Jeff Bezos sees a future where Amazon packages are delivered to customers soon after an order is placed with the use of drones — in this case, with so-called octocopters. … Continue reading
It appears when Ben Mezrich penned his tell-all book about the
early beginnings of Facebook and included the bon mots "money" and
"betrayal" in its title, he had paved a path for another to follow.
After all if one social network could be launched on greed and
deception, couldn’t others? Good ole Machiavellian ethics may be as old
as time, but it appears to be the common denominator for both…
A couple of Italian newspapers are reporting that Amazon acquired a mobile payment startup, Gopago, something reportedly taking place amidst work on an “ambitious project”. What this project is wasn’t detailed, but it reportedly is the basis for Amazon’s interest in Gopago — namely, in the startup’s technology. Amazon and Gopago haven’t announced the business […]
With the purchase of Boston Dynamics, Google has become the proud owner of a robotics company – for the 8th time. This is not Google’s first acquisition of a company in the robotics industry, nor will it be the last. What we’ve got instead is the continued efforts of the big G to collect the […]
There’s a bit more doubt in the power of Bitcoin in the world today – just a bit less significant than the major announcement of China dismissing Bitcoin, but important nonetheless: Norway has stepped out. Making clear that they’ve got no intention of (immediately) allowing Bitcoin to jump in on their economy, the government of […]
This week the folks at Google Ventures have delivered a year-end report, one that shows more than 75 investments for the year in companies that have taken off into the technology-friendly universe. The Google-backed investment group made clear this week that their one and only partner in this program worked with $300 million this year […]
A pension fund has sued IBM for $12.9 billion in revenue losses caused by the recent revelation of its partnership with the US Congress and the NSA to spy on Chinese customers. Many of China’s companies pulled out of business arrangements with IBM after it became known that IBM was using its technology to collect […]
In recent months, the internet has been running rampant with videos,
articles, and photo memes that emphasize the importance of living in the
moment. This is a message that has managed to withstand the tests of
time, but now the emphasis is placed upon accomplishing this by
disconnecting from technology. One savvy business has decided to embrace
the "live in the moment" movement and has incorporated it as part of
its branding initiative.
It would appear that Amazon is aiming to expand their grasp of the consumer goods universe with a program called Amazon Pantry. This service would expand Amazon’s collection of goods shipped in low-cost packages beyond their already expansive set of foods and dry goods. Amazon is said to be going into more direct competition with […]
Qualcomm has named its new CEO this week that will replace exiting CEO Paul Jacobs. The new CEO that Qualcomm has chosen is Steve Mollenkopf. Interestingly, Mollenkopf was rumored to be one of the people in contention for the Microsoft CEO spot once Steve Ballmer leaves. The Microsoft shortlist for candidates reportedly includes Nokia’s Stephen […]
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