Plus, an interview with Roma Agrawal about her work on infrastructure Apple kerfuffles Apple has been vindicated (for a brief moment anyway) in its long-standing dispute with Qualcomm. From Stephen Nellis at Reuters: A U.S. federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that Qualcomm Inc owes Apple Inc nearly $1 billion in patent royalty rebate payments, though the decision is unlikely to result in Qualcomm writing a check to Apple because of other developments in the dispute.Judge Gonzalo Curiel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on Thursday ruled that Qualcomm, the world’s biggest supplier of…
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Developing an app is full of different choices and considerations to make. You need to choose which development tools to use, the design of the app and so much more. Even things like the choosing the right framework to utilize is important to consider . For example, there is the ongoing debate of .Net Core vs .Net Framework and which is better for certain types or applications. While these are all important considerations, when you have an application, perhaps the most important thing to think about is making it as user-friendly as possible. This includes ensuring it looks good, performs well,…
You may have been toying with the idea of setting up a profitable online business and imagining how remarkable life would be, having left your 9-5 job and being able to experience total freedom on your own time. What about working from whatever location you want, at whatever time of the day or night? And not worrying about traffic jams, or having to be dressed as per the company policy? There are so many advantages of an online venture compared to a brick-and-mortar one. Nevertheless, an online business may have some drawbacks, in that you have to be self-disciplined, since…
The attention economy, Twitter, reverse censorship, and fighting AI for our human future James Williams may not be a household name yet in most tech circles, but he will be. For this second in what will be a regular series of conversations exploring the ethics of the technology industry, I was delighted to be able to turn to one of our current generation’s most important young philosophers of tech. Around a decade ago, Williams won the Founder’s Award, Google’s highest honor for its employees. Then in 2017, he won an even rarer award, this time for his scorching criticism of…
If you want to make the most of your small business by getting more visitors onto your site, there are various solutions you can use. Whether you run a retail business, a site that allows people to do background checks online, an event planning business, or any other type of business, increasing website traffic is important if you want to boost customer numbers, and hopefully, sales.The good news is that there are various ways in which you can use modern technology to drive more visitors to your website. This can make a big positive difference to your business in many…
Plus, China’s market opens just as it closes, and narrative responsive design on the web Open AI’s capped returns OpenAI announced yesterday that they are going to be offering a “capped return” security for investors as part of the for-profit/non-profit split the organization is creating: As mentioned above, economic returns for investors and employees are capped (with the cap negotiated in advance on a per-limited partner basis). Any excess returns go to OpenAI Nonprofit. Our goal is to ensure that most of the value (monetary or otherwise) we create if successful benefits everyone, so we think this is an important…
The film’s success shows (again) that when under-represented demographics get their due in solid entertainment outings, audiences will respond by opening their wallets and shelling out the cash. Marvel’s highest grossing movie to date for the U.S. box office is Black Panther, which raked in a whopping $700 million in movie theaters across North America. Captain Marvel’s soaring numbers come despite mixed reviews from critics (like our own Anthony Ha) who called it “a fine but underwhelming debut for Brie Larson’s superhero.” With the new release Marvel seems to also be consistently reducing the gender gap among audiences for superhero…
Plus RoadBotics and the future of infrastructure data Entrepreneurs and tech executives are widening their gazes outside of developed nations for their next source of growth. Ubiquitous cheap phones and increasingly affordable phone plans such as Jio in India are helping another billion users join the internet. What do those users want though, and how are they the same and different than existing internet users? That’s the subject of a critical book by Payal Arora, entitled The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West. The compact thesis encompasses a range of argumentative vignettes on how Western tech founders and…
The 2019 edition of a popular annual survey shows usage of social media by Americans is stalling while ownership of smart speakers and tablets has soared over the last year, as has consumer engagement with podcasts. The results are promising for Amazon and Spotify in particular. Earlier today, Edison Research and Triton Digital presented their Infinite Dial report with findings from a phone survey of 1,500 Americans (age 12+) during January and February. Since 1998, the report has tracked the adoption of mobile devices, social media services, and online audio. Here are my key takeaways from it: 1. Social Media:…