- Google operates one of the world’s biggest networks of computers. But its business of renting time on those computers to others—a concept known as cloud computing—lags far behind Amazon.com Inc. and others.In its latest effort to catch up, Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., is turning to Diane Greene, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who built VMware Inc. into a corporate-computing powerhouse. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai is giving Ms. Greene unusual authority over the company’s cloud efforts, including oversight of engineering, sales, support and marketing.Her most important role at Google isn’t on the organization chart: teaching Google how to sell to companies. (WSJ)
- Circle and KoalaSafe block sites, set time limits and keep tabs on your children’s devices
New devices from Circle and KoalaSafe let you monitor and regulate Internet activity on any device in your home network. (WSJ)
Mobile, ecommerce,drones, 3D Printing, driverless, robots… Tech touching more parts of life & biz in 2015 Via @AFP pic.twitter.com/dndCUXVqud
— Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) December 25, 2015
Solar provided 1% of US electricity in September, with one-third coming from small-scale PV: https://t.co/BYJL4AyM09 pic.twitter.com/b2yCJBsjXX
— brad plumer (@bradplumer) December 21, 2015
Have smartphones saturated? Let’s ask the ITU. How many people have mobile broadband (as a proxy) pic.twitter.com/USQzfKBOnI
— Horace Dediu (@asymco) December 19, 2015
1955: This is how rockets will land. 1995: A rocket will never land like that. 2015: We landed a rocket like this. pic.twitter.com/mmmKbCMAEX
— Michael Oman-Reagan (@OmanReagan) December 22, 2015
Apple Music said to be planning hi-res audio streaming via iPhone’s Lightning port: https://t.co/0g2Ub2gOzP pic.twitter.com/bw7Ry1vOS1
— Fast Company (@FastCompany) December 21, 2015
Google and Ford partner on self-driving cars. https://t.co/qQBtCFH5WP
— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) December 22, 2015
The state of global media spending, now and future – @McKinsey https://t.co/hX8aIsUfVk slowing growth pic.twitter.com/yJalmZhH65
— Ross Dawson (@rossdawson) December 24, 2015
innovation is iteration. pic.twitter.com/vT10nMsa1w
— Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) December 22, 2015
All YouTube creators (in US) can now raise donations in videos w/ our social good platform: https://t.co/OgzSXZ268h pic.twitter.com/Kqbo2X4v8Y
— Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) December 17, 2015
Home Broadband 2015 https://t.co/CQ82uH9nNV Almost like BB is part of wrong service—why not electric instead of tv? pic.twitter.com/NlRuHs95K0
— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) December 23, 2015
13 world wonders of geology https://t.co/6ry6OgoomM pic.twitter.com/qllin1XOdn
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 26, 2015
State of the messaging all wars https://t.co/ONK96f8udZ pic.twitter.com/222FRHSZES
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 26, 2015
“Google’s late to the AI assistant game” is NOT what 99.9% of population immediately thinks. They think “cool!” https://t.co/xxHmJRdc4g
— Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) December 22, 2015
OPEC faces a mortal threat from electric cars https://t.co/UtfkiG53nE pic.twitter.com/Y3DOoqLA69
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon) December 25, 2015
200k drones for rural/remote delivery $JD https://t.co/G2L4y8X1jH pic.twitter.com/58N5x3kc3f
— Craig Bujnowski (@craigbuj) December 23, 2015
The first text message ever sent was in December 1992 and said, “Merry Christmas.” https://t.co/2SvNw8eSuz pic.twitter.com/V9CdyI7Awi
— Josh Spector (@jspector) December 25, 2015