it's autonomous," he … [Continue reading]
Will Amazon’s Coming Portable Version of Echo Eventually Become a Smartphone?
Me at Early Moves on a rumored portable version of Amazon Echo: This portable version of Echo might be the first iteration of Amazon’s next attempt at the smartphone market after its Fire Phone flopped phenomenally. After all, once people use … [Continue reading]
Netflix’s Reed Hastings: “In the long term, the producer/developer was going to be the distributor.”
Good interview with Netflix’s Reed Hastings by Peter Kafka at Re/code: Since your last earnings call, some of your big video partners, particularly Time Warner and Fox, have gotten even more explicit about their intent to cut back what they sell … [Continue reading]
“Netflix is on F***ing Fire”
James McNab: The traditional TV Industry should be in panic mode. Maybe it’s not a big deal that Netflix has an estimated 69 million subscribers worldwide and counting. Maybe it’s even a small thing that netflixers watch 100 million hours of video … [Continue reading]
“It drives itself”
Dustin Curtis: I remember reading the initial reviews of Tesla’s “Autopilot” functionality and thinking that it sounded cool. Even the review videos looked cool. But actually experiencing it–literally feeling the car’s computer make decisions as … [Continue reading]
“Why Ford and Others Are Going to Integrate Amazon Echo/Alexa”
I wrote about the industry dynamics behind the recent announcement by Ford to integrate Amazon Echo/Alexa at Early Moves : As Apple is not-so-secretly working on his own car and Google continues its quest to a self-driving car with mainstream … [Continue reading]
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