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2018-08-09

How Intel Made Its World Record-Breaking Drone Show (video)

How Intel Made Its World Record-Breaking Drone Show

In the early morning on Sunday, July 15, 2018 Intel broke the Guinness World Record for simultaneously flying the most unmanned aerial vehicles with more than 2,000 drones. The previous record was held by China's Xi'an City Wall with drones made by EHang, which was set in April, 2018, with 1,374 drones.

50 Years of Record Breaking Innovation | Drone Light Show | Intel

To celebrate Intel’s 50th anniversary, the Intel drone team broke a world record, flying thousands of Shooting Star™ drones to create the biggest and brightest synchronized drone light show on earth. Intel video above first published Jul 23, 2018.

Experience the Team in Flight at PyeongChang 2018 | Intel

Intel video above first published Feb 9, 2018: The setting? PyeongChang, South Korea in freezing cold temperatures. The goal? Fly over 1200 Intel Shooting Star drones for a record-breaking performance. Follow the drone team’s journey to the Opening Ceremony and the first flight of its kind.

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2018-08-07

Alphabet $GOOGL Balloons & Drones, Projects Loon & Wing Graduate

Loon and Wing: the story of two moonshots

X, the moonshot factory: Captain of Moonshots, Astro Teller, looks back at Loon and Wing's journeys while at X. Video above published Jul 11, 2018.

Google parent company Alphabet has spun its drone delivery project (Wing) and internet-bearing balloon efforts (Loon) into independent businesses. These are the fourth and fifth companies to "graduate" from its X research division.

Projects Loon, Wing Now Companies Under Alphabet

Fortune Magazine video above published Jul 11, 2018: Alphabet’s ($GOOGL $GOOG) Project Loon and Project Wing “graduated” to become fully-fledged companies under the Alphabet umbrella.
"Today, unlike when they started as X projects, Loon and Wing seem a long way from crazy — and thanks to their years of hard work and relentless testing in the real world, they’re now graduating from X to become two new independent businesses within Alphabet: Loon and Wing."--blog.x.company
Domains: loon.co and x.company/wing

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2018-07-05

Drone Swarms Are the New Fireworks in China (video)

Drone Swarms Are the New Fireworks In China

Fortune.com video above published Jun 14, 2018: Since China banned fireworks in more than 400 cities to reduce pollution, the new way to light up the sky is with swarms of drones.

EHang Egret’s 1374 drones dancing over the City Wall of Xi’an, set Guinness World Records

EHANG.com video above published May 2, 2018.

EHang Inc. founded 2014
Headquarters: Building No.3 of Yixiang Science Park, No.72, Nanxiang 2nd Road, Luogang Street, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Domain: ehang.com


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2017-07-22

Tech Review: US Tech Stocks Soar, Hitting New Highs (video)

Tech Review (TR 2017-07-22)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:
Features • 1) US Tech Stocks Soar, Hitting New Highs, 2) How Trump Is Kicking Silicon Valley's Butt, 3) China Takes Advantage of U.S. Limits on Drone Sales, 4) Amazon $AMZN DC Lobbying, FTC Probe, Messaging App, 5) Oculus Rift Dead in the Water, 6) FANG and Q2 2017 Earnings this week, 7) ICYMI Tech News.

Update July 25, 2017:
 Stock Chart: US Tech Stocks Soar. Hitting New Highs

1) US Tech Stocks Soar, Hitting New Highs

Video above published Jul 20, 2017, by FT.com: The crash of tech stocks after dotcom mania and the long, subsequent crawl back by the sector has been accompanied by radical change.

2) How Trump Is Kicking Silicon Valley's Butt

Video above published Jul 20, 2017, by Bloomberg.com:  Bloomberg’s Max Chafkin discusses how Silicon Valley’s resistance to the Trump administration has faded. He speaks with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg Technology.”

3)  China Takes Advantage of U.S. Limits on Drone Sales

Video above published Jul 18, 2017, by WSJ.com: As the U.S. tries to curb the selling of military drones overseas, China is filling the void, expanding sales of the advanced weaponry in the Middle East and Africa.

4)  Amazon $AMZN: Amazon spent $3.2 million in second quarter on Washington lobbying effort | Reuters.com and FTC probing allegations of Amazon's deceptive discounting | Reuters.com  and Amazon Makes A Move On Facebook | SeekingAlpha.com"It is also looking to build a messaging app which will directly challenge the dominance of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp."

5)  Oculus Rift Is Dead in the Water | MIT TechnologyReview.com--Facebook acquired Oculus for $2 billion in 2014.

6) FANG--Facebook (FB), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Google (Alphabet: GOOG, GOOGL)--Ranked By Strength Of Competitive Advantage"If we take price into account, there is only one FANG I'd want"--$GOOG, $GOOGL--SeekingAlpha.com

Q2 2017 earnings this coming week:
  • Alphabet GOOG / GOOGL July 24 5pm EDT
  • Facebook FB July 26 5pm EDT
  • Twitter TWTR July 27 7am EDT
  • Verisign VRSN July 27 4:30pm EDT 
  • Amazon AMZN July 27 5:30pm EDT

7) ICYMI Tech News:

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2017-05-24

Congressional Hearing Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers (video)

Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers

Hearing (video above) begins 14:04.
Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers | Energy and Commerce Committee
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 10:15am
Location: 2322 Rayburn, Washington, D.C.
UPS tests residential drone delivery:

Video above published Feb 21, 2017: UPS tested the use of drones for residential delivery for the first time in Tampa, Florida. The company demonstrated an octocopter launching from the roof of a hybrid electric delivery van, making a delivery, then returning to re-dock on the van which had moved to a new location further down the road.


Witnesses:

Mr. Shyam Chidamber
Chief Evangelist and Senior Advisor, Flirtey [flirtey.com] Deliveries with Drones
Witness Statement: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or “drone” based delivery is a game-changing commercial and consumer technology that is rapidly becoming technologically and economically feasible in the United States. Flirtey Inc. is a leading drone delivery service that has created many firsts in the use of this technology ..."

Dr. Harry Holzer
Jo John LaFarge Jr. S.J. Professor of Public Policy, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Witness Statement: "Thank you for inviting me today to share my thoughts on how new digital technologies can affect employment in business delivery services, and on how new digital technologies can affect the labor market more broadly ..."

Mr. Bastian Lehmann
Founder and CEO, Postmates [postmates.com]
Witness Statement: "...  Postmates is described as a leader in on-demand delivery – we quite literally mean that through the tap of a button on your phone – the platform enables anyone to get anything from their neighborhoods, delivered to their doorsteps within minutes ..."

Mr. Brian Wynne
President and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International [auvsi.org]
Witness Statement: "... My comments today will focus on unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, which are increasingly being used by a range of American businesses ..."

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2017-04-29

Tech Review: How To Detox From Your Smartphone (video) | TR 2017-04-29

Tech Review (TR 2017-04-29)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:

Features • 1) How To Detox From Your Smartphone, 2) Easy Come, Easy Go: Alphabet's "Other Bets" $855M Operating Loss, 3) Q1 2017 Earnings This Coming Week: $AAPL, $GDDY, $FB, 4) Drones a $100B Opportunity, 5) Game Industry’s Digital Revolution, 6) Global Accountability Index, 7) Don't use Apps? 8) ICYMI.

1) How to detox from your smartphone

Video above published Apr 26, 2017: Six out of 10 adults in the UK told Ofcom last year that they felt 'hooked' on their smartphones. Emma Jacobs, FT.com work and careers columnist, shares her digital detox tips.

2) Easy Come, Easy Go: Alphabet's "Other Bets" Revenue $244M, $855M Operating Loss  

See also on Domain Mondo: Q1 2017 Earnings Webcast Apr 27 Replay: Google (Alphabet)

3)  Q1 2017 Earnings This Coming Week on Domain Mondo:
  • Apple AAPL May 2 at 5:00 pm EDT -- Tech Giant (Smartphones & Computing)
  • GoDaddy GDDY May 2 at 5:00 pm EDT -- World's Largest Domain Name Registrar
  • Facebook FB May 3 at 5:00 pm EDT -- Tech Giant (Social Media Digital Advertising)
This past week: Google (Alphabet), Amazon, VerisignTwitter, and T-Mobile.

4)  Drones: Reporting for Work| goldmansachs.com"Between now and 2020, we forecast a $100 billion market opportunity for drones—helped by growing demand from the commercial and civil government sectors."

5)  Game Industry’s Digital Revolution | ArsTechnica.com"... the game industry at large has transitioned from a business based on physical goods to one dominated by digital downloads and online purchases."

6)  Global accountability index | Hong Kong Free Press | hongkongfp.com"Chinese internet companies Baidu and Tencent have ranked poorly in a global corporate accountability index. Their performance reflects a restrictive environment which makes it difficult for them to respect freedom of expression and privacy, non-profit research initiative Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) said." See also: Ranking Digital Rights - 2017 Corporate Accountability Index | rankingdigitalrights.org.

7)  Don't use Apps? (unless you absolutely have to)--FalseGuide Malware in Play Store Infects 2M Users, Forces Phones to Join Botnet | softpedia.com"about 2 million Android users have mistakenly installed malware on their devices straight from Google Play, the company's official app store."

8) ICYMI Tech News -- 10 Quick Takes:
  1. Google Maps now makes it easier to remember where you parked your car | VentureBeat.com
  2. Didi seeks $6 billion funding, to become China's second-most valuable private firm | Reuters.com
  3. Marissa Mayer Will Make $186 Million on Yahoo’s Sale to Verizon | NYTimes.com
  4. Chris Sacca retires from VC investing... and Shark Tank | Axios.com
  5. The Guardian pulls out of Facebook’s Instant Articles and Apple News | Digiday.com
  6. Amazon rolls out chatbot tools in race to dominate voice-powered tech | Reuters.com
  7. Stay Safe with Our Complete Guide to Android Security | DigitalTrends.com
  8. Digital ad spend jumps 22 percent to $72.5 billion in 2016: report | Reuters.com
  9. Facebook and the Cost of Monopoly | Stratechery.com by Ben Thompson"Facebook intended to not simply adopt one of Snapchat’s headline features but its entire vision" and Instagram is growing faster than ever and now has 700 million users | Recode.net: "It took the company just four months to add 100 million new accounts."
  10. In 30 years, the best CEO could be a robot? "In the next three decades, the world will experience far more pain than happiness ... education systems must raise children to be more creative and curious or they will be ill-prepared for the future. Robots are quicker and more rational than humans, and they don't get bogged down in emotions -- like getting angry at competitors."--Jack Ma as reported by cnn.com.
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2017-03-06

Scott Galloway: Snapchat $SNAP Is a Loser & Could 'Torch the Market'

Scott Galloway: Attack of the Drones

Video above published Mar 2, 2017, by L2inc.com: adjunct NYU Stern marketing professor Scott Galloway (brand strategy and digital marketing) on digital winners and losers. (Editor's note: language in video at and after 2:28 may be offensive to some readers.) As a sidenote, check out the Bloomberg Radio Barry Ritholtz interview of Scott Galloway embedded below. Galloway is also author of the Digital IQ Index ®, a global ranking of prestige brands’ digital competence. Ritholtz gives more background info here.



Winner: Facebook. As investors focus on Snap's IPO, Facebook dominates across the board, from revenue growth to ad spend.

Winner: Burrito lovers. Chipotle has slashed wait times for digital orders as it strives to lure back diners.

Loser: Snapchat. WhatsApp has become the latest member of the Facebook family to borrow its key features.

Winner: Drone makers. With every company getting into the drone game, from UPS to 7/11, we tested one out for ourselves.

Sources:
0:10: Company Filings.
0:30: L2 Analysis of iSpot.tv, Pathmatics, and Visible Measures Data. http://bit.ly/2mxI4k0
0:38: 2016 Mobile App Report, comScore Mobile Metrics, U.S. Age 18+, June 2016. http://bit.ly/2d27iPI
0:48: “Chipotle’s Digital Orders Are Getting A Lot Faster,” Fortune, February 2017. http://for.tn/2mhCVIO
1:04: “Starbucks Debuts Voice Ordering,” Starbucks, January 2017. http://bit.ly/2jNSaIE
1:43: "Instagram Stories is Stealing Snapchat’s Users," TechCrunch, January 2017. http://tcrn.ch/2kkCijS
1:44: "Instagram Just Cloned Snapchat’s Stories Feature to Get More People Sharing," Recode, August 2016. http://bit.ly/2aNfbes
2:14: "Verizon Just Acquired a Drone Company," Recode, February 2017. http://bit.ly/2mKFVOE

Transcript via YouTube.com:
0:02  A winner: Facebook.
0:03  Despite all the attention on Snap this month,
0:05  Facebook is excelling across several dimensions.
0:08  The tech giant leads competitors in revenue growth with a 50% increase in Q4 2016,
0:15  twice Amazon's growth rate.
0:17   The law of big numbers don't seem to apply to Facebook.
0:21   Despite the recent controversy regarding Facebook's reported metrics,
0:24  advertisers are still throwing money at the platform.
0:27  According to L2 research,
0:29  Facebook registered the greatest year-on-year growth in ad spend among peer platforms.
0:34  Further cementing its hold on the ecosystem,
0:36  Facebook dominates the mobile app business.
0:40  A winner: burrito lovers.
0:42  Chipotle has cut wait times for digital orders by 50%.
0:46  Thousands of customers place digital orders before the restaurant opens
0:49  and then pick them up in a separate line, eliminating bottlenecks at the cash register
0:54  unlike Starbucks, whose popular mobile ordering system has proven problematic in store,
0:58  overwhelming baristas and frustrating customers.
1:02  Starbucks has invested heavily in mobile, which accounts for 27% of transactions.
1:06  Last month the chain launched voice ordering in its mobile app and Amazon Alexa,
1:11  but what they're missing that Chipotle gets?
1:15  Pork. The other white meat.
1:18  I love Chipotle. If I go on a first date,
1:21  I take her to Chipotle.
1:23  When I stop liking her, I just continue to take her to Chipotle and she breaks up with me.
1:28  I don't care about the health scare.
1:30  You could produce a Zika bowl
1:32  and the big dog is eating more and more of that stuff.
1:35  He loves you.
1:38  A loser again: Snapchat.
1:39  We've referenced a number of times that Instagram has borrowed features from Snapchat.
1:45  This time Facebook's offspring WhatsApp is taking a lesson from the Snap playbook with the launch of its new status feature.
1:52  Users can share disappearing photos, GIFs or videos
1:55  and add their own emojis and captions.
1:57  Sound familiar?
1:58  Let's be honest, the ecosystem would benefit from a third player.
2:02  I have a bad feeling about this.
2:05  We believe Snap could be the spark that torches the market.
2:09  A winner: drone manufacturers
2:11  as every company is getting into the game.
2:13  Verizon bought a drone startup just last week,
2:16  UPS is testing trucks with drone launching pads, although they botched one demo,
2:21  and 7-11 beat Google and Amazon to the punch with their first drone delivery.
2:26  By the way, when I go into a 7-11,
2:28  it's me screaming to the world, I am so f*cking hungover I have become a moron with respect to food and nutrition decisions.
2:35  In July, 77 customers in Reno, Nevada received their orders via drone.
2:40  The initial delivery included a chicken sandwich, donuts, coffee, candy and Slurpees.
3:08  Bitch.
3:11  We'll see you next week.


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