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Why Zoom Won and Skype Lost
Skype has been around for decades. Pre-Pandemic, Skype was a global standard. Microsoft had high hopes when they purchased Skype at a very high price in 2011. Around that time and in the coming years, some had heard of Zoom, and there were many other competitors as well. Let’s remember that Skype as a Microsoft…
Can Airlines Survive the Worst Year in Airline History?
Even with a COVID 19 vaccine looming in the future, it will be a long time before we will be traveling in masses for client meetings, go to large gatherings, or see millions of travelers take trips around the globe. I have taken five trips in the last month and flown mostly empty planes. The…
How are Artificial Intelligence (AI) Investments Doing in 2020?
2020 has been a challenging year! While it seems the world has stopped while we deal with the pandemic, innovation in areas such as AI skyrocket. So, what is the AI investment landscape in 2020? As of June 1, 2020, about 800 VC AI deals have been conducted for a total of about $9B. Note…
At What Point is Virtual Insane?
Since Feb of 2020, thousands of conferences and events have either been straight-up canceled or have attempted to go virtual. I respect, for example, SXSW which did not attempt to do a half-baked virtual replacement for their conference. It seems that many conferences are acting desperate and unable to accept this delay during the pandemic…
The White House’s $1 Billion AI & Quantum Fund
The White House recently detailed the establishment of twelve new research institutes, all to be focused on AI and quantum information science. As reported by VentureBeat, this fund is primarily for major institutions and NSF (which is great! I hope it will trickle down to entrepreneurs, academia, and others). But I am hopeful that the…
Apple, Blood-Oxygen, & You!?
The new Apple Watch 6 is boasting a blood oxygen monitor (amongst other health monitoring as well). In theory that is great. Love it. In reality and practically speaking, the question is where does this data go, what happens with this data, and how does the consumer (you) benefit? Unless we solve the last mile…