Futurum Tech Webcast

Remember Google's "Don't Be Evil" motto? We do, and we miss it. The motto was quietly swept aside after the 2015 restructuring of Google under parent Alphabet. Perhaps it's for the best as today it might look a bit more like "Don't Appear To Be Evil." Plus our Fast Five: - Apple & Goldman Sachs want you to spend more; - When image recognition goes bad; - Facebook's long-overdue privacy fix for Android; - The latest on Microsoft Dynamics; and - When kids realize their parents share TMI online. Our Tech Bites Topic: The alt-reality of 6G. Our Crystal Ball: AT&T "marketing" rollout of 5Ge on mobile devices get's challenged in court because it's not 5G! Who wins and who loses in this vaporware battle? This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumResearch on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

Jeff Bezos & Amazon clearly don't have a New York state of mind, as the tech giant walks away from its planned HQ expansion plans, opting to focus instead on its Virginia HQ2 while distributing an optimistic 25,000 jobs across existing facilities. What happened? Is this really about business? Or politics? And is there a lesson here? We think so. Plus our Fast Five: - UK moves closer to anti-trust action against Facebook; - Huawei's 5G prospects just improved in the UK; - The digital disruption of key fobs; - Apple looks to a post-iPhone future; and - IBM's Watson makes a guest appearance on non-IBM clouds. Our Tech Bites Topic: AI, Generative Adversarial Networks, and the risk of not-so-deep fakes. Our Crystal Ball: MWC19 is right around the corner - here's what we expect and would like to see in the world of mobile tech! This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumResearch on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

Germany's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has taken aim at Facebook's business model, using antitrust regulations to prohibit the social-media giant from forcing users to grant unrestricted access to their online data (including Facebook linking users to 3rd-party data) in order to use the service. Is the "data for value, users are the product" business model on the line? Plus our Fast Five: - Twitter's Q4 Revenue Up, User Growth Down - IBM's Think 2019 Preview - Remotely Defrosting IoT Refrigerators via Default Passwords - Why AT&T's 5G Isn't - Rumor Alert: Amazon's HQ2 Plans for NYC are at risk Our Tech Bites Winner: Jeff Bezos and a serious case of oversharing. Our Crystal Ball: How real is the "transparency in tech" move, and can the US ever catch up to the EU's user-first approach to data? This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV) and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

If there was an Alpha dog in tech this past week it must have been Apple, who checked Google and Facebook back into reality after they went afoul of Apple's user agreement. Looks like a bit of a cartel move to us... Plus our Fast Five: - Microsoft's emotionally uplifting Super Bowl ad; - Getting LoCost TV with LoCast; - Facebook's quarterly numbers; - Intel's new, and perhaps reluctant, CEO; and - How you can download your Google+ data (if you have any). Our Tech Bites Winner: Apple's FaceTime FacePlant. Our Crystal Ball: What does the future hold for Intel under its new, yet experienced, CEO? This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

Facebook has three popular, and increasingly similar, messaging apps that all run different code. While Mark Zuckerberg plots to bring them together into a common platform to improve performance and simplify development, we suspect the real goal is more user data and better advertising models. Plus our Fast Five: - The first jack-less, port-less, butt-less phone from Vivo; - The FCC's strange case against Qualcomm; - Amazon's questionable Rekognition recognition issue; - Is Apple's answer to climate change an iPhone flashlight; and - IBM's financials are actually kinda impressive. Our Tech Bites Winner: Facebook encourages kids to spend mom & dad's money. What could go wrong with Facebook's "friendly fraud" strategy? Our Crystal Ball: Huawei claims it will soon be #1 in smartphone sales, but just how realistic is this in an environment mired in trade wars and corporate espionage? This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

What does the future hold for tech-enabled retail, and can competitors like Microsoft and Kroger effectively partner in the store and in the cloud to take on Amazon? Plus our Fast Five: - IBM partners with Vodafone for cloud, 5G and AI; - Should Costco take a cut at streaming video; - Microsoft leans into affordable housing; - Huawei announces its bigger, cheaper, smarter AI-enabled switch; and - Google's go-green solar power strategy. Our Tech Bites Winner: It's another mega-data-dump of hacked passwords, and we know who to blame. Our Crystal Ball: What is the real impact of Netflix' price increases, and does anybody even care any more? This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

CES is now the biggest electronics show on the Vegas Strip, but are the Internet, Best Buy, and $7k Alexa-enabled toilets helping curb Strip trip? Um, yes, and here's why. Plus our Fast Five: - Alphabet draws an Android #MeToo lawsuit; - PC sales feel the US v China burn; - Apple's innovation impression is wearing thin; - Foldable TVs & phones are so (not) cool; and - Elon Musk goes 'rocket retro' with the new SpaceX Starship. Our Tech Bites Winner: US Mobile carriers reveal just how little they care about consumer privacy and safety; meanwhile Amazon's Ring lets people see if the postman actually rings twice. Our Crystal Ball: How many people will actually put a foldable phone in their pocket, and will parachute pants really make a comeback? And did you know... CES was launched in the 1960s as the Computer Electronics Show in NYC, featuring the latest in pocket radios. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. Futurum Research is a research and analysis provider, not an investment advisor. The Futurum Tech Podcast is a newsletter/podcast intended for informational use only. Futurum Research does not provide personalized investment advice. No investment advice is offered nor implied by this podcast.

Facing slowing sales in China, a lack of innovation mojo, and a difficult transition from products to services, Apple has shed a Facebook's worth of valuation since its $Trillion-dollar high. Here's why, and what's next. Our Fast Five: > Marriott's Data Breach was NOT as bad as you might have thought (but it was); > IBM's WeatherChannel gets smacked by Los Angeles for using user data for marketing & hedge fund research; > SEC's chairman Ajit Pai & commissioner Brendan Carr cancel their CES plans (citing the showdown, which we don't buy); > PepsiCo launches an autonomous "cooler on wheels" to distribute snacks to college students; and > Hackers in Germany target "certain" politicians with doxing attack. Our Tech Bites Winner: Huawei, for demoting employees who used an Apple iPhone to tweet official Happy New Year's greetings. Our Crystal Ball: Our Futurum-take on the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas, and the arrival of ACPC laptops, new smart-phone gaming options, and the arrival of "AI Inside" marketing. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV) and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes, Spotify, or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. As a reminder, the Futurum Tech Podcast is intended as an informational newsletter only. No investment advice is offered. While equities are frequently discussed, no investment advice is offered or implied.

From technology to business and politics to culture, we're eager to put the trade wars, the corporate hacks, and the shutdown brouhaha behind us to purge the old and usher the new into 2019. We dive into the top trends we're tracking and offer our predictions for what the new year might bring for Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, the Blockchain, China (from trade to hacks to privacy), the IoT and Edge Computing, 5G, and why we need to stuff an M (for Microsoft) into the FAANG of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (or should it be Alphabet?). This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. As a reminder, the Futurum Tech Podcast is intended as an informational newsletter only. No investment advice is offered. While equities are frequently discussed, no investment advice is offered or implied.

Amid a move by the Defense Department to shift towards a centralized, single-contract cloud service worth up to $10b over the next ten years, a nasty tale of insider dealings, procurement irregularities, and personal innuendo suggesting ethical misdeeds have come to light. And yes, they're all in a salacious dossier. It's Amazon vs IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and a slew of others in this tale of the Defense Department's cloud-based Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (yes, that's JEDI). Plus our Fast Five: Drones ground Gatwick Airport (sort of); Amazon's Alexa leans towards the dark side; African Grey Parrots that order food over Alexa; and the hacking/privacy issues of both India and China. Our Tech Bites Winner: Apple is facing other potential ban on the sale of some of its iPhones, this time in Germany, as the ongoing litigation with Qualcomm moves to a new level. Our Crystal Ball: Our top tech prediction for 2019, sort of. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans), and Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at [email protected] or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com. As a reminder, the Futurum Tech Podcast is intended as an informational newsletter only. No investment advice is offered. While equities are frequently discussed, no investment advice is offered or implied.