Can I survive without tech for three days?
What is it like to fast for three days without any technology or devices? CNBC.com’s Uptin Saiidi took on the challenge, as he goes on a quest to learn more about tech addiction and the billion dollar mindfulness industry hoping to combat it. CNBC International video above published May 15, 2019.
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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.
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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.
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2019-05-29
How Corning $GLW Created Gorilla Glass And Reinvented Itself (video)
How Corning Created Gorilla Glass And Reinvented Itself
Since 1851, Corning has evolved from a light bulb manufacturer to Pyrex creator to making high-tech glass products for companies like Apple, Google, Verizon and Samsung. Here is a look at how Corning has continuously reinvented itself to keep up with the changing times. CNBC.com video above published April 25, 2019.
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Since 1851, Corning has evolved from a light bulb manufacturer to Pyrex creator to making high-tech glass products for companies like Apple, Google, Verizon and Samsung. Here is a look at how Corning has continuously reinvented itself to keep up with the changing times. CNBC.com video above published April 25, 2019.
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2019-05-08
Google Pixel 3a | The $399 Smartphone That Changes The Game (video)
Meet Pixel 3a -- The New Smartphone from Google that 'Changes the Game'
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] video above published May 7, 2019: "The new Google Pixel 3a was announced today at Google I/O 2019, and I think it’s a turning point for smartphones in the U.S. See, while my fellow phone geeks know what a Pixel is and why it’s important … the majority of regular folks don’t. Because it doesn’t matter how great it is to have guaranteed software updates, or a camera that kicks out the most striking photos – if the phone is only sold on one carrier, at the same price as iPhones and Galaxy smartphones with much more eye-catching design, people aren’t going to buy the thing. When I was building this video, the seven-month-old Pixel 3 was on sale for 200 dollars off … but even so, it started at $599. With the Pixel 3a, Google is changing the game. The camera is nearly identical to that of the Pixel 3, right down to the sensor. The software is the same too, including the squeeze-shortcut for Google Assistant and the guaranteed three years of updates. The phone comes in two sizes just like before. But instead of being available only on Verizon or Google Fi, the Pixel 3a will hit the shelves of almost every US carrier ... and it will start at $399. That’s just over half the price of the cheapest Samsung Galaxy S10, over a hundred dollars cheaper than the OnePlus 6T. If it delivers on its promises, the Pixel 3a will become the new go-to for Android users on a budget. Check out the Pixel 3a hands-on from Google I/O 2019!"
Editor's note: the full specs here indicate all models have NFC but only Models G020C & G020G have LTE Band 71 (may be important for T-Mobile users). UPDATE: Google Pixel team says the unlocked North American Pixel 3a has band 71-- specs here for all global variations (models) of the Pixel 3a (and 3a XL).
Google Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera
The Verge video above published May 7, 2019: "Google’s Pixel 3A or Pixel 3A XL is the best phone under $500, and it’s actually competitive with more expensive phones in one very important way. The Pixel 3A has a great camera. While it has many of the same compromises you usually make when you buy a cheap phone, the photos it takes are nearly indistinguishable from what comes out of a Pixel 3."
Meet the Google Pixel 3a - The one you should get!
Pocketnow video above published May 7, 2019: "This is the Google Pixel 3a, what the company calls as its way to bring the Pixel experience to everyone, and while I thought I'd be underwhelmed by yet another midranger, it turns out that this phone is far more important than I thought it would be. Reporting from Google I/O I'm Jaime Rivera with Pocketnow, let's go hands-on."
Pixel 3a Colors: Black, White, & Purple-ish https://store.google.com/category/phones
Pixel 3a: the helpful (and more affordable) phone by Google: "These days, you expect a lot from a smartphone. You want a premium camera that can take vivid, share-worthy photos wherever you go. You need a tool that connects you to the world with all your favorite apps and also helps out during the day. And you want a phone that has a battery that’s reliable for long stretches, while it stays secure and up to date with the latest software. You also don’t want it to break the bank. The new Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL are all of those things and more, for half the price of premium phones.Pixel 3a is designed to fit nicely in your hand, and includes an OLED display for crisp images and bright colors. It comes in three colors—Just Black, Clearly White, Purple-ish—and two sizes, with prices in the U.S. starting at $399 for the 5.6-inch display and $479 for the 6-inch model." Read more here.Google Pixel 3a: This Changes Everything
MrMobile [Michael Fisher] video above published May 7, 2019: "The new Google Pixel 3a was announced today at Google I/O 2019, and I think it’s a turning point for smartphones in the U.S. See, while my fellow phone geeks know what a Pixel is and why it’s important … the majority of regular folks don’t. Because it doesn’t matter how great it is to have guaranteed software updates, or a camera that kicks out the most striking photos – if the phone is only sold on one carrier, at the same price as iPhones and Galaxy smartphones with much more eye-catching design, people aren’t going to buy the thing. When I was building this video, the seven-month-old Pixel 3 was on sale for 200 dollars off … but even so, it started at $599. With the Pixel 3a, Google is changing the game. The camera is nearly identical to that of the Pixel 3, right down to the sensor. The software is the same too, including the squeeze-shortcut for Google Assistant and the guaranteed three years of updates. The phone comes in two sizes just like before. But instead of being available only on Verizon or Google Fi, the Pixel 3a will hit the shelves of almost every US carrier ... and it will start at $399. That’s just over half the price of the cheapest Samsung Galaxy S10, over a hundred dollars cheaper than the OnePlus 6T. If it delivers on its promises, the Pixel 3a will become the new go-to for Android users on a budget. Check out the Pixel 3a hands-on from Google I/O 2019!"
Editor's note: the full specs here indicate all models have NFC but only Models G020C & G020G have LTE Band 71 (may be important for T-Mobile users). UPDATE: Google Pixel team says the unlocked North American Pixel 3a has band 71-- specs here for all global variations (models) of the Pixel 3a (and 3a XL).
Google Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera
The Verge video above published May 7, 2019: "Google’s Pixel 3A or Pixel 3A XL is the best phone under $500, and it’s actually competitive with more expensive phones in one very important way. The Pixel 3A has a great camera. While it has many of the same compromises you usually make when you buy a cheap phone, the photos it takes are nearly indistinguishable from what comes out of a Pixel 3."
Meet the Google Pixel 3a - The one you should get!
Pocketnow video above published May 7, 2019: "This is the Google Pixel 3a, what the company calls as its way to bring the Pixel experience to everyone, and while I thought I'd be underwhelmed by yet another midranger, it turns out that this phone is far more important than I thought it would be. Reporting from Google I/O I'm Jaime Rivera with Pocketnow, let's go hands-on."
#Pixel3a has arrived and its camera is worth all the hype and all the captures. And the best feature? Get all this for only $399.— Made by Google (@madebygoogle) May 7, 2019
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2019-03-26
Retailers Tracking Customers' Movements, Future of Retail? (video)
Stores are starting to track your every move
Location-based apps are helping retailers track movement of its customers. CNBC's Uptin Saiidi explores how the future of retail is being shaped in China. CNBC International video above published on Mar 7, 2019.
Tracking takes place through apps for which users have enabled location services (e.g., weather, mapping, or ride-sharing apps). Seven apps have location tracking enabled on an average smartphone in China, according to Cosmose.
Cosmose, a retail tech start-up, connects anonymous movements of more than 1 billion smartphones in Asia to retailers like L’Oreal, Burberry and Budweiser.
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Location-based apps are helping retailers track movement of its customers. CNBC's Uptin Saiidi explores how the future of retail is being shaped in China. CNBC International video above published on Mar 7, 2019.
Tracking takes place through apps for which users have enabled location services (e.g., weather, mapping, or ride-sharing apps). Seven apps have location tracking enabled on an average smartphone in China, according to Cosmose.
Cosmose, a retail tech start-up, connects anonymous movements of more than 1 billion smartphones in Asia to retailers like L’Oreal, Burberry and Budweiser.
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2019-02-25
MWC19 LIVE, Mobile World Congress 2019, Barcelona Feb 25-28
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- Mobile World LIVE video: mobileworldlive.com/studio-stream/
- Mobile World LIVE Keynotes
- What's the latest on #5G? Join the #ReutersMWC chat Feb 26 at 3 pm ET/9 pm CET moderated by @jennifersaba with @Kevin_Jackson, @laurenyoung and more experts during #MWC19 to find out.
- Venue: Fira Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain (map below)
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2019-01-29
Apple $AAPL FY19 Q1 Earnings LIVE Webcast Jan 29, 5pm EST
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Read the press release, excerpt below (emphasis added), and financial statements (pdf).
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 first quarter ended December 29, 2018. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $84.3 billion, a decline of 5 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $4.18, up 7.5 percent. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Revenue from iPhone® declined 15 percent from the prior year, while total revenue from all other products and services grew 19 percent. Services revenue reached an all-time high of $10.9 billion, up 19 percent over the prior year. Revenue from Mac® and Wearables, Home and Accessories also reached all-time highs, growing 9 percent and 33 percent, respectively, and revenue from iPad® grew 17 percent.
“While it was disappointing to miss our revenue guidance, we manage Apple for the long term, and this quarter’s results demonstrate that the underlying strength of our business runs deep and wide,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Our active installed base of devices reached an all-time high of 1.4 billion in the first quarter, growing in each of our geographic segments. That’s a great testament to the satisfaction and loyalty of our customers, and it’s driving our Services business to new records thanks to our large and fast-growing ecosystem.”
“We generated very strong operating cash flow of $26.7 billion during the December quarter and set an all-time EPS record of $4.18,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO. “We returned over $13 billion to our investors during the quarter through dividends and share repurchases. Our net cash balance was $130 billion at the end of the quarter, and we continue to target a net cash neutral position over time.”
Apple is providing the following guidance for its fiscal 2019 secondBackground: Apple CEO Tim Cook issued a letter to investors discussing revised guidance for the first fiscal quarter. Read the letter to investors. See also Apple Investor Relations.
- revenue between $55 billion and $59
- gross margin between 37 percent and 38 percent
- operating expenses between $8.5 billion and $8.6 billion
- other income/(expense) of $300 million
Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.73 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on February 14, 2019 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 11, 2019.
- tax rate of approximately 17 percent
What's Behind Apple's Sales Slump And Dire China Warning?
Apple remains one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world, and iPhone sales are its most important metric. So when iPhone sales slump in China, it means billions of dollars lost. And it rattles markets across the world. These are the three big factors dragging down Apple in China. CNBC video above published Jan 9, 2019.
"[D]ue to the ubiquitousness of WeChat, Apple's iOS holds a less prominent place in the Chinese user's mindspace - the iPhone retention rate is only 50%"--seekingalpha.com.
Huawei smartphone sales leap as Apple iPhone sales stall
Huawei is eyeing top spot in the smartphone market after overtaking Apple in 2018. iPhone's China shipments fell 22% in fourth quarter last year. Financial Times (ft.com) video above published Jan 25, 2019.
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2018-11-01
Apple $AAPL FY18 Q4 Earnings LIVE Webcast Thursday, Nov 1, 5pm ET
Apple's New iPads and MacBook: More Features at a Higher price
Above: Apple unveiled a new iPad Pro and MacBook Air at its second big launch event of the year on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018.
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Above: Apple unveiled a new iPad Pro and MacBook Air at its second big launch event of the year on Tuesday, Oct 30, 2018.
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FY 18 Fourth Quarter Results
Apple will host a conference call and LIVE Webcast to discuss its fiscal year fourth quarter results
on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET.
Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com.
UPDATE: Earnings release: Revenue Up 20 Percent and EPS Up 41 Percent to New September Quarter Records - Services Revenue of $10 Billion Reaches New All-Time High. Consolidated Financial Statements (pdf),
Data Summary (pdf).
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Apple will host a conference call and LIVE Webcast to discuss its fiscal year fourth quarter results
on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET.
Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com.
UPDATE: Earnings release: Revenue Up 20 Percent and EPS Up 41 Percent to New September Quarter Records - Services Revenue of $10 Billion Reaches New All-Time High. Consolidated Financial Statements (pdf),
Data Summary (pdf).
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2018-10-09
Made by Google 2018 LIVE Launch Event Video Oct 9 REPLAY
Made by Google 2018 LIVE
Made by Google LIVE event from New York City scheduled for Oct 9, 2018, 11:00 am EDT, 15:00 UTC. Find out what Google (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) has been up to this year.
UPDATE market close Oct 9, 2018--Wall Street not so excited about 'Made by Google':
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UPDATE: What rumors said to expect:
Made by Google LIVE event from New York City scheduled for Oct 9, 2018, 11:00 am EDT, 15:00 UTC. Find out what Google (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) has been up to this year.
UPDATE market close Oct 9, 2018--Wall Street not so excited about 'Made by Google':
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UPDATE: What rumors said to expect:
- next-generation Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones;
- Pixel Slate, Chrome OS tablet that can double as a laptop;
New Chromecast media streamer with Google Assistant;- New Google Home Hub;
- other stuff #madebygoogle.
2018-10-05
5G Mobile Networks, A Deep Dive Into The Future
Who will get 5G networks deployed first? U.S., China, and South Korea are leading, depending on the factors one measures: launch, coverage, etc. The U.S. will have some 5G smartphone service next year with a few commercial launches for mobile broadband this year. China is investing much more in 5G and will likely be the first nation with broadly deployed 5G networks. See also The hot race for 5G will change the world we know now | TheHill.com.
Deep Dive: The future of 5G
Deep Dive: The future of 5G
2018-06-02
Tech Review | Internet Trends 2018, What Mary Meeker Missed
1) Internet Trends 2018
2018 Internet Trends by Mary Meeker, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Editor's note--takeaways:
- In 2017 smartphone unit shipments did not increase over the previous year.
- Internet user growth slowed to 7 percent in 2017, down from 12 percent in 2016. More than half the world is now online, affluent developed and developing markets have reached saturation.
- Amount of time spent online increased, for U.S. adults, to 5.9 hours per day in 2017, up from 5.6 hours in 2016, of which 3.3 hours were spent on mobile devices. Mobile is the source of overall growth in digital media consumption.
- Global average selling price of smartphones continues to decline, and lower prices drive smartphone adoption in less-developed markets--Apple may be grabbing most of the profits, but Android continues to win market share.
- Mobile payments are becoming easier for consumers and China continues to lead the rest of the world with over 500 million active mobile payment users in 2017.
- The Privacy Paradox: technology companies are trying to use data to provide better consumer experiences yet avoid violating consumer privacy.
- Technology companies are becoming a larger share of U.S. business, corporate R&D and capital spending. In April, tech accounted for 25 percent of U.S. market capitalization.
- E-commerce sales growth continues to accelerate, growing 16 percent in the U.S. in 2017, up from 14 percent in 2016, but Amazon is taking a bigger share of those sales at 28 percent in 2017. Brick-and-mortar retail sales continue to decline.
- Big tech now competes on more fronts: e-commerce giant Amazon is moving into advertising, while Google expands from an ads platform to a commerce platform (e.g., Google Express).
Editor's note--analysis--what Mary Meeker missed: Meeker, a partner in Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins, was apparently afraid to deal with several important core issues now arising in technology, for example:
“The search engine is the most powerful source of mind control ever invented in the history of humanity,” according to Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology in California. “The fact that it’s mainly controlled by one company in almost every country in the world, except Russia and China, just astonishes me ... We have determined, through our research, that the search suggestion effect can turn a 50/50 split among undecided [voters] into a 90/10 split just by manipulating search suggestions.”See, e.g., Vice.com May 31, 2018: Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party:
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Google later issued a statement: "We don't bias our search results toward any political party. Sometimes people vandalize public information sources, like Wikipedia, which can impact the information that appears in search. We have systems in place that catch vandalism before it impacts search results, but occasionally errors get through, and that's what happened here."But Google did not disclose how many people in California were exposed to the misinformation Google propagated on the internet--California page views data available to Google via its own geolocation analytics--millions?
What should be the consequences when a $784Billion search engine monopoly propagates obvious factual misinformation to an electorate searching for "factual information" right before an election? This "misinformation" was presented by Google as "factual content" on the right side of its search results page--not just links in response to a search query--Google makes most of its money from advertising, but Google has also chosen to be in the content publication business on its search engine results pages, and no one is holding Google accountable for its propagation of factually incorrect content to a gullible public, except, perhaps, the European Union.
In a 2015 study, Epstein and Ronald E. Robertson reported the discovery of what they consider “one of the largest behavioral effects ever identified”: the search engine manipulation effect (SEME). Simply by placing search results in a particular order, they found, voters’ preferences can shift dramatically, “up to 80 percent in some demographic groups.” See The search engine manipulation effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections | pnas.org.
This is far beyond any alleged Russian manipulation via Facebook or Twitter, or "fake news" propagated in the form of "infotainment" by the likes of CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, et al, or even the now comical Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) bias regularly exhibited by members of the Washington, D.C., press corps, including Washington Post and New York Times.
And the issue goes deeper than just manipulating elections. Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google who has since become one of Silicon Valley’s most influential critics, and co-founded the Center for Humane Technology | humanetech.com, an organization seeking to change the culture of the tech industry, described the tech industry as an “arms race for basically who’s good at getting attention and who’s better in the race to the bottom of the brainstem to hijack the human animal.”
Of course, the above is just one of many issues Meeker missed--here's another: A Constitutional Conundrum That’s Not Going Away—Unequal Access to Social Media Posts | Electronic Frontier Foundation | eff.org: "Among the many privacy challenges posed by social media, one has flown largely under the radar: balancing defendants’ due process rights to access exculpatory information against the crucial privacy protections of the Stored Communications Act (SCA). Here’s the problem: prosecutors have broad powers to demand access to stored communications [data] as necessary to pursue their case, but defendants do not ..."
This is far beyond any alleged Russian manipulation via Facebook or Twitter, or "fake news" propagated in the form of "infotainment" by the likes of CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, et al, or even the now comical Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) bias regularly exhibited by members of the Washington, D.C., press corps, including Washington Post and New York Times.
And the issue goes deeper than just manipulating elections. Tristan Harris, a former design ethicist at Google who has since become one of Silicon Valley’s most influential critics, and co-founded the Center for Humane Technology | humanetech.com, an organization seeking to change the culture of the tech industry, described the tech industry as an “arms race for basically who’s good at getting attention and who’s better in the race to the bottom of the brainstem to hijack the human animal.”
Of course, the above is just one of many issues Meeker missed--here's another: A Constitutional Conundrum That’s Not Going Away—Unequal Access to Social Media Posts | Electronic Frontier Foundation | eff.org: "Among the many privacy challenges posed by social media, one has flown largely under the radar: balancing defendants’ due process rights to access exculpatory information against the crucial privacy protections of the Stored Communications Act (SCA). Here’s the problem: prosecutors have broad powers to demand access to stored communications [data] as necessary to pursue their case, but defendants do not ..."
2) Most Hyperscale Data Centers are Operating in the U.S. | Statista.com:
Hyperscale data centers have a minimum of 5,000 servers and are at least 10,000 sq. ft. in size but many are much larger. The data in the chart considers operations by 24 of the world’s major cloud and internet service firms, including Amazon/AWS, Microsoft, IBM, Google, Oracle, Alibaba, Apple, Twitter, Facebook, eBay, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Tencent, and Baidu. See Hyperscale Data Center Count Approaches the 400 Mark; US Still Dominates | Synergy Research Group | srgresearch.com: the next most prominent locations after the U.S., are China, Japan and the UK.
3) Investing
The Week-- NASDAQ Composite +1.6% | S&P 500 Index +0.5% | DJIA -0.5% --Investors welcomed strong economic reports, including a solid jobs data for May, while shrugging off concerns over Italian politics and trade wars.
4) ICYMI Tech News:
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3) Investing
Investing Notes: Fallout from Italy's political crisis (apparently averted for now)--Investors mistakenly assumed the world was in a phase of synchronized growth, economist Mohamed El-Erian said on Tuesday, noting "People are now realizing the only economy with real legs to it was the U.S. economy"-- cnbc.com.Yesterday’s #BeigeBook gave the #Fed a green light to hike #rates again in June. Not only does the labor market remain tight, but some districts even said their retail contacts were in a better position to raise prices & pass along #inflation. Keep a close eye on Fed Funds— DataTrek Research (@DataTrekMB) May 31, 2018
"The European Union is mired in an existential crisis. For the past decade, everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. How did a political project that has underpinned Europe’s postwar peace and prosperity arrive at this point?"--George Soros--"The strength of the dollar is already precipitating a flight from emerging-market currencies. We may be heading for another major financial crisis."See also:
- MacroView | Forget Brexit, Fear of Italy Doing a EURO Exit Shakes Markets.
- " .... with the eurozone’s third-largest economy now in the hands of Five Star and the League, it’s anybody’s bet what will happen--John Cassidy, May 31, 2018, Italy’s Challenge to the Eurozone Is Only Beginning | NewYorker.com.
- "... Those outside of Europe may be surprised to learn that Germany's exports are roughly equal to those of China ($1.2 trillion), even though Germany's population of 82 million is a mere 6% of China's 1.3 billion. Germany and China are the world's top exporters, while the U.S. trails as a distant third ..."--Why the Eurozone and the Euro Are Both Doomed | blogspot.com.
- Deutsche Bank CoCo Bonds Plunge, Shares Hit Record Low, after US Entity Makes FDIC’s “Problem Bank List”--by Wolf Richter, May 31, 2018.
- "Why Brussels feels so dazed and confused in 2018"-- Europe’s losing streak | Politico.com.
4) ICYMI Tech News:
- Pew Research study of US teen internet usage finds 85% say they use YouTube, 72% use Instagram, 69% use Snapchat, while only 51% say they use Facebook.
- China Set to Approve Qualcomm-NXP Deal, a Sign of Easing Trade Tensions | WSJ.com: Chinese regulators have expressed concerns that the merged company would crowd out domestic businesses in areas such as mobile payments.
- Tencent chairman pledges to advance China chip industry after ZTE 'wake-up' call: reports | Reuters.com
- Tencent WeChat's 500+ “mini games” have 457M users, according to QuestMobile report, almost half of the app's 1.04B user base--techinasia.com
- Nvidia Rock Star CEO Hinted To Blowout Numbers (NASDAQ:NVDA)--SeekingAlpha.com
- France, Germany push for EU funding for technology start-ups--Reuters.com.
- SeattleTimes.com: ACLU to Amazon: stop selling facial-recognition tools to governments.
- Disney Is A Potential 3X Hidden In Plain Sight (NYSE:DIS)--SeekingAlpha.com
- Facebook to remove ‘trending’ news from its site amid fake news criticism--Marketwatch.com.
- Antarctica Is Gaining Ice? Some areas of Antarctica, such as the Antarctic Peninsula and the coastal parts of western Antarctica, are losing more ice than they are gaining, but overall, the continent's ice is growing--livescience.com.
-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo
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2017-12-07
Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Seeking A $50 Billion IPO Valuation (video)
Xiaomi Said to Seek $50 Billion IPO Valuation
Xiaomi is in talks with investment banks about a possible initial public offering (IPO) and seeking a valuation of at least $50 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg's Selina Wang has more on "Bloomberg Technology" on Dec 4, 2017.
Xiaomi Inc. a/k/a Mi, is a privately owned Chinese electronics and software company headquartered in Beijing. It is the world's 5th largest smartphone maker in 2017. Twitter handle: @xiaomi. Domain: mi.com.
Xiaomi is in talks with investment banks about a possible initial public offering (IPO) and seeking a valuation of at least $50 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg's Selina Wang has more on "Bloomberg Technology" on Dec 4, 2017.
Xiaomi Inc. a/k/a Mi, is a privately owned Chinese electronics and software company headquartered in Beijing. It is the world's 5th largest smartphone maker in 2017. Twitter handle: @xiaomi. Domain: mi.com.
"We are passionate about being the most user-centric Mobile Internet company, creating innovation that everyone can enjoy."Tweets by xiaomi
Of the many key features of #MiRobot, which of these is your favorite?— Xiaomi USA (@XiaomiUSA) November 30, 2017
A. Self-balancing system
B. Wireless smartphone control
C. Modular graphic programming pic.twitter.com/AaS6dAeiiU
2017-12-02
Tech Review | The Internet Broke The Media & There's No Going Back
1) The Internet Broke the Media & There's No Going Back:
Bob Iger Says the World of TV Has Been Disrupted
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger discusses the company's new streaming apps and plans for ESPN. He speaks with Emily Chang at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in Los Angeles on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia" Oct 3, 2017.
Why ESPN Is Laying Off More Staffers
ESPN is firing about 150 people, according to a person familiar with the matter, eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce as subscriptions decline and costs rise for the rights to air live sporting events. Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw and Cory Johnson have more on "Bloomberg Technology" Nov 29, 2017.
"Google and Facebook leave little room for competition ... What's the fix? There is none. Sorry ... The best approach is to have a coherent strategy, make money from multiple sources, minimize costs and lower expectations. And even if companies do all these things, they still may not survive. Digital media companies aren't the only ones casting about for survival strategies. Traditional media companies have a tough slog, too. And nearly every industry is learning that business models are breaking, and it's not easy to put them back together"--Bloomberg.com.There is no silver bullet for what the internet and smartphones have destroyed https://t.co/tezFJNwuj6 pic.twitter.com/mfqgjd6BLW— Bloomberg Gadfly (@gadfly) November 28, 2017
See also: Time Wasn't on Its Side | Bloomberg.com: "a bittersweet day for Old Media. Time Inc., publisher of the namesake iconic magazine, is selling out as its print-advertising revenue shrinks, with little offset by its ambitious digital efforts."
2) Caveat Emptor BLU Smartphones:
BLU Products | facebook.com/BLU.Products comments: "Why are you guys still sending out this OTA update when you clearly must understand that there is something seriously wrong with it. It just locked out my wife's phone and then I start Googling and find out you have been aware of the problem for days. I wish I had done a quick check before going ahead with it. Very frustrating and disappointing Blu."
Maria: BLU, you guys could calm a lot of this uproar by acknowledging the issue on your page as a post and not within the comments. It would show that you guys are dedicated to fixing the problem by admitting the issue and assuring us of a resolution within a reasonable time frame. Whether it be a forced update to fix, working pass code or a replacement phone of equal or greater value. BLU: Hi Maria, this is not an automated response. I am a real person just like you and I can tell you that BLU is working around the clock for a solution on the issue.
Investing Notes:
What ETF Flows Are Saying About Tax Reform
Bloomberg Intelligence's Eric Balchunas and Bloomberg's Abigail Doolittle examine the impact of the Senate tax bill on the ETF market. They speak on "Bloomberg Markets" on Dec 1, 2017. Also note Balchunas's comments at the end about possible future bitcoin ETFs on the U.S. markets.
- Student Debt: Taibbi: The Great College Loan Swindle | RollingStone.com: How universities, banks and the government turned student debt into America's next financial black hole.
- EU: What Merkel’s political woes mean for the EU | Reuters.com
- Venture Capital: There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it | TechCrunch.com
4) ICYMI
- Amazon Merchants Continue to Find Ways to Cheat | Bloomberg.com: "Hiring click-farms to game reviews spikes when buying peaks."
- BlackBerry loses payment dispute with Nokia, to pay $137 million | reuters.com
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2017-10-04
New Pixel Phones & More, Made by Google LIVE Event, Oct 4, Noon EDT
UPDATE: the Oct 4th LIVE event has ended--Go to store.google.com to shop for all the new products from Google: new Pixel 2 smartphones, new Chromebook Pixel--the "Pixelbook"--updates to Daydream VR headset and Google Home (smart voice assistant) and more from Made by Google (domain: madeby.google.com)--
Meet the Pixel 2, Google Home Mini and Home Max, Google Pixelbook, Google Pixel Buds, Google Clips and Google Daydream View. Introducing a few new things made by Google:
Made by Google video above published Oct 4, 2017: Say hello to Pixelbook, the high performance Chromebook. Ultra thin , its 4-in-1 design makes it great for work or play. And it has the smart, responsive Pixelbook Pen, great for writing and drawing.
Meet the Pixel 2, Google Home Mini and Home Max, Google Pixelbook, Google Pixel Buds, Google Clips and Google Daydream View. Introducing a few new things made by Google:
DomainMondo.com Editor's Favorite--the new Google Pixelbook--the laptop reimagined:
Made by Google video above published Oct 4, 2017: Say hello to Pixelbook, the high performance Chromebook. Ultra thin , its 4-in-1 design makes it great for work or play. And it has the smart, responsive Pixelbook Pen, great for writing and drawing.
See also: Google Pixel 2 reviewed: Sets new record for overall smartphone camera quality | DxOMark.com: DxOMark gives Pixel 2's camera a record score of 98, four points above iPhone 8 Plus and Note8; Pixel 2's 12MP sensor has f/1.8 aperture, Dual-Pixel Autofocus.
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2017-10-02
Online Food Delivery: UberEATS, Deliveroo, Delivery Hero, Just Eat, & More
Index Ventures' Mignot Sees Opportunity in Food Delivery
Video above published Sep 25, 2017 by Bloomberg.com: Martin Mignot, Index Ventures (domain: indexventures.com) partner, discusses the meal-delivery startup scene with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
The online food delivery sector is hot--UK's Deliveroo (domain: deliveroo.co.uk to which deliveroo.com redirects) raised $385 million for "food fight"--Reuters.com Sep 24, 2017.
Deliveroo competitors include publicly traded Delivery Hero (domain: deliveryhero.com) and Just Eat (domain: just-eat.co.uk and just-eat.com to which justeat.com redirects), as well Uber Eats (domain: ubereats.com)--UberEats Is the Most Profitable Part of Uber | Eater.com.
UberEats competitors in the U.S.? "We ordered from seven different services — GrubHub, Eat24, Caviar, DoorDash, Postmates, UberEats, and Amazon Prime Now — in the ultimate delivery showdown."--Business Insider.com
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Video above published Sep 25, 2017 by Bloomberg.com: Martin Mignot, Index Ventures (domain: indexventures.com) partner, discusses the meal-delivery startup scene with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
“There’s a global trend towards delivery ... As people use mobile phones more and more for everything in their lives, we’re starting to see a secular change in how people eat.”--Jason Droege, Vice President of UberEverything, the division under which UberEATS operates (source: NYTimes.com infra).
Deliveroo competitors include publicly traded Delivery Hero (domain: deliveryhero.com) and Just Eat (domain: just-eat.co.uk and just-eat.com to which justeat.com redirects), as well Uber Eats (domain: ubereats.com)--UberEats Is the Most Profitable Part of Uber | Eater.com.
One Surprise Standout for Uber: Food Delivery | NYTimes.com: "Uber has barreled into the crowded, cutthroat space of food delivery ... The delivery service, available in more than 120 markets globally, sometimes eclipses Uber’s main ride-hailing business in markets like Tokyo; Taipei, Taiwan; and Seoul, South Korea, the company said. The number of trips taken by UberEats drivers grew by more than 24 times between March 2016 and March 2017 ..."
The changing market for food delivery | McKinsey.com: "Online food-delivery platforms are expanding choice and convenience, allowing customers to order from a wide array of restaurants with a single tap of their mobile phone." See also Naspers buys half of Rocket's stake in Delivery Hero | Reuters.com Sep 28, 2017.
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2017-09-23
Tech Review | Apple $AAPL Special Event Postpartum Depression?
1) Apple $AAPL Special Event Postpartum Depression?
- iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 hit stores today | TechCrunch.com: Mixed reviews, Apple Watch LTE issues.
- Apple Fans Missing For iPhone 8 Release Day | CBS Los Angeles | cbslocal.com Is everyone waiting for the release of iPhone X in November?
- Apple is falling on the first day the iPhone 8 is being sold (AAPL) | businessinsider.com Did Apple screw up its launch of new products by not launching iPhone X at the same time as iPhone8 and 8Plus?
- The Future of the IPhone Is Boring | Bloomberg.com, but see also Steve Jobs’ legacy & The iPhone X: "Every single event leaves me more in awe of Apple’s semiconductor group – and what they seem to achieve with each passing year." --Om Malik | om.co
2) Everyone Wants To Make A High-End Phone: Google & HTC
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) and HTC Corporation (TWSE: 2489) "announced a definitive agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. HTC will receive US$1.1 billion in cash from Google as part of the transaction. Separately, Google will receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property (IP) ... this agreement also represents a significant investment by Google in Taiwan as a key innovation and technology hub ... expected to close by early 2018."--HTC.com, 21 Sep 2017.--About 2,000 HTC staffers to join Google; HTC to continue making its own smartphones, including a new flagship model.
See also: Android zero-touch enrollment: seamless and secure enterprise deployment | blog.google: carrier partners who plan to offer zero-touch: USA: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile; Europe: BT, Deutsche Telekom; Asia-Pacific: Softbank, Telstra.
See also: Android zero-touch enrollment: seamless and secure enterprise deployment | blog.google: carrier partners who plan to offer zero-touch: USA: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile; Europe: BT, Deutsche Telekom; Asia-Pacific: Softbank, Telstra.
3) Cord-Cutting Trends--Cable Is For Old People:
Cord Cutters to Top 22 Million in U.S. by End of 2017 (Study) | Variety.com: "By 2021, the number of cord-cutters will nearly equal the number of people who have never had pay TV — a total of 81 million U.S. adults." See also Cable News Is Almost Exclusively Watched by Old People.
"The last couple of years, a few friends pulled the plug on cable/satellite ... my daughter Katie ditched the corded life, as have many (most?) of her Millennial friends. They have been doing the "streaming thing," first with subscription models such as Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime, and then with expanded services offering network bundles: Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, etc. Those who want to add a little "premium" to their lives can get stand-alone services from HBO or Showtime. (A basic guide to streaming options can be found on the Consumer Reports free site.)."--SeekingAlpha.com.Editor's note: best option for many may be either, or both, an Amazon Prime subscription (using an Amazon Fire TV Stick which will give you access to Amazon Prime content as well as Netflix (subscription), HBO and much more via Amazon Channels, AND/OR a Google Chromecast to access the free and à la carte and subscription content available from the internet and via Google Play (including apps). Total one-time hardware cost less than $75.00 (Fire Stick $39.99 + Chromecast $35). Put a little money into a quality screen, good internet connection (including router and modem), and pay for only the content you really want.
4) Investing
5) ICYMI Tech News:
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"Investing, in other words, is an exercise in mass psychology. I’ve spent decades studying it, and believe that one way to predict future market moves is to sort through the narratives that sweep through the population and influence decisions on whether to buy or sell. Such an analysis is a matter of art as much as science, however. Getting it right is crucial in the United States right now, because stock market valuations are already high enough to be worrisome."--Robert J.Shiller, Sept 15, 2017, NYTimes.com.
Separating the Dos From the Don'ts of Investing | Bloomberg.com: Diversification is the idea of reducing specific risk in your portfolio.
Investment Gurus: Beware of investing advice from market gurus | usatoday.com: "... the ninth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and the subsequent collapse of our country’s financial system. One of the most important lessons we can learn is that no one — not even the experts — saw it coming."
US$--The Demise of the U.S. Dollar? Don't Hold Your Breath--"The USD is still the dominant reserve currency, despite decades of diversification. Global reserves (allocated and unallocated) are over $12 trillion. Note that China's RMB doesn't even show up in allocated reserves--it's a non-player because it's pegged to the USD. Why hold RMB when the peg can be changed at will? It's lower risk to just hold USD ... the problem of replacing the USD in all its roles is that no other issuer has a large enough economy and is willing to shoulder the risks and burdens of issuing a free-floating currency in sufficient size to meet global demands."--Charles Hugh Smith
Warren Buffett, The Sage of Omaha: “Whenever I hear people talk pessimistically about this country (U.S.), I think they’re out of their mind ... It has been 241 years since Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence ... Being short America has been a loser’s game. I predict to you it will continue to be a loser’s game.” Buffett said he expects the Dow Jones Industrial Average to be “over 1 million” in 100 years, up from Tuesday’s close of 22,370.80, given where the index was roughly a century ago.--Buffett speaking this week in New York.
Investment Gurus: Beware of investing advice from market gurus | usatoday.com: "... the ninth anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and the subsequent collapse of our country’s financial system. One of the most important lessons we can learn is that no one — not even the experts — saw it coming."
US$--The Demise of the U.S. Dollar? Don't Hold Your Breath--"The USD is still the dominant reserve currency, despite decades of diversification. Global reserves (allocated and unallocated) are over $12 trillion. Note that China's RMB doesn't even show up in allocated reserves--it's a non-player because it's pegged to the USD. Why hold RMB when the peg can be changed at will? It's lower risk to just hold USD ... the problem of replacing the USD in all its roles is that no other issuer has a large enough economy and is willing to shoulder the risks and burdens of issuing a free-floating currency in sufficient size to meet global demands."--Charles Hugh Smith
Warren Buffett, The Sage of Omaha: “Whenever I hear people talk pessimistically about this country (U.S.), I think they’re out of their mind ... It has been 241 years since Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence ... Being short America has been a loser’s game. I predict to you it will continue to be a loser’s game.” Buffett said he expects the Dow Jones Industrial Average to be “over 1 million” in 100 years, up from Tuesday’s close of 22,370.80, given where the index was roughly a century ago.--Buffett speaking this week in New York.
5) ICYMI Tech News:
- A Hacker’s Guide to Destroying the Global Economy | InstitutionalInvestor.com: a massive cyberattack on the financial system is coming ...
- Internet Giants Face New Political Resistance in Washington | NYTimes.com: "After years of largely avoiding regulation, businesses like Facebook, Google and Amazon are a focus of lawmakers, some of whom are criticizing the expanding power of big tech companies and their role in the 2016 election."
- Jailbreaking your connected coffee machine: The idiocy of things | ZDNet.com: "How many more of these IoT devices that use DRM technology to validate the use of proprietary refills do we have to endure?"
- 'Unfit' Uber stripped of London license | Reuters.com
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise to Lay Off 10% of its Staff | WolfStreet.com: "Master of share-buybacks and revenue-shrinkage does what it does best."
- China & Earth’s Largest Money-Market Fund | WSJ.com: "Alibaba Spinoff Yu’e Bao has accrued 370 million account holders and $211 billion in assets in just four years. As its model is replicated, the government is enforcing new regulations ..."
- The Washington Post's robot reporter has published 850 articles in the past year | Digiday.com
- U.S. Near Bottom in Public Trust of News Media | washingtonsblog.com: see page 21 of the 136-page study, “Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2017” (pdf).
- Google restricting ads when users search for addiction treatment due to misleading experiences among rehabilitation treatment centers--Google is cracking down on sketchy rehab ads | TheVerge.com: "Business listings are also plagued by hijackers, who have often used the “suggest an edit” feature on legitimate Google Maps listings to add their own 800-numbers, siphoning off callers looking for help. “If you’re a facility and you don’t check your map on a regular basis, you will be hijacked,” said Alan Johnson, chief assistant state attorney of Florida."
- The Missing Ingredient in All Public Discourse Today: Being Sure You're Right Makes You Weaker | Bloomberg.com: "The only way I have a chance of creating a better answer on health care, on taxes, on guns, is to truly understand the position of the other person ..."
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