SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites (video)

SpaceX puts up 60 Starlink satellites

Launch is first step in the Elon Musk-backed company’s attempt to create a space-based internet connectivity service that competes with traditional networks. Financial Times (ft.com) video above published May 24, 2019.

Domain: starlink.com

"Starlink is targeted to offer service in the Northern U.S. and Canadian latitudes after six launches, rapidly expanding to global coverage of the populated world after an expected 24 launches. SpaceX is targeting two to six Starlink launches by the end of this year."--starlink.com

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Inmarsat Satellite Telecom, IoT & Security Services, Going Private (video)

Inmarsat Fleet Secure Endpoint for cyber resilience at sea

The maritime industry is at increasing risk of cyber security breaches every day but conventional antivirus cover is no longer enough to protect vessels again new forms of malware which use the network to attack your systems. Inmarsat’s Fleet Secure Endpoint has an advanced ransomware detection engine to continually inspect, detect, alert and respond to threats and is remotely monitored 24/7/365. Video above published Jan, 2019.

UK’s Inmarsat Satellite Group Going Private in $3.4 Billion Deal--bloomberg.com: Inmarsat has been in play since last year as it faces growing competition from traditional rivals such as ViaSat Inc. and new challengers including Richard Branson-backed OneWeb and Elon Musk’s SpaceX offering smaller, cheaper satellites.

Inmarsat received an all-cash offer from a private equity consortium for a total consideration of $3.4B. The deal is not expected to close before Q4 2019--until then, any other party can submit an offer. Strong Q4 2018 results for maritime and aviation broadband indicates bright prospects.--SeekingAlpha.com: Inmarsat: Latest Offer Undervalues The Company.

LON: ISAT

Inmarsat plc is a UK satellite telecommunications company. It offers global mobile services, telephone and data services, to users worldwide, via portable or mobile terminals which communicate with ground stations through thirteen geostationary telecommunications satellites. Inmarsat has been working on selling faster, more reliable internet services to the world’s airlines.

• Domain: inmarsat.com
• Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
• Investor Relations: investors.inmarsat.com
• CEO: Rupert Pearce (Jan 1, 2012–)
• Revenue: 1.465 billion USD (2018)
• Number of employees: 1,500 (2019)
• Founded: 1979
• Subsidiaries include Stratos Global Corporation, Inmarsat Global Limited.
• Stock Exchange & Symbol: LON: ISAT

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SpaceX Dec 3 Launch LIVE from Vandenberg, Dec 5 from Cape Canaveral

Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express

UPDATE: SpaceX video above Dec 3, 2018: SpaceX's live launch webcast of the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission to low Earth orbit on Monday, December 3 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The primary launch window opened at 10:32 a.m. PST, or 18:32 UTC. A series of six deployments occurred approximately 13-43 minutes after liftoff, after which Spaceflight (spaceflight.com) began to command its own deployment sequences, expected to occur over a period of six hours.

UPDATE: Dec 5, 2018 NASA Launch Schedule 1:16 p.m. EST: SpaceX CRS-16 Cargo Mission to International Space Station: an uncrewed SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, delivering supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.

UPDATE: December 5, 2018 - 1:16 p.m. EST launch:

Above: SpaceX video scheduled for Dec 5, 2018. SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, December 5 for the launch of its sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted for 1:16 p.m. EST, or 18:16 UTC, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Dragon will be filled with more than 5,600 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur onboard the orbiting laboratory.

The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-16 mission previously supported the CRS-10 mission in February 2017. Following stage separation, SpaceX will attempt to recover Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

*Note: Youtube's event start time reflects the targeted liftoff time for this mission. SpaceX's live launch webcast will begin about 20 minutes before liftoff.

SpaceX 
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private U.S. aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
domain: spacex.com

SpaceX CEO & Founder: Elon Musk
SpaceX founded: May 6, 2002
Number of employees: 7,000
Subsidiary: The Boring Company (boringcompany.com)

Dec. 18: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force's first third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System (GPS 3-01) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:24-9:50 a.m. EST (14:24-14:50 UTC).

Dec. 30: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 Iridium Next satellites (66-75) from Vandenberg Air Foce Base in California at 11:38 a.m. EDT (16:38 UTC).
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Tech Review | Priyanka Chopra: Technology Gives Us Freedom (video)

Tech Review (TR 2018-11-17)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech investing news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Priyanka Chopra: Technology Gives Us Freedom, 2) Fintech: The Business Case For Financial Inclusion, 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes, 4) ICYMI Tech News: Facebook, Nvidia, IBM, SAP, Alibaba, FCC, SpaceX, Cloudflare.

1) Priyanka Chopra: Technology Gives Us Freedom

Priyanka Chopra may be known for acting, but now she's investing in tech companies. In an interview with CNN, Chopra tells Laurie Segall why she's investing in Bumble (bumble.com). CNN.com businesss video above published Nov 5, 2018.

2) Fintech: The Business Case For Financial Inclusion

1.7 billion adults across the globe do not have a bank account. The data revolution and innovations in digital finance have the potential to provide access to financial services for everyone and offer huge growth opportunities.Video above published Nov 2, 2018, by FT.com.

3) Investing

The Week: NASDAQ Composite -2.15% | S&P 500 Index -1.61% | DJIA -2.22%

S&P chart pattern points to breakout ahead, technician says--cnbc.com

Wall Street's Charging Bull

Investing Notes:

Why Tech Investors Love the SaaS Model
(See full infographic: https://t.co/DMBqUs5AQ6) pic.twitter.com/J0qXnqF5ie

— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) November 16, 2018

iShares Automation & Robot ETF is now listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. This #ETF tracks our iSTOXX FactSet Automation & Robotics index, which is composed of companies related to automation and robotics around the globe. https://t.co/2EqrzzWOPG #investing

— FactSet (@FactSet) November 15, 2018

4) ICYMI Tech News:

$FB

• Meltdown at Facebook $FB? More than 50 interviews conducted by the New York Times reveal Facebook's failures in dealing with multiple crises, which Zuckerberg and Sandberg initially tried to obscure. "Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis"--NYTimes.com. Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg replied. See also Facebook Board and this on "Facebook Fights Dirty."

• Nvidia $NVDA: Supply glut mars Turing effect for Nvidia shares--reuters.com.

• IBM $IBM: Why There Will Never Be Another Red Hat: The Economics of Open Source--a16z.com.

• SAP $SAP acquiring Qualtrics (qualtrics.com) for $8B before IPO--bizjournals.com. Did SAP pay too much? SAP says no.

• Alibaba $BABA sets new Singles’ Day record with $31B in sales, but growth is slowing--techcrunch.com.

• FCC approves expansion of satellite-based internet services: Telesat, Kepler Communications Inc and LeoSat MA, Inc. approved for high-speed internet service and connectivity for sensors and other intelligence devices a/k/a IoT (Internet of Things). SpaceX approved for access to additional frequency and to operate some satellites at low-Earth altitudes--FCC Boosts Satellite Broadband Connectivity And Competition In The United States | fcc.gov (pdf). 

• Personal tech: Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver app--cloudflare.com.

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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Tech Review: 1) Apple $AAPL 9/12 Event; 2) Facebook $FB HQ Expansion

Tech Review (TR 2018-09-08)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech investing news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Apple $AAPL 9/12 Event,  2)Facebook $FB HQ Expansion, 3) Investing: The Week & Notes, 4)ICYMI Tech News: SpaceX, Tencent, Amazon, China, Starbucks. Nike.

UPDATE LIVE Apple Event September 12 REPLAY -- new iPhones & Watch Series 4

1) New Products Apple Is Expected to Announce September 12

New Products Apple $AAPL Is Expected to Announce on Wednesday Sept 12, 2018, 1:00pm EDT.

$AAPL

2) Inside Facebook's Epic HQ Expansion

In an effort to attract top tech talent, Facebook $FB is spending $1 billion to expand its Menlo Park headquarters. It just opened a new building, called MPK 21, that was designed by architect Frank Gehry and cost about $300 million. The 525,000 square-foot building will house about 3,000 employees and includes a 3.6-acre rooftop garden, a redwood forest in a courtyard and a tiered outdoor amphitheater akin to a botanical garden. CNBC.com video above published Sep 4, 2018.

$FB

See also:

•  Pew study: 44 percent of young adults deleted Facebook app in past year | TheHill.com.

• Facebook to invest $1 billion in first Asian data center in Singapore | reuters.com.

3) Investing

The Week: NASDAQ Composite -2.6% | S&P 500 Index -1.0% | DJIA -0.2%

What drove the markets this week following August's strong close? "Near-term likelihood of U.S.-China trade pact seen dimming--relaxing of tensions with Mexico, Canada and the EU has made it easier to forge a united front against China"--marketwatch.com Sep 7, 2018.

Wall Street's Charging Bull--where's he headed next?

Investing Notes:

US: Jobless claims fall to 203,000. They haven’t been this low since Dec. 6, 1969 | marketwatch.com Sep 6, 2018.

US economy: US wages grow at fastest pace in nine years--Data keeps Federal Reserve on track to raise rates this month--FT.com Sep 7, 2018.

DC Drama: Why Trump‘s potential constitutional crisis isn’t rattling stock-market investors | marketwatch.com Sep 6, 2018. See also Trump Saboteur Op-Ed Backfires: LA Times Calls "A Coward"; Greenwald: "Unelected Cabal"--zerohedge.com.

Europe: European Stocks Are At A Critical Technical Support Level | zerohedge.com.

Europe will be "the big loser" in the trade war between the U.S. and China, said economist Mathilde Lemoine at the MEDEF Summer University in Paris, adding that a lack of structural reform in European countries such as Italy and France would continue to fuel weakness across the euro zone--CNBC.com.

Emerging Markets: Emerging-market stocks edged near bear territory Thursday (September 6), as fear of contagion spread throughout the developing world--"I don’t think the rout is over yet ... With more tariffs on China possible and further Fed tightening, it’s hard to see it ending soon. About the only outlet for some countries in this case is a cheaper currency, especially China."--Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at Charles Schwab in New York, as reported in Bloomberg.com.

Nike Inc.’s (NYSE:NKE) market capitalization (as of Sep 6, 2018) is down $3.4 billion since the company released its latest ad campaign featuring controversial quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick:

$NKE

In addition, Nike's favorability rating has dropped from 69 percent net favorability to 35 percent net favorability among American adults after the ad featuring Kaepernick was released, according to MorningConsult.com: 

"Purchasing Consideration Also Down: Before the announcement, 49 percent of Americans said they were absolutely certain or very likely to buy Nike products. That figure is down to 39 percent now."

4) ICYMI Tech News:

• SpaceX: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the Telstar 18 VANTAGE communications satellite from Cape Canaveral on September 8th during a 4 hour launch window from 11:28 p.m. EDT Sep 8 until 3:28 a.m. EDT Sep 9 (03:28 – 07:23 UTC). The Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite will provide broadcast, enterprise and government communications services over parts of India, China, Mongolia and Southeast Asia.
• China: Tencent and Chinese Gaming Rivals Shudder as Government Tightens Grip | WSJ.com: Chinese regulators have not approved a single new game since March, number of games to be released per year will be limited, authorities trying to reduce playtime.
• Antitrust: The Monopoly-Busting Case Against Google, Amazon, Uber, And Facebook | theverge.com: what tech companies have to fear from antitrust law.
• Amazon India unveils Hindi website, app in battle with Walmart's Flipkart--reuters.com.
• China lures chip talent from Taiwan with fat salaries, perks--reuters.com.
• After Starbucks opens in a town, housing prices tend to rise says Harvard study--CNBC.com.

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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Startup Rocket Lab Specializes in Lightweight Commercial Launches

Rocket Man Giving SpaceX a Run for Its Money

Bloomberg.com video above published Jul 19, 2018: Peter Beck, founder of Rocket Lab, is the real life rocket man. He loves rockets so much that he started Rocket Lab, a space startup specializing in lightweight, cost-effective commercial launch services. His goal is to make launching rockets into orbit as common as picking up your mail, and he’s making progress.

Rocket Lab is an American aerospace manufacturer with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. The company develops lightweight, cost-effective commercial rocket launch services. The Electron Program was founded on the premise that small payloads such as CubeSats require dedicated small launch vehicles and flexibility not currently offered by traditional rocket systems.

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Elon Musk Startup SpaceX Now Worth $25 Billion (video)

SpaceX Is Now Worth $25 Billion

Fortune.com video above published Apr 13, 2018: Elon Musk’s SpaceX (domain: SpaceX.com) is now worth $25 billion, trailing only Uber and Airbnb for the most valuable tech startup.

Falcon Heavy & Starman

SpaceX video above published Mar 10, 2018: When Falcon Heavy lifted off, it became the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two.  With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost.

Following liftoff, the two side boosters separated from the center core and returned to landing site for future reuse.

Falcon Heavy put a Tesla Roadster and its passenger, Starman, into orbit around the sun. At max velocity Starman and the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth.
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Tech Review | Elon Musk Week: Falcon Heavy Launch of Starman in a Tesla

Tech Review (TR 2018-02-10)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Elon Musk Week: Falcon Heavy Launch of Starman in a Tesla, 2) Analyst: AWS is Amazon's Fastest Growing Business, 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes: Trump Effect on Gold & Guns, 4) ICYMI Tech News.

1) Elon Musk Week: Falcon Heavy Launch of Starman in a Tesla

Falcon Heavy side rockets returning in perfect parallel landings

For more:

• Falcon Heavy Launch LIVE Video Stream, Tuesday, Feb 6

• Tesla, Inc. $TSLA Q4 2017 Results, LIVE Webcast, Feb 7, 5:30pm ET

• SpaceX (domain: spacex.com) is a privately held company founded by Elon Musk.

• Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) (domain: Tesla.com). 

2) Analyst: AWS is Amazon's Fastest Growing Business

Tom Forte, D.A. Davidson analyst, discusses the outlook for Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Web Services (AWS) and how the acquisition of Whole Foods has been transformative. He speaks with Bloomberg's Alix Steel on "Bloomberg Markets" Jan 26, 2018.

Amazon Rolls Out Whole Foods Delivery

Bloomberg.com video published Feb 8, 2018: Bloomberg's Olivia Zaleski and Techonomy CEO David Kirkpatrick discuss Amazon's rollout for Whole Foods delivery.  They speak with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

Amazon $AMZN--SeekingAlpha.com: "Never in history has the largest, most valuable business on earth traded for 338x [or 217x] current-year earnings ... Large, profitable companies during the dot.com years had trouble even reaching 100x earnings ... Apple $AAPL ... trades for 14.5x FY2018 earnings consensus."

3) Investing

The Week: Worst Week in 2 Years for Stocks Ends on High Note: Markets Wrap | Bloomberg.com: "a furious rally Friday left the equity benchmark [S&P 500] 1.5 percent higher on the day."

S&P 500 is down only 2% since last day of trading in 2017 on Dec 29, but down almost 9% since Jan 26, 2018

Charts suggests 'strong, counter-trend' rally is likely for S&P 500 | MarketWatch.com Feb 9, 2018: "... charts suggest the S&P 500 is likely to experience a "strong, counter-trend (oversold) trading rally," that could take potentially take the index up about 7% from current levels, and "possibly higher," said Dan Wantrobski, technical strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott ..."

Worst of Market Turmoil Behind Us ... This is a Dip You Have To Buy, Fundstrat's Lee Says | Bloomberg | YouTube.com Feb 8, 2018 video--Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors head of research, discusses the selloff in U.S. equity markets, inflation, and his investment strategy.

How Two Tiny Volatility Products Helped Fuel Sudden Stock Slump | Bloomberg.com Feb 7, 2018: "Exchange-traded products ‘major driver’ of Monday mayhem--Lack of cross-asset contagion points to their role in stocks."

Beware Wall Street's Charging Bull: "We Are [Still] In A Massive Bull Market"

Investing Notes:

• GDPNow - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta | frbatlanta.org Feb 6, 2018: "The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2018 is 4.0 percent."
• Buy The Dip, And Sell The VIX: This Bear Is Still Hibernating, For Now - SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) | SeekingAlpha.com

• Deutsche Bank Tumbles To 2016 Lows Amid Reports Of HNA Technical Default | ZeroHedge.com: The biggest shareholder of Europe's most distressed bank is China's most insolvent conglomerate.
• Dalio's $13 Billion Short: Bridgewater Unveils Its Biggest Ever Short Position | ZeroHedge.com: the world's biggest hedge fund has placed its "bets against Italian banks and insurers."

• Bitcoin falls; half its value lost in 2018 | Reuters.com Feb 6, 2018. Check price.

• The Trump Effect On Gold And Guns | SeekingAlpha.com: "Physical gold, silver and gun sales have plummeted since the election of Donald Trump."  

Trump has said he will “never, ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” Since Trump’s election victory in November 2016, gun manufacturer American Outdoor Brands Corp $AOBC has lost almost two thirds of its stock market value, while Sturm Ruger & Company Inc $RGR has fallen by a fourth of its value. See also: U.S. gunmaker Remington reaches deal with creditors to file for bankruptcy | Reuters.com.

• Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to 'delegitimize' Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll

4) ICYMI Tech News:

• Facebook’s app for kids should freak parents out | MIT TechnologyReview.com: "Messenger Kids, its first grab at the under-13 crowd, is not to be trusted. After all, you’ve seen how the company treats adults."
• Google Chrome: Beware these malicious extensions that record everything you do | ZDNet.com: Google said in a statement to Trend Micro that it had disabled the extensions on devices of all affected Chrome users.
• China: Republican senators want to bar US government from using ZTE, Huawei devices | TheHill.com
• Unicorns: Last year VCs put $66 billion into “Unicorn” companies worth more than $1 billion, 39% more than in 2016--TechCrunch.com. Editor's note: Unicorns increasingly have problems trying to justify their own notional enterprise values or venture capital valuations. 
• Bitcoin Ban Expands Across Credit Cards as Big U.S. Banks Recoil | Bloomberg.com: "After recent price drops, JPMorgan doesn’t want credit risk." 
• Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Trouble with ICOs | WIRED.com: "Many cryptocurrency speculators are banking on the theory that someone dumber than them will buy their tokens for more than they paid. That’s a pretty good bet … until it isn’t."
• Immigration: Groups urge Trump to keep 'International Entrepreneur Rule'--TheHill.com

From the Reuters.com feed:

• Amazon stock market value on verge of eclipsing Microsoft

• Internet firms back congressional vote to restore net neutrality rules 

• UPS order for Boeing freighters highlights trade growth

• Qualcomm rejects Broadcom's revised buyout offer, proposes meeting

• Bitcoin may not be worth all the hoopla: N.Y. Fed blog post

• U.S. regulators to back more oversight of virtual currencies

• “We support fair taxation of large companies, in particular Internet concerns like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon”--177-page German coalition pact.

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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Falcon Heavy Launch LIVE Video Stream, Tuesday, Feb 6

Live Views of Starman

SpaceX (domain: spacex.com) video above.

Falcon Heavy Test Flight

SpaceX video above streamed LIVE Feb 6, 2018: When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and reliability of Falcon 9.

Its first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.

Falcon Heavy Demo | Static Fire

SpaceX video above published Jan 24, 2018: On Wednesday, Jan. 24th, 2018 SpaceX completed the first static fire test of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.  When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two.

Launch auto-sequence initiated (aka the holy mouse-click) for 3:45 liftoff #FalconHeavy

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2018

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Tech Review | Trump Effect: Infosys to Hire 10,000 in U.S. | TR2017-05-06

Tech Review (TR 2017-05-06)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news:

Features • 1) Trump Effect: Infosys to Hire 10,000 in U.S., 2) Q1 2017 Earnings Season, 3) Broadband Internet & Satellites, 4) Chrome OS killing Microsoft & Apple in Education, 5) Net Neutrality, 6) Can Amazon and Twitter Kill Off TV, 7) ICYMI.

1) Infosys to Hire 10,000 Workers Amid Visa Crackdown

Video above published May 2, 2017: Techonomy CEO David Kirkpatrick and Bloomberg's Cory Johnson discuss Infosys Ltd.'s plans to hire 10,000 Americans in the next two years. They speak with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

2) Q1 2017 Earnings Season on Domain Mondo this past week Apple $AAPL, GoDaddy $GDDY, and Facebook $FB. This coming week on May 9th both Tucows $TCX and Rightside $NAME report Q1 2017 results.

3) Broadband Internet & Satellites--Investing in America’s Broadband Infrastructure: Exploring Ways to Reduce Barriers to Deployment - Hearings - U.S. Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, & Transportation | commerce.senate.govMay 3, 2017: During the Senate Commerce hearing on Wednesday, Patricia Cooper, SpaceX V.P. of satellite government affairs, testified about the company's plans to deploy a constellation of 4,425 satellites to deliver broadband internet around the world. Note that there currently are only an estimated 1,459 satellites in orbit around Earth. Transcript of Ms. Cooper's prepared testimony (pdf).

4) Chrome OS killing Microsoft & Apple in Education: In 2016, mobile devices running Alphabet Inc's Google’s Chrome operating system accounted for 58 percent of the U.S. market for primary and secondary schools, according to Futuresource Consulting.--Reuters.com

Next week .@Microsoft's #edtech division making big announcements #CloudOS. @Futuresourcer shares report insights https://t.co/r1yWtQrQoy pic.twitter.com/d9AECbvFWa

— Futuresource (@Futuresourcer) April 28, 2017

5)  Net Neutrality Rules May Slow Innovation, but Uncertainty Will Be Worse | TechnologyReview.com: "FCC chairman Ajit Pai argues that rules governing Internet providers discourage investment, but killing them could create more problems for content providers."

6)  Can Amazon and Twitter Kill Off TV by Streaming Live Events? | TechnologyReview.com: "New live Twitter programming and streaming NFL games on Amazon Prime will test whether the Internet can hold the same allure for live action as the humble TV." See also: "Celebrate the company that is driving the zeitgeist, where all stories get started, where those addicted to news live. Newspapers come second. TV is a comparative joke. And everybody worth their salt in either medium is right there on Twitter"--Lefsetz.com.

7) ICYMI Tech News Quick Takes:

• Apple to create $1 billion U.S. advanced manufacturing fund | Reuters.com

• Apple: Difficult Choices - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) | SeekingAlpha.com

• iPhone Could Be Banned From U.S. Under Qualcomm Import Complaint | Fortune.com

• Facebook Q1 2017 earnings reaction: easy mobile growth days over | cnbc.com

• Facebook nears ad-only business model as game revenue falls | Reuters.com

• Oculus Story Studio: Facebook Is Closing Its VR Storytelling Unit | Variety.com

• IBM to snap up remnants of Verizon's cloud business | ZDNet.com

• Alexa: where is Amazon opening a new R&D center? Cambridge, England | Reuters.com

• President Obama's team sought NSA intel on thousands of Americans during the 2016 election | Circa.com

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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TechReview: Facebook's Anti-Trump Fake News, Was It Effective?

Domain Mondo's weekly review of technology news:

Feature •  Facebook anti-Trump fake-news writer: "There’s nothing you can’t write about now that [some] people won’t believe. I can write the craziest thing about Trump, and [some anti-Trump] people will believe it. I wrote a lot of crazy anti-Muslim stuff — like about Trump wanting to put badges on Muslims, or not allowing them in the airport, or making them stand in their own line — and [some] people went along with [believed] it!"--WashingtonPost.com

In other words, if you were a Hillary supporter you were more likely to believe anything derogatory about Trump you saw published online (and the reverse was likewise true for Trump supporters). Is anyone surprised by this? You shouldn't be--followers applaud fake news that agrees with their own pre-existing opinions, and people who disagree are more likely to be the fact checkers.

But does fake news change opinions? The answer is: No. Why? Confirmation bias--"people aggressively avoid ideas that challenge their basic philosophy and opinions. Social media has become an echo chamber, an exercise in preaching to the choir and other members of your own tribe. I’ll end this by posing just one request: If anyone switched their vote because of a Facebook post or a 140-character squib on Twitter, please let me know. I’ll be waiting."--Barry Ritholtz, Facebook Didn't Tilt the Election | Bloomberg.com.

The real problem isn't "fake news," instead it is the "misinformation crisis" in mainstream media (MSM)--According to Snopes, Fake News Is Not the Problem | backchannel.com: "... The misinformation crisis, according to Binkowski, stems from something more pernicious. In the past, the sources of accurate information were recognizable enough that phony news was relatively easy for a discerning reader to identify and discredit. The problem, Binkowski believes, is that the public has lost faith in the media broadly — therefore no media outlet is considered credible any longer ..." And for good reason.

That's why purging what someone arbitrarily or subjectively judges to be "fake news" is nothing less than censorship, the repression of free speech and free market competition in favor of  MSM channels that have lost credibility and trust. Facebook, Twitter, whatever:

@wikileaks all fair points. We are working to get here

— 🚶🏽jack (@jack) July 21, 2016

Here's where it starts to get scary:

Photo of Google/Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt wearing Clinton campaign "staff" badge pic.twitter.com/uZANaEwOPD

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 17, 2016

Will the Censorship "Fake News" Purge work? Doubtful. Inside Gab: The New Twitter Alternative Championed By The Alt-Right | FastCompany.com: "The purge is happening. At least according to the universe of alt-right users on social media: Many of them claim that in recent days their Twitter accounts have been suspended and that their posts on Facebook are not being promoted or shared like they used to. It’s all part of a crackdown on "fake news" in the wake of reports that misleading reports shared on Facebook and Twitter helped influence the election. To many, these efforts are an overdue attempt to maintain online civility. But to others it’s blatant censorship."

"Careful studies of media bias in the US show that most newspapers and radio or TV stations don’t try to persuade their readers and viewers; instead, they pander to the biases of their audience. It is hard to combat naive realism because the illusion that we see the world objectively is such a powerful one. At least I’ve not had to worry about it too much myself. Fortunately, my own perspective is based on a careful analysis of the facts, and my political views reflect a cool assessment of reality rather than self-interest, groupthink or cultural bias. Of course, there are people to the left of my position. They’re idiots. And the people on my right? Maniacs."--Tim Harford, Delusions of objectivity

Final Post-Election Memo: What Does The Election Mean For Us?: "President Obama never sold a subscription for us or wrote a line of code for us and neither will Donald Trump. Who the President is will not make us successful (or not successful). That is on us. Ignore the noise."--CBinsights.com

Other Tech News:

•  Google commits to massive new London HQ: A new 10-story building that will be as long as London's Shard is tall, Google's new headquarters in London will have 650,000 square feet of floorspace (60,400m2), and will lie alongside King’s Cross station. Google will also continue to occupy its current building in the development, a 380,000 square feet office at 6 Pancras Square which accommodates 2,500 employees. Construction on a second building that Google will occupy but not own began earlier this year, with Google slated to be moving in in 2018. In contrast, the new headquarters will be designed and owned by Google, a first outside the United States.--more at TheGuardian.com

•  SpaceX seeks U.S. approval for internet-via-satellite network: an orbiting digital communications array that would eventually consist of 4,425 satellites--Reuters.com

•  Tencent Holding's (TCEHY) CEO Pony Ma on Q3 2016 Results | Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha.com: "So, I think in terms of the mobile game business performance versus our expectations in the industry, we disclosed our mobile game revenue grew over 80% year-on-year. So you can assume that we're very happy with 80 something percent year-on-year revenue growth."

•  The Void Within Apple | SeekingAlpha.com: No one seems to be in overall charge of the product.

•  How Casino Technology Enables Gambling Addiction: "Modern slot machines develop an unbreakable hold on many players—some of whom wind up losing their jobs, their families, and even, as in the case of Scott Stevens, their lives."--TheAtlantic.com. Electronic gaming machines, which now number almost 1 million nationwide, are the prevalent mode of gambling today in the U.S., with variations on slots and video poker. This technology has accelerated gambling addiction and reaped huge profits for casino operators, with a significant amount of revenue coming from just a small percentage of customers playing machines designed to lull them into a trancelike state that the industry refers to as ‘continuous gaming productivity.’

•  Canada and U.S. (FCC) agree to work together against robocalling (pdf)

•  Goodbye & Good Riddance: US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, known for combating Edward Snowden and lying under oath to Congress, resigns ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump--TheGuardian.com. See HasJamesClapperBeenIndictedYet.com.

Farewell, James Clapper https://t.co/GbLrt3kaoM

— Dr. Rand Paul (@RandPaul) November 17, 2016

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on hacks and Russia. #SpecialReport pic.twitter.com/V1FvzH8FG8

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 16, 2016

AP: James Clapper has resigned stating: intelligence agencies don't have good insight on when or how Wikileaks obtained the hacked emails.

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 17, 2016

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SpaceX Makes History, First Ever Orbital Rocket Landing (videos)

"The Falcon has landed" | Recap of Falcon 9 launch and landing - On December 21, 2015, SpaceX's Falcon 9 delivered 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit and landed the first stage of the rocket back on land. Music: Absolution Calling by Incubus; Published Jan 12, 2016

Above: Falcon 9 First Stage Landing | Viewed From Helicopter, Dec 21, 2015

Below: ORBCOMM-2 Full Launch Webcast - Streamed live Dec. 21, 2015: With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket delivered 11 satellites to low-Earth orbit for ORBCOMM, a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine communication and Internet of Things solutions. The ORBCOMM launch was targeted for an evening launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 11 satellites were deployed approximately 20 minutes after liftoff, completing a 17-satellite, low Earth orbit constellation for ORBCOMM. This mission also marks SpaceX’s return-to-flight as well as its first attempt to land a first stage on land. The landing of the first stage is a secondary test objective.



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The World's Most Valuable Startups All Use dot COM Domain Names

Source: Statista

Domain names of the world's 10 most valuable private companies backed by venture capital:

• uber.com

• xiaomi.com redirects to mi.com

• airbnb.com

• palantir.com

• snapchat.com

• xiaojukeji.com (Didi Kuaidi)

• flipkart.com

• spacex.com

• pinterest.com

• dropbox.com

Why do ALL of the world's most valuable startups use dot COM domain names and not another TLD (top-level domain)?

The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness. Unless you're so big that your reputation precedes you, a marginal domain suggests you're a marginal company. Whereas (as Stripe shows) having x.com signals strength even if it has no relation to what you do. Even good founders can be in denial about this ... 100% of the top 20 YC companies by valuation have the .com of their name. 94% of the top 50 do." - Paul Graham, VC and co-founder of the Y Combinator seed capital firm

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