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Mojo Vision, a company that has been leading the way in AR contact lens technology for over a decade, just announced that they're shifting gears to focus on commercializing their MicroLED technology with significant short-term market potential! Imagine being able to revisit your musical preferences from 2023 with Spotify's Playlist in a Bottle. Meanwhile, German antitrust watchdog is taking Google to task over their data processing terms and giving users more choice over their data and finally, did you know that in most of Apple's product advertisements, the time shown on the device's screen is 9:41 AM? Find out the hidden meaning behind this time in our latest article! Don't miss out on these exciting updates in technology.
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - AR-Kontaktlinsen von Mojo Vision auf Eis gelegt - Fokus auf MicroLED
08:08 - Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog
16:54 - Give Yourself a Musical Surprise in January 2024 With Spotify’s Playlist in a Bottle
25:10 - iPhone (1. Generation) – Wikipedia
Summary:
Mojo Vision, a company that has been working on AR contact lenses for more than a decade, announced that it is shifting its focus to commercializing its MicroLED technology, which the company sees as having significant short-term market potential. The company plans to slow down its work on the contact lens, which it had been developing for use in the medical sector and ultimately for everyday use. Mojo Vision had been aiming to bring the contact lens to market by around 2025. The company cited a lack of investors in a difficult economic environment as the reason for the shift. Mojo Vision is laying off 75% of its employees as a result of this change.
The German antitrust watchdog has issued a preliminary statement of objections to Google over its data processing terms and plans to require the company to give users more choice over what it does with their information. The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has been investigating Google's terms of service for processing user data since May 2021, and has found that users are not given sufficient choice over how their data is collected and connected across multiple services, and not enough choice over whether their data is used for ad targeting. The FCO plans to require Google to change their terms to give users more choice over their data. Google will have an opportunity to comment on the objections, and a final decision on the matter is expected this year.
Spotify has launched a new interactive in-app experience called Playlist in a Bottle that captures the users' current musical preferences and lets them revisit their 2023 self one year later. The users have to ensure that their Spotify mobile app is up to date, pick a time capsule, answer a series of song-inspired prompts, seal their musical time capsule and share a personalized card on their social channels. The experience is live starting today in 27 markets and 18 languages for both Free and Premium users across iOS and Android devices. However, the experience will end on January 31, so users are encouraged to participate before then.
In most of Apple's product advertisements, the time shown on the device's screen is 9:41 AM. This is because, on January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the public for the first time at a MacWorld event in San Francisco at 9:41 AM. According to a former senior Apple executive, the time 9:41 AM is deliberately displayed on every screen of Apple products as a reminder of the product's introduction. The executive also states that each keynote presentation session by Apple starts exactly 40 minutes past the hour and that after the first generation iPad was introduced, they changed the time to 9:41 AM across all products. The article also notes that this practice is still being followed by Apple for its newest product advertisements and that the company still respects the significance of the number 9:41 AM as the "embryo of their success".
Our panel today
>> Tarek
>> Chris
>> Henrike
>> Vincent
Every week our panel of technology enthusiasts meets to discuss the most important news from the fields of technology, innovation, and science. And you can join us live!
https://techreview.axelspringer.com
https://www.ideas-engineering.io/
https://www.freetech.academy/
https://www.upday.com/
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By theinnovationengineer.comMojo Vision, a company that has been leading the way in AR contact lens technology for over a decade, just announced that they're shifting gears to focus on commercializing their MicroLED technology with significant short-term market potential! Imagine being able to revisit your musical preferences from 2023 with Spotify's Playlist in a Bottle. Meanwhile, German antitrust watchdog is taking Google to task over their data processing terms and giving users more choice over their data and finally, did you know that in most of Apple's product advertisements, the time shown on the device's screen is 9:41 AM? Find out the hidden meaning behind this time in our latest article! Don't miss out on these exciting updates in technology.
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - AR-Kontaktlinsen von Mojo Vision auf Eis gelegt - Fokus auf MicroLED
08:08 - Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog
16:54 - Give Yourself a Musical Surprise in January 2024 With Spotify’s Playlist in a Bottle
25:10 - iPhone (1. Generation) – Wikipedia
Summary:
Mojo Vision, a company that has been working on AR contact lenses for more than a decade, announced that it is shifting its focus to commercializing its MicroLED technology, which the company sees as having significant short-term market potential. The company plans to slow down its work on the contact lens, which it had been developing for use in the medical sector and ultimately for everyday use. Mojo Vision had been aiming to bring the contact lens to market by around 2025. The company cited a lack of investors in a difficult economic environment as the reason for the shift. Mojo Vision is laying off 75% of its employees as a result of this change.
The German antitrust watchdog has issued a preliminary statement of objections to Google over its data processing terms and plans to require the company to give users more choice over what it does with their information. The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has been investigating Google's terms of service for processing user data since May 2021, and has found that users are not given sufficient choice over how their data is collected and connected across multiple services, and not enough choice over whether their data is used for ad targeting. The FCO plans to require Google to change their terms to give users more choice over their data. Google will have an opportunity to comment on the objections, and a final decision on the matter is expected this year.
Spotify has launched a new interactive in-app experience called Playlist in a Bottle that captures the users' current musical preferences and lets them revisit their 2023 self one year later. The users have to ensure that their Spotify mobile app is up to date, pick a time capsule, answer a series of song-inspired prompts, seal their musical time capsule and share a personalized card on their social channels. The experience is live starting today in 27 markets and 18 languages for both Free and Premium users across iOS and Android devices. However, the experience will end on January 31, so users are encouraged to participate before then.
In most of Apple's product advertisements, the time shown on the device's screen is 9:41 AM. This is because, on January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the public for the first time at a MacWorld event in San Francisco at 9:41 AM. According to a former senior Apple executive, the time 9:41 AM is deliberately displayed on every screen of Apple products as a reminder of the product's introduction. The executive also states that each keynote presentation session by Apple starts exactly 40 minutes past the hour and that after the first generation iPad was introduced, they changed the time to 9:41 AM across all products. The article also notes that this practice is still being followed by Apple for its newest product advertisements and that the company still respects the significance of the number 9:41 AM as the "embryo of their success".
Our panel today
>> Tarek
>> Chris
>> Henrike
>> Vincent
Every week our panel of technology enthusiasts meets to discuss the most important news from the fields of technology, innovation, and science. And you can join us live!
https://techreview.axelspringer.com
https://www.ideas-engineering.io/
https://www.freetech.academy/
https://www.upday.com/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.