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2019-07-02

Android or iOS, Why Smartphones Aren't Exciting Anymore (video)

Why Aren't Smartphones Exciting Anymore?

Smartphone sales are declining, and the pace of innovation is slowing. Manufacturers are scrambling to find new ways to conjure up excitement. Bloomberg QuickTake explains what might be the future of smartphones. Bloomberg.com video above published Jun 19, 2019.

See also: WSJ: Jony Ive Became 'Dispirited' After Apple Watch and Sometimes Failed to Show Up to Meetings--Report: Jony Ive was dispirited by Tim Cook's lack of interest in the product development process and frustrated inside a more operations-focused company--macrumors.com.

source: statista.com
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2019-04-29

Alphabet $GOOG $GOOGL Q1 2019 Earnings LIVE Webcast April 29

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter (Q1) 2019 financial results, Monday, April 29, at 1:30 p.m. PDT / 4:30 p.m. EDT, via LIVE webcast. A replay of the webcast will be available through the same link following the conference call. Go to the Investor Relations website at abc.xyz/investor on April 29, 2019, to view the earnings release prior to the conference call.

UPDATE: Earnings Release (pdf) excerpt:
"We delivered robust growth led by mobile search, YouTube, and Cloud with Alphabet revenues of $36.3 billion, up 17% versus last year, or 19% on a constant currency basis," said Ruth Porat, Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google. "We remain focused on, and excited by, the significant growth opportunities across our businesses."
Editor's note: GOOGL shares have declined in early afterhours trading 29 Apr 2019.
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About Alphabet Inc.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998. Today the company has grown to more than 90,000 employees worldwide, with popular products and platforms like Search, Ads, Maps, Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, and Android. In October 2015, Alphabet became the parent holding company of Google.


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2019-03-02

Tech Review 1) Bank of the Future, 2) How China Created Its Own Internet

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Tech Review (TR 2019-03-02)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech investing news: Features • 1) Bank of the Future, 2) How China Created Its Own Internet, 3) Investing: The Week & Investor Notes: China, 4) ICYMI Tech News: Google, Amazon, Nokia, 5G, Ericsson, AT&T, Tesla, Click-and-Collect, Wirecard, Oracle v. Google, Berkshire Hathaway, Gundlach on Facebook $FB

1) Bank of the Future

As emerging digital finance platforms launch new and differentiated products, including bespoke, consumer-centric solutions and experiences, they are building scale more efficiently and quickly than ever before, according to Brandon Watkins of the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division. In the video above, Watkins explains how the “bank of the future” is being shaped by three trends – a shift from offline to online banking, growing consumer trust for digital-first platforms and consumers’ desire for personalization and tailored product experiences. “You’re seeing these new digital finance platforms… starting to compete with some of the biggest traditional banks in the world,” he says, while some of the traditional financial institutions are turning to “technology platforms to add to the product capabilities and experiences that they’re delivering to their customers today.” Goldman Sachs video above published Feb 20, 2019.

2) How China Created Its Own Internet

From a single email sent to West Germany to restrictions on Winnie the Pooh and the letter N, this is how the Internet took hold in China. Bloomberg.com video above published Feb 19, 2019.

3) Investing
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The Week: NASDAQ Composite +0.9% | S&P 500 Index +0.4% | DJIA -0.1%
S&P 500 closes above 2,800 for the first time in nearly 4 months on trade optimism--marketwatch.com
Richard Cohen: The Democratic Party is trying to gift reelection to Trump | WashingtonPost.com.
Even After Sanders, Harris, and Others Enter Race, Bookies Have Donald Trump as Massive 2020 Favorite--mediaite.com.
Longview:
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Investor Notes:

China: Anne Stevenson-Yang, co-founder of J Capital Research, reportedly wrote in a Feb. 18 commentary, that Beijing’s recent exertions have helped banks, but reflation efforts seen in January are insufficient to stem the broad deterioration in financial conditions. China’s economy will likely continue in decline until corporate and financial defaults force the authorities to launch a gigantic stimulus.

A Chinese real estate developer in Shanghai, boarded a flight to Malta last month with no plans to return anytime soon. After landing, Mr. Chen, a former judge and lawyer, shared on social media a 28-page article explaining himself. “Why I Left China,” read the headline, “An Entrepreneur’s Farewell Admonition.” “China’s economy is like a giant ship heading to the precipice,” Mr. Chen wrote. “Without fundamental changes, it’s inevitable that the ship will be wrecked and the passengers will die.” “My friends,” he urged, “if you can leave, please make arrangements as early as possible.”--NYTimes.com.

Imports by China and other emerging Asian economies in December plunged to the lowest level in two years, in the steepest one-month plunge since 2008--wolfstreet.com.

4) ICYMI Tech News:
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Shaping the future of mobile with Android--Google says Android One activations grew 250% YoY, 50%+ of new entry-level Android devices are Android Go, and Digital Wellbeing tools are coming to more phones. See also: Helping more families set digital ground rules with Family Link--blog.google.

Amazon's Cloud Dominance--cloudchart.png.

Nokia CEO warns 5G implementation 'will be delayed in Europe'--CNBC video. And Nokia says 5G would not be delayed by ban on Chinese suppliers--reuters.com.

5G: Ericsson $ERIC buys antenna and filters business of Germany's Kathrein--reuters.com.

AT&T the Next Kraft Heinz?--SeekingAlpha.com: highest debt load in corporate America, poor earnings growth and has paid over $120 billion for acquisitions in recent years.

Tesla $TSLA moment of truth will arrive in 2020: "Volkswagen’s electric-car onslaught and an economic recession will put Elon Musk’s company to the test"--marketwatch.com Op-ed Feb 22--Until then, Elon Musk has plenty to deal with: SEC problems again; and Consumer Reports recently stopped recommending the Model 3 because of reliability issues.

Click-and-Collect: sales where customers order goods online and pick them up at a nearby store rose 47% in November and December compared with a year earlier, far more than the 16.5% growth in online sales, according to Adobe Analytics.

Germany’s regulator banned short-selling in Wirecard--share price slid after allegations of false accounting surfaced--economist.com.

Amicus Brief (pdf): EFF Asks the Supreme Court to Clean Up the Oracle v. Google Mess--eff.org.

Berkshire Hathaway:  2018 Letter To Shareholders (pdf) (BH owns 5.4% of Apple): 3 Key Takeaways--SeekingAlpha.com.

Facebook:
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Do you still have an opinion on Facebook?" ... I just think that Facebook-- their big problem is obviously their business model. And I talked about things that are safe ended up being unsafe. I think that's Facebook I mean, they sold themselves as comfortable and safe, but they're really just a diabolical data collection monster. And they're unrepentant. And I just saw yesterday they were talking about more regulation in Europe in the UK. And when the regulators show up, usually, the stock prices go down. Health care had a meteoric rise until the regulators showed up a few years ago, and then a big decline. So I don't really trust Facebook. So the fact that I don't trust them makes me not like them, and the fact they don't like them makes me want their stock to go down."--Jeffrey Gundlach extended conversation with Yahoo Finance [Transcript] (pdf).

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2018-10-25

Alphabet $GOOG $GOOGL Q3 2018 Earnings LIVE Webcast Oct 25

 Alphabet $GOOG $GOOGL Q3 2018 Earnings Call Oct 25
Alphabet Q3 2018 Earnings Call on YouTube.com, 4:30pm EDT, Thursday, Oct 25, 2018.

UPDATE: Earnings Press Release (pdf)
Alphabet beats by $2.65, misses on revenue--SeekingAlpha.com

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter 2018 financial results on Thursday, October 25, at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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The live webcast of the earnings conference call can also be accessed here. A replay of the webcast will be available following the conference call. Please visit the Investor Relations website at abc.xyz/investor on October 25, 2018 to view the earnings release prior to the conference call.

About Alphabet Inc.(source: Alphabet): "Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998. Since then, the company has grown to more than 80,000 employees worldwide, with a wide range of popular products and platforms like Search, Maps, Ads, Gmail, Android, Chrome, and YouTube. In October 2015, Alphabet became the parent holding company of Google. You can read more about Alphabet’s mission here."


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2018-09-21

Google $GOOG $GOOGL Celebrates 20 Years This Month

7 Important Dates in Google’s History

Fortune.com video above published Sep 4, 2018: Google (google.com) is celebrating 20 years this month.
source: Statista.com


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2018-09-17

HBO vs Netflix, LVMH vs Amazon, iOS vs Android (video)

HBO vs Netflix

L2inc.com video above published Sep 13, 2018: HBO execs have proposed moving to a Netflix strategy. This is a terrible mistake says Scott Galloway.

Editor's noteBoutique vs Big:
  • HBO vs Netflix
  • LVMH vs Amazon
  • Mercedes vs Toyota
  • Emirates vs Southwest Airlines
  • iOS vs Android

Transcript (auto-generated):
00:01 from the age of 25 to 40 i lost the
00:05 capacity to cry not once not when people
00:08 close to me passed away not when things
00:10 move me just couldn't do it for some
00:12 reason as a matter of fact the only time
00:14 I ever really felt anything I mean
00:17 really felt something between the ages
00:19 of 25 and 40 was when I was under the
00:21 influence of media specifically
00:25 television a hundred years from now TV
00:27 will be recognized as the defining art
00:29 form of our age when Michael realizes is
00:32 on the bus that killed his father Claire
00:35 reviewing her life as she is about to
00:38 pass anything with Hank from the Larry
00:40 Sanders show I will be your champion
00:43 Game of Thrones the original gangster
00:46 Sopranos a mob soldier perusing photos
00:50 of him and his family at the shore
00:51 before he hangs himself what do most of
00:53 these shows have in common three things
00:56 one h-2b and 300 HBO changed the
01:03 television landscape full stop yes they
01:05 should have seen Netflix coming but
01:07 Netflix similar to Amazon and other
01:09 unicorns was able to execute on a
01:11 strategy that HBO's parent company Time
01:13 Warner could not specifically cheap
01:16 capital without pressure for
01:18 profitability Jon stanky the new head of
01:21 Warner entertainment and by the way a
01:22 Bruin grad can't be all bad recently
01:25 addressed his troops at HBO and
01:27 described a future in which HBO would
01:29 increase its subscriber base and their
01:32 viewing hours to pull it off according
01:34 to mr. stanky HBO would have to come up
01:36 with more content and transform from a
01:39 boutique operation to something bigger
01:41 and broader in short become more Netflix
01:44 ish this was a big mistake and will kill
01:47 what is unique and special about HBO to
01:50 move HBO to an Netflix like strategy is
01:53 to walk into the MU say - or say and
01:55 announce we need to scale this makes no
01:58 sense the most efficient way to process
02:00 information binary zeros and ones and
02:02 the entire consumer sector is
02:04 bifurcating there's Amazon at zero
02:06 there's Gucci at one LVMH is at lunch
02:09 hmm is at zero in the mass category
02:12 Mercedes Toyota
02:13 blue and Southwest Airlines and then
02:15 Emirates and Qatar at the top they
02:18 survive and prosper while Delta American
02:21 United and Sears or anyone else in the
02:23 middle gets run over
02:25 we're also bifurcating as a society
02:27 we're turning into a country of three
02:28 hundred and fifty million serfs serving
02:31 three million Lords iPhones only command
02:33 18% of the market but garner 87 percent
02:38 of the profits HBO is iOS garnering not
02:41 only awards but billions in EBIT - every
02:43 year despite spending less on original
02:46 content mr. stanky is taking unnecessary
02:48 even reckless risks with a unique
02:50 process and culture and is in danger of
02:52 killing what is really special about HBO
02:55 HBO and Disney are the only firms over
02:57 the last several decades that have
02:59 managed to create a process and a
03:01 culture for pulling off the impossible
03:03 scaling creativity they attract or
03:06 maintain the not so secret sauce and
03:08 media a list talent HBO should be the
03:11 prize for switching from Verizon to AT&T;
03:13 where the handset messaging and apps can
03:16 molest people's data and pitch marketers
03:18 on there we're number three strategy to
03:21 summarize its Amazon and LVMH southwest
03:24 and Emirates iOS and Android Chipotle
03:28 and Chipotle that's right we're due for
03:32 some near Mexican fare the Big Dawg
03:34 would like to hang out and here's my
03:36 invitation of Romelu Lukaku the english
03:39 striker from Belgium he and I would just
03:42 get along we're in the line he gets a
03:44 burrito bowl I go pulled pork and boom
03:47 they say to him guacamole or cheese on
03:50 your burrito bowl mr. Lukaku and I step
03:52 and I say yes because that's how me and
03:57 Lulu that's what I call him cuz we roll
04:00 that way he calls me Scott this could
04:04 happen we'll see you next week
04:07 [Music]

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2018-07-23

Alphabet $GOOGL $GOOG Q2 2018 Earnings LIVE Webcast July 23

Alphabet 2018 Q2 Earnings Call

Alphabet Investor Relations LIVE video scheduled for Jul 23, 2018: Alphabet 2018 Q2 Earnings Call, transcript here.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) holding company of Google, Q2 2018 quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter 2018 financial results: Monday, July 23, at 4:30 p.m. EDT.

The live webcast of the earnings conference call can be accessed here (embed above). A replay of the webcast will be available through the same link above following the conference call. The Investor Relations website has published the earnings release: earnings release prior to the conference call (embed below):

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See also 
source: Statista.com
source: Statista.com


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2018-03-24

Tech Review | Nvidia CEO On The Future of Autonomous Vehicles (video)

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Tech Review (TR 2018-03-24)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Nvidia CEO On The Future of Autonomous Vehicles, 2) Uber’s Self-Driving Trucks Delivering Cargo for Real Customers, 3) Investing: The Week,Investing Notes4) ICYMI Tech News.

1) The Future of Autonomous Vehicles | Nvidia CEO Full Interview

The future really is now—or at least sooner than it seems, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Speaking at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in Las Vegas, Huang, a co-founder of Nvidia, the gaming giant turned artificial intelligence powerhouse, said the full expression of the technology is a mere decade away. NASDAQ: NVDA (domain: nvidia.com).

2) Uber’s Self-Driving Trucks Are Delivering Cargo for Real Customers

Fortune Magazine video above published Mar 6, 2018: Uber’s self-driving trucks moving consumer goods for real customers near Topock, Arizona and utilizing the Uber Freight app.

See also: Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street | Reuters.com: “I suspect preliminarily it appears that the Uber would likely not be at fault in this accident,”--Tempe Police Chief.

3) Investing
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The Week: S&P 500
 S&P500 now in negative territory for 2018
 S&P500 now in negative territory for 2018
Markets got sidelined this week by Facebook's data debacle and Trump attacking all the "bad deals" other U.S. administrations made in good times--Trump may be testing the adage, "Bad deals are made in good times ... It takes bad times to be able to make good deals."--WolfStreet.com.

Trump vs. the WTO?  The U.S. has much lower tariffs on some foreign goods than other countries have on the same US-made goods. For example cars: the European Union has a 10 percent tariff on all imported cars, including those manufactured in the U.S., and China hits all foreign-made cars with 25 percent tariffs. But the U.S. only charges 2.5 percent on foreign cars imported into the U.S. market--Axios.com.

How far is Trump willing to take this? Watch Steven Mnuchin--US will consider re-entering TPP, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says | CNBC.com 21 March 2018: "The U.S. will consider re-entry to the 12-nation trade agreement once Washington accomplishes its other trade goals, Mnuchin said."
Above left, Fed Chair deflects question about Trump's tariffs.
Above right, President Trump signs Presidential Memorandum re: China
Investing Notes:
  • Caveat Emptor: Obama-era fiduciary rule on retirement planners overturned--a federal appeals court has ruled that the Department of Labor overstepped its authority when it wrote a rule that required financial professionals, including brokers and insurance agents, to put their customers’ financial interests ahead of their own.
  • Outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says farewell | CBSnews.com: "This [Washington, D.C.] can be a very mean-spirited town," Tillerson said, to applause. "But you don't have to choose to participate in that." [Editor's note: that's one reason I cut the cord on cable TV.]
  • We don’t actually see the world as it is--"Expertise and filtering [can] work together. The better we know our subject matter, the easier it is to filter out irrelevant noise ... Clarity ... [versus] biases and beliefs, reactive emotions ...."-- cfainstitute.org.

4) ICYMI Tech News:
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-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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2017-09-16

Tech Review | Hurricane Irma: Using Tech For Disasters & Recovery

Tech Review (TR 2017-09-16)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:
Features • 1) Hurricane Irma: Using Tech For Disasters & Recovery, 2) New Apple iPhones Too Expensive?, 3) Bitcoin a "fraud", 4) Investing: Tax Reform and Things the Market Does Not Care About5) ICYMI Tech News.

1) Hurricane Irma: using tech for disasters & recovery:
Google Crisis Maps: http://google.org/crisismap/2017-irma and http://google.org/crisismap/
Florida Power & Light (FPL) Update: https://www.fplmaps.com/
See also: Harvey and Irma scams"Real websites for first responders, insurance companies, construction, medical and other vital organizations in the Florida and Texas areas — are being targeted by these malicious spoofed domain registrations."--circleid.com

2)  New Apple iPhones Too Expensive? Lucky 8? $1,000 price tag dampens iPhone enthusiasm in China | Reuters.com--iPhone’s share of China’s smartphone shipments fell to 9 percent in January-June, down from 14 percent in 2015 (source: CounterpointResearch.com data). See also Apple $AAPL Special Event: iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus & More | DomainMondo.com.

3)  Bitcoin a "fraud"--JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' | TheHill.com: “It’s a fraud” ... “worse than tulip bulbs" ... “You can’t have a business where people can invent a currency out of thin air and think that people who are buying it are really smart" ... [it] "won’t end well." See also  China to Shut Bitcoin Exchanges | WSJ.com Sep 11, 2017: "Authorities to ban commercial trading of all virtual currencies."

4) Investing: 
Tax Reform: "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin saying he will eliminate the carried interest tax loophole."--YouTube.com and US Senate Finance Committee hearing 10:00 am EDT, Tuesday, Sep 19, 2017,  on Business Tax Reform, a big issue for tech, internet and telecom companies.

Things the Market Does Not Care About:
  • "... Your feelings. Emotions usually get in the way of investment success but the markets have no sympathy if you get too excited, nervous, scared or greedy about your holdings. Taking things too personal is a great way to make poor decisions when money is at stake ...
  • How successful you are. Success in other areas of life doesn’t always translate into success in the markets. Personalizing your successes can set you up for failure if you become too overconfident in your own abilities ... 
  • Your political views. Markets are apolitical. They don’t care who you voted for, which cable news network you watch or what your ideological leanings are. 
  • How much money you made on your last trade. Investors have a memory but the markets do not. One winning trade has no bearing on your future trades ..."--awealthofcommonsense.com

5) ICYMI Tech News:

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2017-06-17

Tech Review: How to Build Your Own Smartphone for $70 (video)

Tech Review (TR 2017-06-17)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:

Features • 1) How to Build Your Own Smartphone for $70, 2) Norway’s Electric Car Success, 3) Amazon.com Inc. to Acquire Whole Foods, 4) Android O a/k/a Android 8.0, and Google's Pixel 2,  5) Apple App Store Scammers, 6) TheRealReal.com, 7) Android Studio on Chrome OS, 8) ICYMI.

1) How to Build Your Own Smartphone for $70

Video above published Jun 13, 2017 by WSJ.com: Andy Rubin's phone cost $700; the WSJ 1 cost $70 and helps explain why the smartphone market is so tough. Take a journey to see how, with the help of Shenzhen's ready to go supply chain.

2) Norway’s Electric Car Success

Video above published Jun 14, 2017, by FT.com: Norway has become a global leader in electric cars but rapid progress presents challenges such as when to withdraw subsidies. Richard Milne reports from the world’s largest charging station on a country that shows how an electric future might look.

3) Amazon.com Inc. to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion: a deal that sent shockwaves across online and brick-and-mortar competitors on Friday--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Kroger Co. shares both fell. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares closed up Friday. "Dominant players like Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco, and Target now have to look over their shoulders at the Amazon train coming down the tracks," said Charlie O'Shea, lead retail analyst at Moody's Investors Service"Amazon gets a network of stores where it can implement decades’ worth of experiments in how people pick, pay for and get groceries delivered. The Whole Foods deal is an acknowledgment that it can’t build its own physical footprint quickly enough alone. CEO Jeff Bezos will try to recast Whole Foods’ ailing business, likely starting with upgraded technology, in much the same he has upended book selling, retailing, newspapers and other industries."--Bloomberg.com

4)  Android O, the next version of Google's mobile operating system, will be Android 8.0, not 7.2, according to information in the third developer preview--forbes.com. See also: HMD Global confirms Android O for Nokia 3, 5 and 6 and Major leak shows that Google’s Pixel 2 will be just as exciting as the iPhone 8 |BGR.com and This Pixel 2 leak spills all the key secrets | SlashGear.com.

5) How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store | medium.com OR how scammers use deceptive security apps and abuse search ads in the Apple App Store to trick users into expensive subscriptions.

6) TheRealReal.com, a six-year-old, San Francisco-based company focused on authenticated, high-end resale items for women, men, and the home, landed $50 million in growth funding from the private equity firm GreatHillPartners,com. See also crunchbase.com profile.

7)  Thinking About Android Studio on Chrome OS | Thurrott.com: "Getting a full-blown development environment on Chrome OS (which also includes Android) is a huge step. A huge step." See also Tip: Print from Chrome OS and Android | Thurrott.com.

8) ICYMI Tech News Quick Takes:

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2017-05-13

Tech Review: Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order | TR 2017-05-13

Tech Review (TR 2017-05-13)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:

Features • 1) Cybersecurity Executive Order, 2) Q1 2017: Alibaba Group, 3) Google Chrome OS, Chromebooks, Android, 4) Except for the USA, only 4 other nations have an economy larger than California, 5) Alipay Mobile Payments in US,  6) California License Plate Privacy, 7) Softbank Investing, 8) ICYMI.

1) White House Press Briefing May 11, 2017, on Cybersecurity Executive Order:

Video above: White House Press Briefing on President Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order, May 11, 2017. Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert (ends at 17:17). Transcript of briefing here. More info: Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure | whitehouse.gov.

The Executive Order contains three key priorities:
  1. Protecting federal networks, 
  2. Updating antiquated and outdated systems, and 
  3. Directing all department and agency heads to work together "so that we view our federal I.T. as one enterprise network," said Bossert.
Cybersecurity is a real issue within the U.S. federal government and all of its agencies. One report from cybersecurity company Thales (thalessecurity.com) indicates 34% of federal agencies experienced a data breach in the last year, and 96% of all federal agencies consider themselves “vulnerable” to cyberattack, with 48% saying they are “very” or “extremely” vulnerable.

See also: President Trump Protects America's Cyber Infrastructure | whitehouse.gov and Leaked NSA Malware Is Helping Hijack Computers Around the World | theintercept.com.

Other Tech News:

2) Alibaba Group Quarterly Earnings Webcast, May 18, 7:30 am EDT, via DomainMondo.com. See also: JD.com GMV, Active Customers Grew by >40% Q1 2017 | ChinaInternetWatch.com.


4) Except for the USA, only 4 other nations have an economy larger than California:

5) China's Alipay Grabs Slice of U.S. Market With First Data | Bloomberg.com: Alipay's mobile payments wallet to be accepted at 4 million U.S. stores.

6)  EFF, Sen. Anderson Sponsor California License Plate Privacy Legislation | Electronic Frontier Foundation | eff.org: "... ALPRs are high-speed cameras that photograph the license plates of any vehicles that pass within view and convert the plate scans into machine-readable information. GPS coordinates and time stamps are attached to the data, which is uploaded to a searchable central database ... this information may be accessed by a variety of sectors ... this data can reveal sensitive, private location information about innocent people, such as their travel patterns, where they sleep at night, where they worship, when they attend political protests or gun shows, and what medical facilities they visit ..."

7) SoftBank investing $5 billion in China ride hailing firm Didi Chuxing | Reuters.com: Softbank, the "Berkshire Hathaway of the tech industry"?--See also: Japan's SoftBank invests $500 million in UK tech start-up Improbable | Reuters.com.

8) ICYMI Tech News Quick Takes:

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