Why Are There No New Googles and Amazons?
The internet has matured, making many new internet-based companies comparatively low-techToday’s startups have targeted a much different set of technologies than did startups in past decades.
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Why the Millennial High-Tech Urban Lifestyle May Soon Cost More
In the wake of WeWork’s woes, analysts are questioning the business models we loveThe problem is, WeWork is not a technology company. Neither is Airbnb or Uber. They all use software via the internet to leverage surplus physical space, whether the space is in an office building, a private home, or a privately owned car.
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If Big Tech Were Spinning Its Wheels, Would We Know?
Not necessarily, says an economics prof who worries about the slowing pace of innovation but not of hypeThe slowing Funk refers to is in fundamental innovations like transistors and lasers. The apparent progress often turns out to be in patent applications for a bewildering array of comparatively insignificant mobile phone apps.
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Are self-driving cars really safer?
A former Uber executive says no. Before we throw away the Driver’s Handbook…
Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene: How to Spell Gud
Also, Google and Apple ditching college degree requirements is not really that newTwenty years or so ago, when I worked in Seattle, Microsoft was famous for the testing coding skills of their applicants and asking Mensa-like questions. Degrees were secondary.
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Even Uber didn’t believe in Uber’s self-driving taxis
We found that out after Google’s Waymo sued the companyOptimism is not driving the recent collaboration and corporate consolidation in the self-driving car industry. Rather, their retrenchment is protection against an uncertain future.
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