Buying a new business or starting one from scratch; which one is smarter? The argument is unresolved for the most part because both require a massive amount of time and resources, with no definitive way to predict what will succeed. However, many people believe that buying a preexisting business can provide more security and assurance […]
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Why Twitter Co-Founder, Biz Stone, is Returning
I worked at Twitter for about six years. In that time, the service grew from zero people to hundreds of millions of people. Jack was the original CEO and when he returned I was very happy. There’s something about the personality of a company that comes from the folks who start it. There’s a special […]
Amazon Alexa is poised to control the connected ecosystem of the future
Alexa, is Amazon poised to control the connected ecosystem of the future? By Lisa Lacy In adding a screen to Echo and creating a network beyond the platform, Amazon is honing its connected ecosystem. Just two weeks after introducing the hands-free camera and style assistant Echo Look, Amazon made another Echo product, Show, available for […]
How The New York Times’ recast R&D unit got back to basics – Digiday
The New York Times’ R&D Lab, started in 2006, grew to a 12-person team that dreamed up products of the future. There was a Minority Report-style “magic mirror” that could serve up information as you’re brushing your teeth. And a conference table that takes notes. Now, the research unit, recast as Story[X] a year ago, […]
Amazon made just $5bil in net profit over the past 20 years – In half that time, Facebook made 5X that!
Italy Is Giving Away Old Castles For Free, And Here’s How You Can Get One
If you bought $100 of bitcoin 7 years ago, you’d be sitting on $75 million now
What It Will Cost For An Average Person To Go To Space
A camera for fashion selfies? Useful or Narcissism?
Have you considered a voice activated assistant and put it off because it wouldn’t take selfies? I understand that some would want a record of every outfit they ever wore. It’s a logical extension of paying attention to fashion. Since that’s not me, I started wondering whether the purported Amazon Echo might be more than […]
