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Ads on Apple Maps that s what was missing! But the best part is: The idea is that these ads will give businesses a way to connect with users that engage with Maps in real time as they search for Continue reading
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Coming Soon
SpaceX and Tesla will merge. At that point, nothing will stop Tesla from building self-driving cars that will take you to Mars where you can say hello to your uncle who traded his condo in LA for the chance of Continue reading
Google AI feels like…
Google AI, or ChatGPT, feels a lot like social media. Do you remember Facebook before it became a cesspool of meaningless algorithmically chosen dumb videos? Up to 5 years ago, it was a cesspool where you had useless conversations with Continue reading
How Wrong We Were
I used to love the Cluetrain Manifesto. What was not to love? I was young and rather clueless, and with a rebellious streak. Here come The Beatles, and they said that the ways of the world were wrong, which was Continue reading
AI or BS ?
No fewer than 9 AI startups (of some kind) looking for investors on one of the more credible crowdfunding websites. (How much) do those two magic letters help?
Asocial Media
What we spent the better part of two decades calling social media have turned asocial. In 2023, the time spent viewing friends content was 22% on Facebook and 11% on Instagram. In 2025, that timeshare has dropped to 17% and Continue reading
The World We Live In
Let me recap it for you: We live in a world where self-driving cars, which we were told for the last 15 years would solve every possible problem, from accidents to traffic to perhaps even loneliness, are going to be Continue reading
Funny Times
NVIDIA is worth 8% of the US stock market. 88% of their revenue comes from enterprise-scale GPUs primarily used for generative AI, half of it purchased by only 4 companies: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta. These 4 companies will have Continue reading
The Valley by the Decade
The 1990s were the decade of E-commerce! The idea was that you could and thus should! sell everything online, starting from books (Amazon) and Pez Dispensers (eBay), or focusing on diapers (Diapers.com) and dog food (Pets.com). Own the Continue reading
200k Downloads
My ebooks have surpassed the 200,000 downloads mark. English rules, but it s India in the lead, with almost 5x the downloads of the US. Meanwhile, 2024 looks like Indonesia s year, with more downloads in Indonesian than in English ! Google Continue reading