Last week we experienced the biggest failures of Big Data with the polls. We dive into why they couldn’t accurately predict the outcome and what that might mean for future elections. We also talk about drones and VR (of course). See below for all the show notes.
254: Apple Should Copy Instagram By Copying Tesla
In this episode we take a surprising twist and beat up on Apple for not updating their hardware. We also commend Instagram for copying Snapchat. What is wrong with us!? See below for all the stories and their links.
106: Surprise Expectations
This week’s episode contained many surprises. Not! In reality, everything is falling together just as we expected.
Facebook finally updates Graph Search to include posts, Snapchat allows pictures to live for 24 hours in Stories, Intel shows off their new Arduino computer, the Silk Road gets busted by the FBI, and Tesla’s Model S catches on fire, Samsung’s Galaxy Gear gets reviewed, HTC in talks with Microsoft about dual booting to Windows Phone 8, and Twitter’s IPO details go public.
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- Graph Search Now Includes Posts and Status Updates
- Competing with a Mac – Blackberry’s downfall
- Silk Road shutdown
- Tesla Fire
- Galaxy Gear Smartwatch dead in the water
- In Depth (and fair!) Samsung Galaxy Gear Review
- 8.3M wearable devices were sold in 2012
- Snapchat’s next big thing: ‘Stories’ that don’t just disappear
- Twitter files to raise $1B, company is not profitable, will trade under ticker TWTR
- Twitter’s Letter to Shareholders Is Short and Lightweight
- Intel’s Arduino/Raspberry Pi Competitor
- HTC under pressure to merge
- Microsoft wants HTC to dual boot Phones with Android and Windows
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