• Google Assistant will support over 30 languages by year-end, become multilingual
• SpaceX misses catching Falcon 9 rocket fairing with a giant net on a big ship
• SpaceX just launched two of its space internet satellites — the first of nearly 12,000
• Google says more than 40 carriers and device manufacturers now use its platform for RCS, the next generation of SMS
• Gartner reports first ever global decline in smartphone sales
• Harley Davidson’s EV debut could electrify the motorcycle industry
• The line between Airbnb and your average hotel is thinning…Airbnb is rolling out programs like hotel bookings and loyalty programs that make it look more like the industry it is trying to disrupt…
• Amazon plans to open as many as six more cashierless Amazon Go stores this year
• Amazon is now worth more than 2.5 Walmarts
• Nike’s latest Air Jordan sneaker ‘drop’ showcased the potential of Snapchat commerce
• Circle has bought Poloniex, a cryptocurrency exchange, for around $400 million
• As AI Makes More Decisions, the Nature of Leadership Will Change

• Twitter, YouTube, Amazon and Verizon are competing for streaming rights to the NFL’s ‘Thursday Night Football’
• Atari stock jumps 52% on plans for nostalgia-backed cryptocurrencies
• Dyson Plans To Build Three Electric Cars
• GPUs on Google’s Kubernetes Engine are now available in open beta
• Electronic skin can display a heartbeat on your hand
• SpaceX will launch the first of its global internet satellites
• Website follows journey of Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster through space
• Telegram has raised an initial $850M for its billion-dollar ICO
• Hasbro Is Getting Into Crowdfunding
• 13 ways AI will change your business in 2018
• Digital Transformation Infographic
• New AWS Developer Training in Collaboration with edX.org
• China’s tech industry is catching up with Silicon Valley

• Uber Agrees Not to Use Waymo Technology in Self-Driving Cars…Under settlement, Uber also will give Waymo equity worth about $245 million
• Amazon to Launch Delivery Service That Would Vie With FedEx, UPS
• Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, will be live from Recode’s Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 pm PT / 10:30 pm ET.
• 5 Disruptions to Marketing, Part 5: Artificial Intelligence (2018 Update)
• Scott Galloway at DLD Munich 2018
• DLD 2018 Videos
• “…The 230-foot rocket, which featured 27 engines with the combined thrust of some 18 Boeing Co. 747 jumbo jets, climbed into clear skies at 3:45 p.m. local time. It carried a Tesla Roadster as a dummy payload and publicity stunt…”
• This electronic skin can heal itself — and then make more skin
• Siri on HomePod Correctly Answered 52.3% of Queries in New AI Test
• The rise  of personal searches
• Apple sold more watches than Rolex, Swatch, and the rest of the Swiss watch industry combined
• Welcome to the Post-Text Future

• The UX of AI (Google Design)
• Digital in 2018 Global Overview
• How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You
• WhatsApp 1.5 B monthly active users
• Amazon has posted a profit for 11 straight quarters
• Augmented Reality helps surgeons to ‘see through’ tissue and reconnect blood vessels
• Chinese satellite uses quantum cryptography for secure video conference between continents
• Bias Is the Real AI Danger
• The Autonomy Ecosystem: From Self-Driving Cars to Beyond!
• Apple has ~75% of the wearables market
• Can big data predict which bills will pass Congress?

• 2017 Retrospective: A Monumental Year for the App Economy
• Facebook bought a startup that specializes in verifying government IDs
• Here’s who owns everything in Big Media today
• Netflix now has nearly 118 million streaming subscribers globally
• Amazon Go, a high-tech version of a 7-Eleven, will finally open on Monday — with no checkout lines and no cashiers
• Photos: Here’s what the new Amazon Go cashierless convenience store looks like
• Facebook appoints a new AI research head
• Apple will release its HomePod on February 9
• Alexa’s cousins have plans to infiltrate the financial industry
• Google is working on bringing AR to Chrome with downloadable 3D objects
• Stripe will end bitcoin support because customers aren’t interested
• Google Assistant can now match voices to specific Netflix profiles
• DJI is taking over every inch of the drone market
• First Look at Nintendo Labo
• Airbnb reached full-year profitability for 2017, and it’s adding a former Amex CEO to its board
• Davos World Economic Forum 2018 Videos
• Annual smartphone shipments in China declined for the first time in 2017
• Research into full-body tracking at Facebook hints at broader AR/VR ambitions
• Meg Whitman to Lead Mobile-Video Startup New TV
• WEF 2018: AI is more profound than electricity or fire, says Sundar Pichai
• UK teenagers are to be taught about artificial intelligence with the launch of a new deep learning teaching kit
• 5 ways voice assistance is shaping consumer behaviour
• the new AI-related company has been created in the UK every week for the last three years.
• Netflix is five times cheaper than Pay TV on an hourly basis:
  Pay TV: $0.73/hour
  Netflix: $0.15/hour

• Now Open – Third AWS Availability Zone in London
• Amazon brings voice control to its Alexa app for Android, with iOS coming soon
• Apple has hired tech team from data science startup SVDS
• …Foursquare’s data, with over 3 billion visits/month around the globe, 105 million global venues, and 25 million people globally…
• a new TV series with MSNBC about tech, jobs and the future
• Facebook wants more people watching videos together at the same time…a new feature called “Watch Party” to try and make that happen…
• Tech Nation 2018 UK Survey
• Microsoft execs say in 20 years we’ll all have digital assistants that will be our alter egos — and we need to set ground rules while we still can
• Google’s mysterious new operating system looks completely different from Android
• Amazon raises price of its Prime membership

• Nissan Demonstrates Brain-to-Vehicle Device (Goal is to enhance driver performance for manual driving and improve passenger experience during autonomous mode)
• Germany has gone live with one of the most onerous laws aimed at forcing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to police content on their platforms.
• Verizon to sharpen content strategy with OTT video service, IoT platform
• Facebook’s Sandberg and Twitter’s Dorsey to quit Disney board
• The Tech Trends From CES 2018 That Will Actually Matter
• Amazon’s ad revenue could reach $4.5 billion in 2018, according to an analyst note by JPMorgan.
• AI Could Diagnose Your Heart Attack on the Phone—Even If You’re Not the Caller
• Here’s how Amazon’s and Apple’s new smart speakers stack up with consumers
• Microsoft is touting “Always Connected PCs,” a new initiative with its partners for super-thin LTE-enabled laptops with as much as 20 hours of battery life.
• Larry Page-backed asteroid mining company launches CubeSat with experimental water detection tech
• Amazon has quietly released a game changer for its cloud: Linux software that runs on corporate servers
• Facebook’s Oculus boss thinks standalone headsets are the key to getting a billion people into VR & Facebook’s Oculus is launching a new VR headset in China
• Dropbox IPO
• Domino’s Pizza’s stock price grew faster than Amazon’s, Apple’s or Google
• Will VR be the future of reading?
• Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy
• Google just acquired a startup that transforms screens into speakers
• More than half of UK businesses still unaware of GDPR

• Didi, the ride-hail company, is buying Brazilian app 99.
• Roku is rolling out its version of Alexa for home speakers and TV soundbars
• Three million people are staying in Airbnbs over New Years. Eight years ago, only 1,400 were.
• GoPro cuts 200-300 jobs, largely impacting its drone division
• Spotify hits 70 million subscribers
• Salesforce wants to reach $60 billion revenue goal by 2034
• Tesla launches a web-based version of its in-car trip planning tool
• Amazon has big plans for Alexa ads in 2018; it’s discussing options with P&G, Clorox and others
• China’s president had 2 books about artificial intelligence on his shelf in his New Year speech
• What You Need to Do Because of Flaws in Computer Chips
• HBO officially confirms ‘Game of Thrones’ won’t return for its final season until next year
• Alar Kolk – Prototyping & Experiments
• Brazil may write new laws with data stored on the ethereum blockchain
• Uber powered four billion rides in 2017
• Visual network map of MegaTrends to 2050
• App revenue climbed 35 percent to $60 billion in 2017

Happy New Year

My presentation is scheduled January 23 at David Game College Training Room / you can check the Eventbrite

 

• SoftBank and its co-investors have successfully acquired at least 13 percent of Uber
• Researchers at Stanford have trained an AI to predict a person’s political leanings based on his or her neighbourhood and choice of vehicle
• Netflix’s ‘Bright’ reached 11M viewers in its first three days, according to Nielsen…“…the first episode of Stranger Things 2 reached 15.8 million people in its first three days, while the second season premiere of The Crown reached nearly 3 million viewers in the same time frame…”
• 2018 Preview: Satellite industry 2.0…OneWeb is shooting for 2021 to achieve 2.5 gigabits per second direct to a rural home…
• Trends in drone technology [PDF]
• Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama, will offer $29 battery replacements for a year
• China begins regulating QR code payments
• YouTube has been deactivated on the Fire TV
• Ripple briefly overtakes Ethereum as the No. 2 crypto
• Hyundai and Kia are developing AI assistants for cars
• Britain’s digital banks: profitable or just popular?
• Google is making moves towards mobile-first search
• The Leader’s Guide to Corporate Culture
• Google Search: Year in 2017
• Why digital transformation is now on the CEO’s shoulders
• Management is about handling complexity. Leadership is about creating simplicity. — Peter Docker
• WeChat App to Become Official ID
• Tinder has 2.5m paid users