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Autonomous cars – regulators will want to know what is under the hood

A pedestrian was killed in Tempe, Arizona by an Uber autonomous car. In 2015, Governor Doug Ducey enticed the self-driving car industry to Arizona by executive order clearing the way for testing in the state. Last month, he updated this order touting Arizona’s “business friendly and low regulatory environment”. Following the crash, Uber has stopped all Continue reading →

March 23, 2018

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The empire strikes …

Just a quick follow up to the post “Retail Drives Smart Home Innovation”…

One area of search where Google is being robustly challenged is product search. More consumers now initiate their search for products on Amazon than they do with Google. Think about that a minute. In fact, the CEO of WPP, the world’s largest advertising company Continue reading →

January 20, 2018

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Retail drives smart home innovation

A visit to CES 2018 showed the future of the smart home really is a battle between Google and Amazon. And made me revisit a blog post from December 2016 …

The popular focus on smart home technology is on home automation, such as smart lighting, environmental control, smart appliances and home security. These technologies make up a Continue reading →

January 20, 2018

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Phantoms menace – in other words google, facebook, amazon …

Something you hear a lot in Silicon Valley is how hard it is for the little guy to compete against the Googles, the Facebooks, and the Amazons of the world. They have a platform. And, it’s hard to compete against a platform.

A lot of the value of platforms is driven by data and how that data Continue reading →

January 19, 2018

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Will you walk in to my parlor, said the speaker … from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Samsung

The four most valuable public companies in the world are, in order, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Samsung is not too shabby either. The aggregate market cap between these five companies is about the same as the combined market cap of the U.K, and exceeds that of France, Germany, and Canada.

So, what does this $2.7T of market muscle Continue reading →

January 19, 2018

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