Futurum Tech Webcast

The Q2 earnings announcement from "camera company" Snap was good from a revenue and earnings perspective but sour from a user growth perspective – it lost 3m users! Is this part of a larger shift that we've seen with Facebook and Twitter? Should we be evaluating social media (and camera) companies differently? Plus our Fast Five: Intel's Persistent Memory, Qualcomm's 5G Antennas and its litigation win, the "new" Salesforce CEO, and Apple's Tesla grab. Plus a Chip Company that WannaCry and the sticky issue of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, and a fringe conspiracy theorist by the name of Alex Jones. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). 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.

Apple's Q3 performance and some strong guidance pushes it into the Trillion Dollar Club, but why? Is Apple really that good? Is there a bubble? And why doesn't rival Samsung (our Tech Bites winner of the week) get any love? Plus our Fast Five featuring Alibaba's DingTalk, Consumer Viewing Habits, Macy's digital push, Cisco's Duo security acquisition, and Facebook's vanishing security officer - plus our Crystal Ball look at the next Trillion Dollar Winner! This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). 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.

Facebook's lackluster Q2 performance cost CEO Zuckerberg two spots on the World's Richest list, but it cost investors a lot more - $119 billion dollars to be precise. What's the real story here, and will we ever look at user growth as the key metric for social companies? Plus our Fast Five featuring Twitter's Facebook week, IPO at the Opera, The Fear of Autonomous Cars, and LinkedIn's Voice Gambit. In our Tech Bites segment it's equity analysts who still fixate on user growth rather than revenue, plus our Crystal Ball look at Social Platforms, Transparency, and Trust! This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). 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.

Apple has a major iCloud privacy issue in China, as well as increasing market barriers in both China and India. Plus our Fast Five (Smart AI assistants & accents, Google's CloudNext update, Facebook's InfoWars issue, the return of Google Glasses, and IBM's call for code). In our Tech Bites segment it's Google's new YouTube API that punishes non-Chrome browser users (take THAT, net neutrality), and we focus our Crystal Ball on the US vs Everybody in the latest edition of Trade Wars! This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). 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.

Walmart & Microsoft have a new partnership. What is it, and can it ever hope to challenge Amazon's online retail and cloud dominance? Plus our Fast Five (Elon Musk's deep div, IBM nice earnings, Google's Crazy Loon Balloons & EU's issues, and Microsoft's Windows IoT play). In our Tech Bites segment it's Zuckerberg's face-plant, and our Crystal Ball looks at the future of Uber. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). 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.

Welcome to FTP, the Futurum Tech Podcast (@futurumpodcast). In this episode "zero" we introduce you to the team, discussing our fascination with technology and its transformative impact on business and culture. Plus who we are, what we're doing, and why we're doing it. This episode features: Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanuv), Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard), Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). 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.