Microsoft is all in on AI
Source: Microsoft Microsoft showed a 36 minutes video on their new toys: AI to all productivity tools. Writing is one of the most powerful skills one can have. Now, even if you don’t hav ...
Samsung faking photos
Source: A Samsung smartphone identified a blurry photo of the Moon and added detail to create the above image. Image: u/ibreakphotos I wanted to write about Chat GPT 4, but I quit. The news ...
META’s “year of efficiency”
Source: https://1000logos.net/ "At this point, I think we should prepare ourselves for the possibility that this new economic reality will continue for many years. Higher interest rates lea ...
The TikTok-ization of everything: now Spotify
Source: Spotify I was discussing last week with the students about the TikTok-tification of apps: Instagram, Amazon, Netflix, Shein, Reddit, Youtube, and many others. Of course, Spotify cou ...
Netflix’s business model
Source: Netflix With the year-end reporting season, I took a look at Netflix’s financials. (btw, they are the only large streaming movie platform that’s profitable) So, I have reached th ...
Does Google need a new CEO?
Google Market Cap. since Sundai Pichai become CEO (Source: Koyfin, 20 Feb 2023) This is the question that Om Malik is posing after Chat GPT launch from Open AI and their ...
Starbucks is going through transformational changes
Source: The Economy App; Starbucks's Quarterly results (Q4 2022) With 36k stores worldwide Starbucks has multiple challenges: As can be seen from the graphic, food is still underrepresent ...
Apple 2023 was not that bad
Apple announced the results of their last quarter and we now have a clear image of what’s happening there: 1/ The biggest hit was taken by the iPhone due to the “covid-zero” policy in China ...
Netflix is may finding its way out
Netflix presented yesterday the results for Q4 2022 and made several announcements. Looking in their financials and on their video interview I identified some points that were not sa ...
Tesla cuts prices
Source: Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla’s cutting pricing smells like panic, not strategy. The company argues that: “At the end of a turbulent year with interruptions to the suppl ...
Apple is building a chip for WIFI, Bluetooth and Cellular Modem
Cherlynn Low/Engadget “Apple will reportedly use in-house wireless chips in iPhones by 2025” (Engadget) More exactly, the chips aim to replace the current offering from Qualcomm a ...
Hyundai to add Nvidia cloud-based gaming to future cars
? NVIDIA At CES 2023 we see also old fashioned automotive companies entering the EV race. Not that many considered in the past buying a car from Hyunday, but now with the n ...
Sony and Honda to launch an EV
? Sony Sony and Honda have created a joint venture, Sony Honda Mobility, to built a new Electric Vehicle called Afeela. The new project was announced at Consumer Electronics Show 202 ...
Tech layoffs
Tech layoffs ? WSJ, Layoffs.fyi WSJ has an extensive article on tech layoffs. Last December I had a discussion with an entrepreneur who was looking to hire a software en ...
My business predictions for 2023
? Companies Happy New Year! ? Here are my business predictions for 2023: 1/ Cash is king and with higher interest rates more industry consolidation will happen (e.g. food de ...
A-star employees and inflation
? Eurostat During this period is the end-year review for most employees. A time for reflection and getting feedback for the year that passed to be better in 2023. 2022 will not ...
Predicting the World Cup 2022 winner with AI
EA Sports algorythm has succesfully identified the World Cup winner for the 4th consecutive time in a row. Not only this, but also: - the Golden Ball - the Golden Glove Other ...
on Artificial Intelligence
Next week I will cover some key areas to applied Artificial Intelligence (AI), explaining also some technicalities on how it works and where the commercial impact will be the most si ...