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9 startups Apple bought in 2016, and what they do

Reported by Business Insider:

Apple regularly confirms the purchases with a standard non-denial: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time-to-time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”

Pebble is shutting down after FitBit acquisition

I am one of the first backers of Pebble on Kickstarter. I was excited about the product, but then the team seems like they lost their way with the updates.


Amazon Go: Retail Stores with No Lines & No Checkouts

Amazon:

Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the world’s most advanced shopping technology so you never have to wait in line. With our Just Walk Out Shopping experience, simply…

Tesla self-driving demo shows you what the car sees

From Engadget:

Tesla has posted another demo video that shows what an autonomous EV sees as it navigates local roads. As the clip illustrates, the cameras and sensors have to detect many, many different objects at…

Samsung buys an auto parts maker for $8b and we are not surprised. WTF?

From ZDNet:

Samsung’s purchase of Harman is strategically sound, worth the $8 billion, and positions Samsung well in the connected car market. Meanwhile, Samsung diversifies from a…

Google, Facebook move to restrict ads on fake news sites

From Reuters:

Google said it is working on a policy change to prevent websites that misrepresent content from using its AdSense advertising network, while Facebook updated its advertising policies to spell…

Smartphone at its best?

Don’t miss that fascinating piece by Benedict Evans on April 2016:

The development of technologies tends to follow an S-Curve: they improve slowly, then quickly, and then slowly again. And at that last stage, they’re really, really good. Everything has been…