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Is there a luxury smartphone segment?
There are luxury smartphones, but is there a meaningful luxury smartphone segment? From Apple’s iPhone price inflation to Huawei and Blackberry’s Porsche Design devices, manufacturers have looked to cater to a ‘luxury’ consumer. Prior to this is you had the Vertu phone with its concierge service and niche players like Goldvish catering for the the…
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Tencent annual staff meeting + more
Notes From Tencent Annual Staff Meeting – China Channel – some interesting insights on how they are looking at the online world Key takeouts from the Tencent Annual Staff Meeting: 2018 Year in Review – Pornhub Insights – I wish that I’d this quality of data when I was cranking out press releases for Yahoo! Search. The…
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Crimson Hexagon + more things
Facebook Suspends Analytics Firm Crimson Hexagon on Concerns About Sharing of Public User-Data – WSJ – Crimson Hexagon will likely get out of the penalty box soon, the co-founder works at a joint Facebook academic research partnership… Its also not that surprising what Crimson Hexagon did, given how crap Facebook is at providing data to social…
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Tony Kaye + more things
Director Tony Kaye happy to be working and out of ‘Hollywood jail’ | The Drum – He says that a story arc doesn’t really matter in six seconds. “I think you can throw anything at it, as long as it’s quite clear what it’s for. If you’re working under 20 minutes, in my opinion, you don’t…
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Rotterdam + more news
Rotterdam Unilever Sets Up U.K.-Netherlands Clash in Search for New Home – Bloomberg – It is unsurprising expect Shell to look at similar moves, given its dual listing in London and The Hague. Rotterdam makes more sense as from a real estate point of view the London headquarters at 1 Victoria Embankment is too cramped, the…
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Blockchain deals + other news
The Dumb Money Is Chasing After Blockchain Deals | CB Insights – true enough. Warning incoming rant on blockchain. Blockchain has a relatively low transaction rate. Traceability is reliant on a reliable database rather than the decentralisation. You have better performing open source databases that aren’t dependent on the weakest link of the decentralised network. For…
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Sailfish OS + more things
Jolla raises $12 million to continue developing Sailfish OS | Tech.eu – glad that they found funding, but things will be a lot tougher with AndroidOne’s progress and Cyanogen getting their act together with their geo-licences. Hopefully Sailfish OS will find the market share that it deserves. More wireless-related posts here. PLOS ONE: Tracking Protests Using…
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IoT + more
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already here—just not the way you expected | The Kernel – really good read on the IoT ecosystem that puts things into perspectives. More on IoT here. Aeon ATM to put cash at your fingertips Aeon Bank will start a trial run of ATM services operated through fingerprints in February, a potential…
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SailfishOS lives + more
SailfishOS Lives To Fight Android Another Day As Jolla Secures Series C Funding | TechCrunch – good news from Jolla and SailfishOS. I hope that they manage to move from strength-to-strength. I love the experience of SailfishOS, it shows the opportunity that was lost with Nokia’s pivot to Windows Phone under Stephen Elop. If you haven’t…