Would You Pay For Facebook?
Companies today realize that data is the new gold, the new oil. Through increasingly powerful means — from balloons and drones, to 5G, to fiber cable and LEO (low-Earth orbit) satellites — companies are fighting to control data in order to monetize what the data can...
Well, it all sounded like a good idea … the folly of an unsustainable business model
Based in New York and founded by technology and entertainment entrepreneurs Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt in 2011, MoviePass allows users to purchase access to a movie a day for a single monthly subscription fee. It was originally funded by major investors including...
How Big Is Big Enough? Disney + Fox
CNBC reported yesterday that Walt Disney Company has been in talks with Twenty First Century Fox on acquisition of most of Fox’s assets with the exception of news and sports. (Can you imagine Rupert Murdoch giving up news channels?) The market really liked the idea,...
The Winner Of Meal-Kit Delivery Service Has Only Just Filed For A Trademark
Amazon files for a trademark for meal-kit delivery. Blue Apron loses about a tenth of its market cap in a day. This shows how much market-moving power Amazon has. For all we know, Amazon’s meal-kit delivery service could very well just be in its infancy, unless it’s...
Hitting Your Competitor Where It Hurts
On the heels of Amazon acquiring Whole Foods, making a much quicker entry to the groceries world than building out its own Amazon Go stores, The Wall Street Journal reported that Walmart has been signaling its technology suppliers not to use AWS, Amazon’s cloud...
Spotify, Apple Music, and now Tesla Music?
According to a Recode report, Tesla has been talking to the music industry about creating its own music service. Many tech commentators have rushed to praise the move as brilliant on Elon Musk’s part, as Tesla is looking to launch “a multi-tier Pandora-like service.”...
Elon Musk’s New Venture: Telepathy
Elon Musk has long been joking about his fear that Larry Page might accidentally create SkyNet. Now he’s doing something about it. Wall Street Journal has reported that Elon Musk has planned for his next startup: Neuralink Corp. Initially, the plan is to implant...
Apple And Google’s Wearable Sensors Could Propel Healthcare To New Age
Apple has been reported as having been working secretly on a device that measures blood sugar levels non-invasively. Alphabet’s Google has also been spending much effort in the same area. Through Verily, formerly known as Google Life Sciences, the company invested in...
Android Pay Joins The Mobile Payment Party
According to a Google Blog entry, Android Pay now integrates with cards from Bank of America, Bank of New Zealand, Discover, mBank, and USAA. Customers of these banks don’t have to download the Android Pay app. They can use Android Pay from banking apps. Android Pay...
GM To Add 1100 Jobs In California
GM is testing more than 50 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles with self-driving capabilities these days. You can see those vehicles in San Francisco, Detroit metro area, and Scottsdale, AZ. GM acquired Cruise, a startup in San Francisco, for over $1 billion last year....