Benedict Evans
What comes after smartphones? — Benedict Evans
4 min · · Computing has always moved forwards in jumps of scale, but smartphones reach everyone on earth, so what’s the next jump? AV and VR? Cloud, machine learning and crypto? Or is that the wrong model to… · Shared by 212, including Gabriele, Lelio Simi, Johannes Dornisch, blinch, Michael Grupe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Brian Halligan, Scott Brinker
Futurism
Will this glove finally let you touch stuff in VR?
2 min · · Shared by 27, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Harold Sinnott, Andreas Staub
The Guardian
Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?
12+ min · · With its iPhones, watches and forthcoming smart glasses, Apple’s gadgets are increasingly becoming extensions of our minds and bodies. It’s the big tech dream – but could it turn into a nightmare? · Shared by 196, including AI, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Brian Ahier, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Gabriele, Keerthi G, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Gerd Leonhard
The Verge
An Apple Watch with Family Setup is an expensive electronic child leash
13+ min · · Track your kids, for a price. · Shared by 28, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Owen Williams ⚡, Michael (मुकेश), Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Verge
The US Army is testing augmented reality goggles for dogs
2 min · · Putting the AR in bark. · Shared by 19, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nicolas Babin, Rick King, Ian M Calvert
Harvard Business Review
How AR Is Redefining Retail in the Pandemic
5 min · · A closer look at augmented reality and the “digital lipstick effect.” · Shared by 42, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Dr. Helen Papagiannis, Ph.D., Klaus Eck, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Benedict Evans
The end of the American internet — Benedict Evans
3 min · · For its first two decades, the consumer internet was American - American companies, products, attitudes and laws set the agenda. That’s not so true anymore - there are more smartphones in China than… · Shared by 287, including Neil Hart 💙, Mathew Ingram, Kevin Roberts, Katja Evertz, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Gerd Leonhard, Tim, luis antónio santos, Gabriele, Chris Messina, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Steven Sinofsky, Christian Surchi, Nir Eyal, George M 🇪🇺, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Bill Johnston, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
CNBC
Amazon unveils Halo to battle Apple Watch and Fitbit — tracks activity, body fat, emotions
7 min · · Amazon will track everything from physical activity to sleep. It is also bringing some new features to the market, including technology to measure users' body fat percentages and emotional states. · Shared by 112, including Florian Graillot, 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Ian M Calvert, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Marsha Collier, Christina Farr, Oliver Bussmann, John Nosta, Kara Swisher
Bloomberg
Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Work
4 min · · A strange phenomenon has emerged near Amazon.com Inc. delivery stations and Whole Foods stores in the Chicago suburbs: smartphones dangling from trees. Contract delivery drivers are putting them there… · Shared by 230, including Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, Jose Luis Calvo, Mike Butcher, Brooks Rainwater, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Michael (मुकेश), Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Roland Wyss-Aerni 😷, Katja Evertz, Josep M. Ganyet, Paul Roetzer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Seemann, Oliver Reichenstein, Xose Alberte Cea, Frederic Filloux, Mathew Ingram, Howard Getson
Vox
The hidden trackers in your phone, explained
12+ min · · How covert code enables your phone’s apps to spy on you. · Shared by 223, including Liv 😷, blinch, Esther Schindler, Brian Ahier, Mark Kaigwa, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Oliver Raduner, Privacy Matters, Kashmir Hill, Shubhankar Adhikari, Christian Surchi
BBC News (World)
If it ain't broke: You share your oldest gadgets
4 min · · People share the oldest gadgets they still use, via social media. · Shared by 65, including Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ian M Calvert, Katja Evertz, Christian Surchi, Carl Robinson 🎙️
TNW
Our unrealistic expectations about VR are harming its development
3 min · · Many viewed the coronavirus pandemic as the opportunity for the virtual reality industry to finally take off, perhaps even replace smartphones, as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had predicted not long… · Shared by 13, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Rick King
Gizmodo
This Lickable Screen Can Recreate Almost Any Taste or Flavor Without Eating Food
2 min · · No matter how they may make you feel, licking your gadgets and electronics is never recommended. Unless you’re a researcher from Meiji University in Japan who’s invented what’s being described as a… · Shared by 78, including Matt Lieberman, John Nosta, Rick King, Barry C Smith, Victor Lee, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
VentureBeat
Holographic VR meetings just became real, whether you’re ready or not
3 min · · Thanks to standalone VR headsets and free holographic meeting software, employees can now attend gatherings from home -- but some practical hurdles remain. · Shared by 98, including Katja Evertz, Robert Scoble, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mark Davy, Rick King, Tim, Stephan Woodtli, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Pippa Malmgren, Pete Skomoroch
Fast Company
These drones can plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion
4 min · · We need to massively reforest the planet, in a very short period of time. Flash Forest’s drones can plant trees a lot faster than humans. · Shared by 171, including BrendanEich, Liv 😷, Neil Hart 💙, Faik Ersoy, Dr Joana Casaca Lemos, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dan Hill, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick Powell, Katja Evertz, Marius Bleuer
Ars Technica
The story of cheaper batteries, from smartphones to Teslas
11+ min · · The economics of cheaper batteries—and why they're good news for the planet. · Shared by 119, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jennifer Ouellette