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No Meaningful Corporate Governance on Either Google or Facebook

Posted on 12. December 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Ben Thompson at Stratechery (paywall): It’s also worth noting that the very forces that make it possible for first Larry Page and Sergey Brin and later Zuckerberg to maintain control of their companies — the fact they grew so quickly that they were … [Continue reading]

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“There is no “technology industry””

Posted on 5. November 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Anil Dash: Once upon a time, it made perfect sense to talk about “the high tech industry” in America — pioneering companies like Intel or Fairchild Semiconductor or IBM or Hewlett Packard made computer processors and related hardware, and most of … [Continue reading]

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“The Mainstreaming of the Mac”

Posted on 3. November 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Jan Dawson at Tech.pinions on Mac power users: If we put these numbers together, we get a picture of 8–13 million users of Adobe’s creative products and another 13 million or so Apple developers. Of course, of those Adobe users, a good chunk will … [Continue reading]

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“Surface Studio, Nintendo Switch, and the Potential of Niche”

Posted on 27. October 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Ben Thompson at Stratechery There’s no question both products are exciting in their own right; what makes them compelling, though, is not simply the technology demonstrated, but the fact both, unlike their forbearers, are clearly designed with the … [Continue reading]

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“Why Today’s Tech Narrative is Way Ahead of Reality”

Posted on 17. October 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Sam Lessin at The Information: I believe in my lifetime we will implement much of the science fiction narrative as it stands today. But I hope to live a long time, and from a business perspective I am worried that most of the big tech companies are … [Continue reading]

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Table Stakes for Developing a Competitive Mobile OS Are About a Billion Dollars

Posted on 14. October 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

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]

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Turning the iPhone Into an Augmented Reality Device

Posted on 4. October 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

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]

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“Snapchat unveils $130 connected sunglasses and rebrands as Snap, Inc.”

Posted on 24. September 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

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]

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Costs Plunging for Solar Electricity Faster Than Expected

Posted on 22. September 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

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]

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“Rocket Internet’s Growth Days Are Behind It”

Posted on 22. September 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

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]

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Author: Marcel Weiss is a writer, consultant and fighter for pareto-optima. He is thinking and linking from Berlin, Germany.

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