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Weekly#154

  • Technology, Social Change, and Future Scenarios (Frank Diana’s Blog)
  • Wireless: the next generation (Economist)
  • robotic arm helped this man drum again (BI)
  • You’re Probably Listening to Spotify Wrong. Be a Power User (Wired)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Weekly#153

  • Qualcomm, its forthcoming Snapdragon X16 modem chip can let smartphones or other mobile devices download data at rates of up to 1 gigabit—up from its prior top download speed of 600 megabits a second—and upload 150 megabits a second. (WSJ)
  • 7 signs Apple TV is changing television (Computer World)
  • With Quartz’s App, You Don’t Read the News. You Chat With It (Wired)
  • Google’s Hardware Endgame? Making Its Very Own Chips (Wired)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#152

  • You probably know to ask yourself, “What do I want?” Here’s a way better question (QZ)
  • Cisco VNI IndexGlobal Mobile Data Traffic Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
    • By 2020:
      • Global mobile data traffic will reach 30.6 exabytes per month — up from 3.7 exabytes in 2015.
      • Annual global mobile data traffic will reach 366.8 exabytes — up from 44.2 exabytes in 2015.
    • The forecast annual run rate of 366.8 exabytes of mobile data traffic for 2020 is equivalent to:
      • 120X more than all global mobile traffic generated just 10 years ago in 2010.
      • 81 trillion images (e.g., MMS or Instagram) — 28 daily images per person on earth for a year.
      • 7 trillion video clips (e.g., YouTube) — more than 2.5 daily video clips per person on earth for a year.
    • From 2015 to 2020, global mobile data traffic will grow two times faster than global fixed IP traffic.
    • In 2015, 51 percent of total mobile data traffic was offloaded; by 2020, 55 percent of total mobile data traffic will be offloaded.
    • By 2020, over 75 percent of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video.

    Mobile Devices and Connections Are Getting Smarter

    • There will be 11.6 billion mobile-ready devices/connections — including 8.5 billion personal mobile devices and 3.1 billion M2M connections — up from 7.9 billion total mobile-ready devices and M2M connections in 2015.
    • Globally, 67 percent of mobile devices/connections will be ‘smart’ by 2020 — up from 36 percent in 2015.
    • Globally, 98 percent of mobile data traffic will come from ‘smart’ devices/connections by 2020 — up from 89 percent in 2015.
    • Smartphones, laptops, and tablets will drive about 92 percent of global mobile data traffic by 2020 — down from 94 percent in 2015. M2M traffic will represent 7 percent of global mobile data traffic by 2020 — up from 3 percent in 2015; while basic handsets will account for 1 percent of global mobile data traffic by 2020 — down from 3 percent in 2015.
    • By 2020:
      • 66 percent of mobile devices/connections will be IPv6-capable — up from 36 percent in 2015.
      • IPv6 traffic will be 54 percent of total mobile data traffic — up from 13 percent in 2015.

    Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Connections and Wearable Devices Continue to Rise
    M2M refers to applications that enable wireless and wired systems to communicate with other devices of the same ability (e.g., GPS/navigation, asset tracking, utility meters, security/surveillance video, healthcare monitoring, et al.). Wearable devices can be worn (e.g., smart watches and health monitors) and communicate to the network either directly via embedded cellular connectivity or through another device (primarily a smartphone) via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. Wearable devices are a subset of the M2M category in the forecast.

    • By 2020, M2M connections will represent 26.4 percent of mobile-connected devices — up from 7.7 percent in 2015.
    • By 2020, M2M connections will generate 6.7 percent of total mobile traffic — up from 2.7 percent in 2015.
    • Global wearables will grow six-fold from 2015 to 2020.
    • By 2020, there will be more than 600 million wearable devices in use, up from nearly 97 million in 2015.

    Mobile Network Speeds and 4G Connection Growth

    • Average global mobile network speeds will increase 3.2 fold from 2015 (2.0 Mbps) to 2020 (6.5 Mbps). Global 4G adoption is the primary catalyst for mobile speed improvements.
    • By 2020:
      • 4G connections will account for 40.5 percent of all mobile connections — up from 13.7 percent in 2015.
      • 3G connections will account for 38.7 percent of all mobile connections — up from 33.7 percent in 2015.
      • 2G connections will account for 13.5 percent all mobile connections — down from 52.3 percent in 2015.
    • 4G traffic will grow 13-fold from 2015 to 2020.
    • By 2020, 4G connections will account for 72 percent of total mobile data traffic — up from 47 percent of total mobile data traffic in 2015.

    Wi-Fi Hotspots Are Growing

    • Globally, total Wi-Fi hotspots, including home spots, will grow 7X from 2015 (64 million) to 2020 (432 million). Globally, home spots will grow from 57 million (2015) to 423 million (2020).
    • In 2015, monthly Wi-Fi offload traffic (3.9 exabytes) exceeded monthly mobile/cellular traffic (3.7 exabytes) for the first time.
    • By 2020, 38.1 exabytes Wi-Fi offload traffic will be generated each month, continuing to exceed projected monthly mobile/cellular traffic (30.6 exabytes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#151

  • Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem Report (compass)
  • A Search Engine for Your Memories
    An inventor at IBM has patented technology for a cognitive assistant that could learn all about you, then remind you of a name you can’t remember the moment you need to say it.(The Atlantic)
  • Apple Reports 1 Billion “Active” Devices (Tech Crunch)
  • Facebook Inc. on Wednesday posted more than $1 billion in quarterly profit for the first time (WSJ)
  • AWS revenues grew about 69% between Q4 2015 and the year-ago quarter, going from $1.42 billion to $2.41 billion.AWS is also profitable, and profits nearly tripled, from $240 million to $687 million.

    Microsoft’s overall revenue from server products plus Azure was about $5.1 billion, the vast majority of the “Intelligent Cloud” segment’s overall $6.34 billion (the rest comes from consulting and support) (Business Insider)

  • There’s over 200 separate individual parts” in the iPhone’s camera module…The iPhone’s camera is so good because 800 people are working on it (The Verge)

  • Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus Secret Camera Project Revealed
    April, Apple made a $20 million purchase of the camera technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd and, in so doing, acquired technologies enabling the use of multiple cameras which can combine their outputs into a single image with claimed DSLR-like quality. (Fortune)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#150

  • Foxconn Offers $5.3 Billion to Take Over Sharp (WSJ)
  • Uber Prepares Meal-Delivery Service for 10 U.S. Cities
    Customers in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere will be able to use dedicated UberEats app (WSJ)
  • Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them (WSJ)
  • Hyperloop Race Picks Up Speed (WSJ)
  • Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on IPhone (Bloomberg)
  • DLD 2016 Conference Videos (Youtube)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#149

  • The Obama administration is proposing to spend nearly $4 billion in a decade to accelerate the acceptance of driverless cars on U.S. roads and curb traffic fatalities and travel delays. (WSJ)
  • Google mapped out a massive model city with a mini Street View car and it’s incredible (Business Insider)
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  • Netflix just announced its first comedy show from a YouTube star (Business Insider)
  • Microsoft has finished rolling out Skype Translator to all Windows users (Business Insider)
  • China’s Xiaomi missed its target for 2015 and shipped just over 70 million handsets (Business Insider)
  • YouTube, Netflix Claim 55% Of Total North American Downstream Internet Traffic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#148

  • Netflix launches in 130 countries, including Turkey (Hurriyet Daily News)
  • Fitbit Takes 18% Stock Hit For Invading Apple’s Personal Smartwatch Space (TechCrunch)
  • Lenovo Is Making The First Google Project Tango Phone (TechCrunch)
    (Project Tango combines 3D motion tracking with depth sensing to give your mobile device the ability to know where it is and how it moves through space.)
  • Daqri’s Smart Helmet Hands On (TechCrunch)
  • Nvidia Announces Another Car ‘Supercomputer’ at CES (computing power of about 150 MacBook Pro laptops that would cost about $300,000) (TechCrunch)
  • Four New Elements Complete Row Seven On The Periodic Table (Fortune)
  • U.S. Drone Users Number At Least 181,000 (WSJ)
  • YouTube will soon support HDR video for improved color and detail (TNW)
  • Microsoft will soon launch its own SIM cards for Windows 10 devices (TNW)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#147

  • What is going to happen in 2016 (Business Insider)
  • A New York Times reporter took a one-second video every day last year, and the results are fascinating (Business Insider)
  • In late 2015, Microsoft published a free e-book anthology of science fiction stories called “Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Stories Inspired by Microsoft.”
    (Business Insider)
  • A $5,900 robotic chair for the office
  • 2016: the year when VR goes from virtual to reality (BBC)
  • LG Display, Samsung Display to supply OLED screens for iPhones (Reuters)
  • U.S. Internet connection speeds have tripled over 3-1/2 years to keep up with consumer demands for streaming video and downloading content but the United States still lags many other countries.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report on Wednesday average download connection speeds had increased to nearly 31 megabits per second (Mbps) in September 2014 from about 10 Mbps in March 2011. (Reuters)
  • Huawei Technologies Co. said Thursday its full-year 2015 revenue rose 35.3% from a year earlier to 390 billion yuan ($60.1 billion), aided by strong sales growth for smartphones. (WSJ)
  • even the best computers still can’t beat the best human GO players. (WSJ)
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  • Amazon added 3 million Prime members in the third week of December, the company announced Monday, signaling its $99 annual subscription for delivery discounts as well as video and music streaming continues to draw shoppers as spending shifts online. (Bloomberg)
  • The cost of mobile data in Southeast Asia (Infographic)(TechInAsia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekly#146

  • 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)