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When does $5.7 million per week register on Apple's bottom line? The 15-30% cut taken by Apple when a developer is selling on the App Store is challenged (for dating apps for now) by the Netherlands as an anticompetitive practice. As such, the Dutch anti-trust watchdog asked
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If the GAFAM won't do a thing about Ukraine, Musk just sent a truck full of Starlink terminals. Is it going to change the face of this war? Obviously not, but it's something. Elon Musk’s promised Starlink terminals have reached UkraineMusk promised to send the
The raging debate among geopolitics couch-arm experts here and on Twitter is should the GAFAM disconnect Russia? I myself have no clear answer to this question, but I see three points worth balancing: 1. To my knowledge, the U.S. government cannot impose these companies out of specific markets unless
Hyperloop doesn’t seem to go anywhere and is now shifting from a consumer-oriented project to B2B supply-chain. I’m talking about the Virgin copycat, but chances are that the original flavor will get there too (Musk just has deeper pockets). Virgin Hyperloop switches focus from passengers to cargo as
Following up on foodtech upcycling in Singapore, it’s impossible to forget that a slew of startups are just focusing on the tech and less on the cultural part of what is food. I don’t want to read too much into the fact that they are essentially U.S.
Among the numerous signals China provides about becoming a global leader, it’s not only about space exploration, electric cars, and digital platforms. The video games industry and especially “AAA Games” (the equivalent of your blockbuster Hollywood production in this market) should be on your radar. Video games are certainly
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While I’m always alerted by how European politicians look at innovation in the rear-view mirror, still trying to fund the “next Facebook” or the “next Amazon” while forgetting critical innovation in the infrastructure, I must say that the U.S. also end up being a victim of the past.
Weak Signals
Of all the tiring inspirational videos you find on Linkedin, Steve Jobs‘ Phone unveiling is probably one of the most tired by now (‘not three devices…’). The iPhone video, though, that not many shares are this one. The one where Jobs unveil the true groundbreaking innovation of the iPhone: the
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Business models are always difficult to grasp. The core difficulty that I’ve been relentless at trying to understand myself and then explain to others for about 15 years is that often; the product is not that important. Take Starbucks; how would you define their business? It’s not coffee
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Hyperloop doesn't seem to go anywhere and is now shifting from a consumer-oriented project to B2B supply chain. I'm talking about the Virgin copycat, but chances are that the original flavor will get there too (Musk just has deeper pockets).
Technology
The core reason we can’t regulate big tech (the GAFAM or however you want to call them these days) is that politicians don’t understand where to start. And it’s because they don’t understand the underlying digital business model on which they operate. Anil Dash gives us
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We have an important number of wake-up calls around Europe’s sovereignty and future. The latest one is the cry of European astronauts for the continent to develop its own crewed spaceflight vehicle. [https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/european-astronauts-call-for-development-of-a-crewed-spacecraft/] While everyone seems to have their eyes on Space X