Social media foil a coup d'etat
The virality of social media is changing the way we communicate. By all accounts, it changed the course of a political coup on the edge of Europe. Turkey is no stranger to armed...
GE is ready to save China billions
General Electric ( GE) announced a partnership with China’s Huawei on July 20 as it continues to build out its Internet of Things ecosystem. The Internet of Things is a natural...
Chinese tech producers set to stun
The Chinese are coming. They’re innovating, building world class goods that will compete well with Western equivalents. So why doesn’t anyone see this coming? Seriously, it’s hard...
Amazon retraining workers displaced by robots
In early July, a team of Dutch engineers won the Amazon Picking Challenge. The international competition honors engineering teams for building robots with human-like dexterity.
Rivals push Netflix off screen
To get our regular email updates, simply clickhere. Netflix (NFLX) shares were hit hard Tuesday, July 19, plummeting from $90 to $77.58 a share before rebounding to $79.52 by the...
Tesla death won't stop progress
Sadly, Tesla owner Joshua Brown was killed last week when his vehicles collided with tractor trailer. At the time the car was being guided by Autopilot, a smart, assisted driving...
Facebook shakes down advertisers
To get our regular email updates, simply clickhere. The panic among publishers is palpable. Facebook (FB) is tweaking its Newsfeed algorithm again – elevating posts from friends...
Amazon wants you to call...
To get our regular email updates, simply clickhere. Amazon (AMZN) is getting back into mobile phones. The company announced an experiment to subsidize two low-cost Android phones....
Brave new world of synthetic DNA
To get our regular email updates, simply click here. It really is a brave new world. Last week a group of prominent scientists announced plans for a project to create synthetic...
Apple dials up trouble for iPhone
To get our regular email updates, simply click here. Apple (AAPL) shareholders should be worried. It used to be a button-down, tight-lipped secretive company. Those days are gone....