Future Forward

It seems like ALL computing is mobile now. So the place to be is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With our partners at IEEE/Spectrum – we take a deep dive into all things Mobile – and now 5g comes out of hiding.I’m Gene DeRose, and this is Future Forward. And I’m Steven Rosenbaum – let’s Launch!

It seems like ALL computing is mobile now. So the place to be is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With our partners at IEEE/Spectrum – we take a deep dive into all things Mobile – and now 5g comes out of hiding.I’m Gene DeRose, and this is Future Forward. And I’m Steven Rosenbaum – let’s Launch!

Today, FutureForward blasts into the future of Video. Apple, Facebook, and Amazon all get ready to make big moves. It could be the next Big Thing - Video. Who knew? I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum, let’s launch.

Chapter 1: The Big Guys:

Apple Invites Hollywood Stars to Video Service Launch

Amazon Prime Video Sees Itself as a ‘Global Network,’ and Says It’s Not Focused on Netflix

‘Amazon Live’ is the retailer’s latest effort to take on QVC with live-streamed video

Facebook Watch has a new program to fund publisher shows starring influencers

Chapter 2: The New Players

Data Sheet—Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg Try To Reinvent Web Video

Chapter #3: Consolidation / Exits

Viacom to Buy Free Streaming Service Pluto TV

Brightcove acquires Ooyala’s video business for $15M (6.25m in cash)

Today - A Powerful Report on the Future of Media, Democracy, and Trust. Then, what if AI can read your lips? And Bezo’s and Blackmail. A Showdown. I’m Gene DeRose and this is Future Forward. I’m Steven Rosenbaum - let’s Launch.

Rundown - 4p Sunday

Act #1 The Knight Commission Report

KNIGHT COMMISSION ON TRUST, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

Act #2 Read My Lips.

LipPass Authenticates Users Based On the Way They Move Their Mouths

Hey, Siri: Read My Lips

Act #3 Amazon. Bezos Blackmail Backfire

What to Do If You’re Feeling Sympathy for Jeff Bezos, a Billionaire, After the Blog

Bezos's Wild Days: Lurid Selfies, Blackmail, Amazon Drama in NYC

Our Irreconcilable Ambivalence about Data. And a quick look at the Super Bowl. Welcome to the ‘data dark ages’, where humanity seems to be losing a battle of good versus evil. Have we become defenseless by sharing our data with ‘evil-doers’ like The Russians, Steve Bannon, Facebook, and Cambridge Analytica?  Or will white knights like Apple, Mike Bloomberg and Doug Rushkoff save us all from ourselves?  Welcome to our Future of Consumer Data edition of Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose. And I’m Steve Rosenbaum. Let’s Launch.

1- The Myth of FACEBOOK bad APPLE good

Facebook BAD: Facebook’s Perfect Datastorm

Apple GOOD

Actually... It’s Complicated

2- Politics + Data = Evil.  Or maybe Data can save the world?

‘They were planning on stealing the election’: Explosive new tapes reveal Cambridge Analytica CEO’s boasts of voter suppression, manipulation and bribery

Inspired by ‘the revelation that Paul Manafort shared internal polling data with Russians’... 

Russians Ready 2020 Data War

Mike Bloomberg’s Big Data Plan to Take Down Trump

3- The real hope = People

Doug Rushkoff / Team Human: How to Reclaim our Humanity in a World of Machines  https://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_rushkoff_how_to_be_team_human_in_the_digital_future

Prove You’re Not a Robot

Tech Companies Themselves Aren’t the Evil Ones. Capitalism is The Problem

4- Super Bowl Advertising: Data and Social Powered Barometer of Political Hothouse Times or Throwback to our Positive Brand Escapism of the Past?

What Makes a Super Bowl Ad Successful? An Ad Exec Explains

Should Politics and Causes Intrude on the Super Bowl? (Three datasets)

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/why-cause-related-super-bowl-ads-are-here-to-stay/

https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/16/why-nfl-advertisers-shouldnt-worry-about-super-bowl-becoming-more-political/

https://www.marketingdive.com/news/survey-two-thirds-of-consumers-want-brands-to-keep-politics-out-of-super-b/546247/

Which Super Bowl Ads are Winning YouTube?

Teens and Tech. Is it a plague, or just a parental reality? Today - we’ll dig into Fortnight… And Screen Time Limits…And a bundle of CES gizmo’s for families. Plus - Did Facebook get kids to swipe parents credit cards? This is Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum… Let’s launch

1. Is Tech Good or Bad for Kids?

For teens, digital technology is good. Or bad. Or maybe neutral?

Forget Screen Time Rules — Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says

This parenting trick could help curb your kid’s tech addiction

2. Fortnight

'Fortnite' and the collapse of parenting

The positive life skills Fortnite has taught my children

3. CES

CES 2019: The Best Tech and Gadgets for Parents

Is this the future of parenting? 'Family tech' firms unveil a $300 breast massager and a pregnancy band that tracks your baby's heartbeat in the womb

The Monit “Smart Diaper” Is the Latest Unnecessary Parenting Gadget

4. Tech News for Teens

Facebook knowingly duped game-playing kids and their parents out of money

Disney quietly shut down Babble, the parenting blog it once acquired for $40M

FuFWD: Driving Toward The Future - Without A Steering Wheel. #0060

Is a car without a steering wheel - still a car? You’ll have to decide - soon. then it’s a Big Week, with tech numbers that are sure to impact your IRA. And 5g. What is it? And are marketers messing up some really good tech? This is Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum… let’s launch!

Driverless: What’s Next

In 2019, We’ll Have Taxis Without Drivers—or Steering Wheels

Baby, you can’t drive my cube: All the insane self-driving lounges at CES 2019

By The Numbers:

Tech is ready to respond to Wall Street’s doubts, but don’t expect a holiday miracle

Amazon helped 50,000 SMBs generate $500,000 in sales

Netflix - postiive

Other chip makers worth paying close attention to include Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, +2.57% which reports Jan. 23, and Nvidia Corp.NVDA, +3.43% AMD and Nvidia are hoping to gain some share from Intel in the corporate data center as a way to help fuel more growth, and investors will be waiting for more data. Nvidia was hit by a big drop in cryptocurrency mining that overloaded its sales channel last quarter, and suffered more jitters in December about a shortfall in its graphics processing units.

So, 5g. Ok, what is it exactly?

5G phones make a lot of promises. Here’s what to really expect

What US Cities Will Get 5G In 2019?

5G Is Coming This Year. Here’s What You Need to Know.

and - 5G controversy -

AT&T is branding 4G networks and phones as 5G in a marketing scam

Today - Six Legal Battles Shaping Tech.Is it free speech or censorship.

Six law suits that matter. Bird Scooters, Fortnight, Netflix, Grinder, PragerU, Meta

- Free Speech.

Tech’s Legal Battles Head To Court:

1, Bird Scooter Takes on Cory Doctorow

Bird Rides Inc. Demands Takedown of News Report on Lawful Re-use of Scooters

2, Fortnight Sued For Stealing Dance Moves

FORTNITE KEEPS STEALING DANCES — AND NO ONE KNOWS IF IT’S ILLEGAL

3, Netflix Sued For Bandersnatch

Netflix sued by Choose Your Own Adventure publishers over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

4, Grinder Sued For Harassment:

A Grindr harassment suit could change the legal landscape for tech — and free speech

5, PragerU Sues YouTube over Censorship

PragerU files new lawsuit against Google in YouTube 'censorship' row

6, Meta AR Patent Suit Shutters Company

‘Meta Company is insolvent’ as AR company faces patent infringement lawsuit