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Apple iPhone Would Encrypt Data by Default
Top Internet companies say there is no technical way for them to protect their users’ legitimate privacy with encryption while also enabling intelligence agents and law enforcement to gain access to...
View ArticleLarry Page: ” we are creating a new company, called Alphabet”
“Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main internet...
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Any Chances to Create European “Silicon Valley”?
“Compass” recently released its annual Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking for 2015. Four European cities made the cut: Amsterdam is enjoying its first appearance in the top 20 at number 19, Paris...
View ArticleGoogle’s Crossroad: Why “Alphabet” ?
There are at least two main – mostly revenue based – reasons: 1. Google’s core business, search, continues to lose steam with a key metric, cost-per-click, falling as mobile app usage skyrocketed. 2. …...
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Facebook is Winning the Traffic War with Google
From the beginning of June 2015 Facebook is bringing more referral traffic to publishers than Google: ____ Mobile is drastically decreasing the number of … searches … You don’t search when you’re on...
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Startups Are Growing Faster Today than Ever Before
US VC backed startups in 1998 grew revenue 63% per year on average. In 2014, the median startup grew at 85% CAGR before going public. More impressively, newer startups must be 5x larger than 15 years...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Encroaching on the Skincare & Beauty Industry
… venture capitalists wrote a $100 million check to a startup called Ipsy to build the next-generation, global beauty brand… Startups like Ipsy believe the future is super intelligent software that...
View ArticleApple is Accelerating Efforts to Build an Electric Car
… aims to finalize First Vehicle in 2019 … sees an opportunity to become a player in the automotive industry by applying expertise that it has honed in developing iPhones—in areas such as batteries,...
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Sundar Pichai, the Indian-born Google CEO
welcomes India’s Prime Minister Modi to Silicon Valley, where he will meet with Indian-born CEOs, including Satya Nadella of Microsoft Corp.: “The bond between India and Silicon Valley is strong. India...
View ArticleAll Unicorns in Silicon Valley’s Signed “Faustian bargain”
that “is known as a liquidation preference… And that may be one big reason valuations in Silicon Valley are so disconnected from the public markets… Higher valuations create higher expectations, and...
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